Sr Grants and Compliance Manager, RAPID

Global Policy and Systems Leadership

Lead the development and implementation of CRS RAPID emergency grants, including compliance policies, procedures, and systems. Establish and maintain standardized frameworks, tools, and protocols governing grant management and compliance. Ensure alignment with donor regulations, CRS policies, and host governments.

Strategic Grants Oversight

Provide detailed oversight of RAPID grant management functions across the assigned RAPID portfolio. Ensure effective oversight of the full grant lifecycle and operational efficiency at scale. Collaborate across various workstreams within CRS including but not limited to program quality, MEAL, SDP, finance, global supply chain, and global risk and compliance.

Reporting

Lead the design and implementation of reporting frameworks and practices for RAPID, ensuring consistent tracking of grant performance, compliance, and operational progress. Establish and maintain reporting systems and tools that support effective monitoring, informed decision-making, and alignment between program, compliance, and operational functions. Provide oversight and quality assurance of country-level and partner reporting, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and alignment with CRS and donor requirements, while proactively identifying trends, gaps, and risks. Oversee the consolidation and review of RAPID reports, ensuring coherence across inputs from country programs, partners, and HQ teams prior to submission to donors and internal stakeholders. Serve as a technical resource on reporting standards and requirements, guiding CRS staff and partners to strengthen consistency, clarity, and compliance in reporting practices. Drive continuous improvement of reporting approaches, strengthening efficiency, usability, and alignment with broader grants management, compliance, and risk management systems.

Risk Management and Compliance

Lead identification and mitigation of systemic compliance and operational risks across RAPID-supported programs. Establish compliance monitoring mechanisms and controls for the RAPID project in line with CRS policy and procedures. Support audit readiness; ensuring integration of lessons learned into systems.

Capacity Strengthening and Learning

Strengthen grants and compliance capacity across CRS staff and partners through tools, guidance, and training. Promote organizational learning and continuous improvement across RAPID programming. Support institutional strengthening of partners and country programs based on CRS and CI partnership principles. Provide key support in timely resolution of partner challenges.

Qualifications

• 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.