Emergency Program Manager I

Catholic Relief Services

Emergency Program Manager I coordinating Hurricane Melissa response projects for Caritas Antilles in Jamaica. Collaborating with local partners on high-quality program delivery aligned with humanitarian standards.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇯🇲 JamaicaJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in project management and humanitarian programming, with a strong focus on monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEAL) processes. Capable of effectively coordinating with diverse stakeholders and building capacity within local partner organizations.

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Project ManagementMonitoring, Evaluation, And Learning (MEAL)Humanitarian ProgrammingStakeholder EngagementCapacity Building

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Hard Skills

Project DesignData AnalysisProposal DevelopmentEmergency ResponseDisaster Risk ReductionCash AssistanceSystems StrengtheningMEAL Tools DevelopmentFinancial Resource ManagementCapacity Strengthening

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsNegotiation SkillsDecision-MakingFlexibilityJudgment

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MS WordMS ExcelMS OutlookMS PowerPoint

Industry Keywords

Humanitarian Coordination SystemsIntegral Human DevelopmentSPHERE StandardsCatholic Social TeachingInternational NGO

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support Caritas Antilles in the management and implementation of all activities throughout Hurricane Response and recovery project cycles - project design, start-up, implementation and close-out - to ensure efficient and effective implementation in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
Ensure project team and partner staff use the appropriate systems and tools.
Ensure coherence across all donors - CRS, IRUSA, AMBFF, CI, Private foundations - and any other emerging funding streams.
Manage team dynamics and staff well-being for deployed staff in Jamaica.
Champion learning with project staff and partner teams.
Analyze and evaluate project performance data following MEAL policy.
Proactively identify issues and concerns and use participatory processes to overcome implementation obstacles.
Act as a key resource person in project design and proposal development in respective programming area, gap-filling and taking on growth responsibilities, as needed.
Coordinate the identification of staff capacity and technical assistance needs of partner organizations and capacity strengthening and required interventions to support quality project implementation.
Help identify, assess and strengthen partnerships relevant to Caritas Antilles Hurricane Melissa Response, including to Caritas Antilles institutional policies and procedures, applying appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
Coordinate and monitor financial and material resources relevant to project needs, through planning and oversight ensure efficient use of project resources.
Serve as the field Safety & Security Focal Point for CRS staff in Jamaica.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in international development, International Relations or in the field of Project Management, or related fields, is required.
Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant field-based experience in coordinating or managing moderately complex projects required, preferably with an international NGO.
Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to navigate the humanitarian coordination systems and platforms, including stakeholder engagement with local partners, UN bodies, and clusters.
Knowledge of humanitarian programming, Integral Human Development, SPHERE standards and Catholic Social Teaching principles preferred.
Demonstrated knowledge/experience of integrating cross-cutting themes such as capacity building, emergency response, early recovery, disaster risk reduction, cash assistance, and systems strengthening.
Demonstrated knowledge/experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning, particularly during proposal design, start-up, and close-out, as well as development of MEAL tools and methodologies for data collection and analysis.
Demonstrated experience of working with and building capacity of local partners. Experience with church partners a plus.
Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Excellent professional communications skills, both oral and written, in English.
Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently.
Extremely flexible, and the ability to cope with stressful situations in emergency environments.
Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point) are necessary.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off