[Apply Now] Junior Professionals Program for West African Women

Deadline: 30-Jun-22

Catholic Relief Services is pleased to announce The Junior Professionals Program for qualified, professional women in West Africa to transform their passion for international relief and development work into a career with Catholic Relief Services Over a 12-month period.

Each participants will build core skills while working alongside experienced staff and supporting critical programs. Junior Professionals will benefit from strong mentoring and regional networking as they prepare for positions of greater responsibility with CRS.

Working together, CRS and the Junior Professionals will make great strides to end poverty and promote peace and self-reliance in West Africa. Junior Professionals will contribute to strategic and sustainable development projects in sectors like health, agriculture, education, emergency response, and peace building.

With the Junior Professionals Program, CRS seeks to recruit individuals who can grow into a variety of roles with CRS. With this objective, less focus is placed on developing sectoral expertise and more focus is placed on developing strong managerial skills. As a Junior Professional, you will support a variety of programs and departments as you gain experience in core learning areas.

While completing the core foundational training, Junior Professionals will increase their knowledge of some specific programming sectors. However, if working in a specific technical area (e.g. Health, Agriculture, and Emergency) is of critical importance to you, they encourage you to consider other openings related to that sectoral area.

Objectives

Junior Professionals will help strengthen local governments’ and organizations’ ability to address the challenges in their communities and countries while advancing their learning objectives. This includes:

• Participating in project design
• Supporting real-time project assessments and data collection
• Developing and implementing monitoring and accountability frameworks
• Writing reports and proposals
• Organizing learning events
• Supporting operations (Human Resources, Finance, and Supply Chain).

Program Offerings

• Learning & Professional Development
  • Practical training: Through hands-on experience and extensive training, Junior Professionals will grow and develop their skills in project design; program management; monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning; partnership building; and operations.
• Customized professional experience
  • In addition to the core training, Junior Professionals will build their skills in a specific area related to their professional development goals, and strategically position themselves for onward positions with CRS.
• Mentorship
  • Each Junior Professional will be paired with a mentor who will be actively involved in providing guidance, feedback and career coaching.
• Regional networking
  • All Junior Professionals will be part of the regional community of practice that will share successes, challenges, and lessons learned from their work.

Eligibility Criteria

Program seek diverse and aligned candidates and welcome people of all faiths and secular traditions who share their values and their commitment to serving those in need.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in related field (e.g. Economic Development, Agriculture, Health, Business, Administration, Finance, Human Resources, Supply Chain)
• Received Master’s degree within 24 months of program start date (Oct. 2022)
• Six months of relevant work experience (e.g. internship, practicum, volunteer or paid work)
• Excellent speaking and writing skills in the official business language of the country (French or English)
• Citizen of a participating country (see above)
• Excels in collaborative multicultural environment
• Willingness to travel (up to 10-15% of the time)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and research skills
• Agile, proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented
• Strong presentation and facilitation skills.

For more information, visit https://www.crs.org/about/careers/junior-professionals