Field Operations Manager

About

Provide field-level operational leadership, coordination, and representation for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Marsabit, supporting timely, high-quality, and accountable project implementation and effective functioning of the CRS Marsabit sub-office. The role coordinates project technical, MEAL, supply chain, compliance, security, operations teams and Caritas Marsabit (DOM), and represents CRS with government, communities, partners, and other stakeholders. Professional proficiency in English and Swahili is required; proficiency in languages commonly used in targeted areas of Marsabit County is highly desirable. Duty station: Marsabit

How to apply

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Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day coordination of CRS field operations in Marsabit and support integrated implementation of project activities in line with approved plans, budgets, SOPs, CRS policies, and donor requirements.
• Coordinate across project activities including food distribution, Food for Assets, nutrition, MEAL/accountability, supply chain, security and operations to identify and resolve field-level implementation bottlenecks.
• Facilitate routine implementation planning and coordination meetings with CRS and partner teams and ensure agreed actions are tracked and completed.
• Monitor implementation readiness, progress, quality, and resource requirements, addressing issues within delegated authority and escalating significant delays, constraints, or resource gaps to the DCoP and relevant functional leads.
• Serve as a principal field-level coordination point between CRS and Caritas Marsabit (DOM), working closely with relevant CRS technical, operations, MEAL, supply chain, and compliance teams.
• Facilitate regular implementation reviews with DOM to assess performance, address operational bottlenecks, and follow up on agreed actions.
• Support identification of partner capacity-strengthening needs and coordinate appropriate technical or operational support.
• Ensure field coordination respects the respective responsibilities of CRS and DOM under the approved project design and applicable subaward arrangements.
• Serve as a senior CRS representative in Marsabit and maintain effective relationships with county and sub-county authorities, NDMA, government departments, community structures, humanitarian actors and other stakeholders.
• Represent the project, as delegated, in County Steering Groups and relevant food security, nutrition and humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
• Coordinate donor, government, CRS leadership and other high-level visits to project sites, warehouses and partner implementation locations.
• Ensure commitments arising from external engagements are communicated to project leadership and appropriately followed up.
• Oversee effective day-to-day functioning of the CRS Marsabit sub-office and coordinate administrative and operational support required for project implementation.
• Coordinate with Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Administration, ICT, fleet, and other relevant functions to ensure timely availability and responsible use of project resources.
• Exercise delegated financial and administrative authority in accordance with CRS policies, approved budgets and donor requirements.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership, coordination, interpersonal and relationship-management skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, systems-thinking and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to integrate programmatic and operational priorities in a fast-paced field environment.
• Ability to work effectively with government, partners, communities and multidisciplinary teams.
• Sound judgment, including the ability to distinguish between decisions within delegated authority and matters requiring escalation.
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-focused.
• Strong commitment to accountability, safeguarding, stewardship and ethical conduct.
• Ability and willingness to work and travel in remote field environments.
• Professional proficiency in English and Swahili.
• Proficiency in languages commonly used in the targeted areas of Marsabit County is highly desirable.