Senior Grants and Compliance Manager, Child SAFE
Role Overview
The Sr Grants and Compliance Manager, provides oversight of CRS grants and compliance systems across the global Child SAFE program, focusing on sub award management under an FAA.
The role is responsible for leading the implementation, standardization, and continuous strengthening of CRS policies, procedures, and operational frameworks, ensuring consistent and compliant application across participating country programs and partners within the assigned ChildSAFE portfolio.
The role ensures a coherent, high-quality, and risk-informed approach to grant management, with accountability for system performance, compliance integrity, and operational effectiveness at scale.
The position drives institutional learning, system improvement, and global harmonization of practices to support rapid, accountable emergency responses.
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Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
- Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in grants management, compliance, or humanitarian operations.
- Experience supporting global or multi-country programs.
- Experience in complex emergency contexts.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in a relevant field.
- Experience effectively supervising and managing a team.
- Experience implementing or supporting humanitarian programming.
- Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Advanced knowledge of donor regulations and CRS compliance systems.
- Strong systems thinking and policy development capabilities.
- Strong presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills.
- Ability to think strategically and solve problems in a collaborative way.
- Ability to lead complex global initiatives and influence cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to be pro-active, self-motivated, resourceful and results oriented.
- Solid knowledge of humanitarian best practices, operational standards, and evolving guidance for emergency field operations.
- Required Languages: Fluency in English required; Spanish for French preferred.
- Travel: Must be willing and able to travel up to 20%.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes
- Agency Competencies (for all CRS Staff):
- Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions.
- Acts with Integrity - Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission. Is considered honest.
- Builds and Maintains Trust - Shows consistency between words and actions.
- Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
- Open to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.
- Agency Leadership Competencies:
- Lead Change – Continually looks for ways to improve the agency through a culture of agility, openness, and innovation.
- Develops and Recognizes Others – Builds the capacity of staff to reach their full potential and enhance team and agency performance.
- Strategic Mindset – Understands role in translating, communicating, and implementing agency strateg y and team priorities.
What we offer
- CRS offers U.S. based staff a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan. Salary and benefits packages for successful candidates employed outside the U.S. are based on the country of employment/in-country office where the candidate will perform the role. CRS ́ work culture is a collaborative, mission-driven culture committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.
About Catholic Relief Services
Catholic nonprofit humanitarian agency serving people in need worldwide.
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