Global Awards and Project Support Director II

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic leadership, guidance, and oversight for the Global Awards and Project Support department.

• Develop and execute the GAPS strategy through 2030, translating agency priorities into actionable plans, performance metrics, resource allocations, and accountabilities.

• Lead the GAPS Senior Management Team, integrating Global Awards, Project Support and Delivery, Project Management Unit, Field Management Response Team, Contracts, and the World Bank Support Unit.

• Establish governance structures, decision-making rights, and cross-functional collaboration methods.

• Supervise Global Award Project Directors and GAPS unit leaders, focusing on performance management, coaching, succession planning, staff wellbeing, workload management, and talent development.

• Oversee the performance of the global award portfolio, including expenditures, deliverables, risks, corrective actions, compliance, finances, and award lifecycle activities.

• Ensure high-quality support for both US Government and non-US Government awards, encompassing reporting, compliance, negotiation, modifications, close-out processes, donor relationship management, and responses to audits.

• Lead the development of agency-wide project management standards, guidance, tools, training, coaching, and communities of practice.

• Oversee technical assistance, partner selection and management, due diligence, capacity building, and organizational learning initiatives.

• Direct decision-making processes for complex global and multi-country opportunities, including intake, country consultations, capture strategies, proposal governance, negotiations, and transitions to start-up phases.

• Manage World Bank Group-funded projects and engagements with regional development banks.

• Maintain strategic partnerships with donors, collaborators, research institutions, governments, faith-based organizations, and private-sector entities.

• Represent CRS in negotiations with donors, award discussions, working groups, and senior governance bodies.

• Provide senior leadership with updates on portfolio performance, opportunities, risks, and investment decisions.

• Exercise delegated signatory authority and make or escalate urgent decisions affecting awards, financial risks, service delivery, and the agency's reputation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in development, a related field, or equivalent work experience.

• At least eight years of relevant international work experience, including a proven track record in project management.

• Minimum five years of management experience.

• Familiarity with and knowledge of various donors, including their practices, preferences, and relevant regulations.

• Proficiency in both written and spoken English.

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 15% of the time.

• Legal authorization to work in the location of the position.

• Pre-employment medical clearance for roles requiring residence or frequent travel outside the home country.

• Proficient in Microsoft products and knowledgeable in enterprise project, award, finance, and information management systems.

• Strong understanding of U.S. Government grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.

• Extensive familiarity with various donors and multilateral development banks.

• Excellent skills in strategic thinking, analysis, systems thinking, problem-solving, relationship management, negotiation, and both oral and written communication; strong people leadership, coaching, and mentoring abilities.

• Master’s degree in international development, business administration, public administration, or a related field (preferred).

• Ability to work effectively in French (preferred).

• Minimum 10 years of relevant international work experience (preferred).

• At least eight years of progressively responsible management experience (preferred).

• Experience as a Chief of Party, Project Director, or senior portfolio leader for high-value public donor-funded programs (preferred).

• Background in business development, capture strategies, proposal governance, donor negotiations, and transitioning from award to implementation (preferred).

• Experience with U.S. Government awards and contracts, as well as other donors and institutions (preferred).

• Experience managing complex, geographically dispersed teams and diverse portfolios of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts (preferred).

• Familiarity with Oracle products is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Generous retirement savings plan.

• Collaborative, mission-driven work culture.

• CRS Code of Conduct and safeguarding-focused workplace.