Job Description

Position duration: (Tentative July 1, 2026 – December 31, 2027)

Note: Position is contingent on funding.

Project Overview

Catholic Relief Services is implementing a global emergency response initiative designed to deliver timely, life‑saving humanitarian assistance in rapidly evolving crises worldwide. Over 18 months, the program enables fast, flexible action to address urgent needs arising from sudden shocks and protracted emergencies. It supports critical humanitarian sectors through context‑appropriate assistance while emphasizing operational readiness, locally led implementation, accountability to affected communities, and safe, dignified programming. The initiative strengthens the organization’s ability to respond at speed and scale in complex and resource‑constrained environments, ensuring help reaches people most in need when it matters most.

The Technical Advisor II, Hazard Monitoring provides advisory, capacity strengthening, and systems support related to hazard monitoring, early warning, and anticipatory action. The position will translate weather and climate forecasts, as well as conflict and other non-climate crisis analysis into actionable information to support humanitarian decision-making, risk reduction strategies and initiatives for CRS project & country teams and partners. Through technical accompaniment, guidance, and collaboration, the position contributes to high-quality emergency and DRR programming in line with CRS program quality principles, donor requirements, and humanitarian best practices.

Roles Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical advisory support to CRS regions and country programs to integrate weather and climate information into risk reduction, early action, anticipatory action (AA), and early warning systems (EWS).
• Gather, analyze, interpret, and tailor opensource weather and climate science data, as well as non-climate drivers into pragmatic, decision-oriented information for humanitarian programming.
• Support the design, adaptation, and use of dashboards, visualization tools, monitoring products, and bulletins for regional and country level hazard monitoring and risk analysis.
• Integrate new sources of weather, climate and other contextual drivers of crisis information into existing humanitarian workflows, focusing on forecasting, risk, and vulnerability.
• Explain and contextualize uncertainty, probability, and forecast accuracy to non‑technical audiences to support informed decision‑making.
• Identify links between weather and climate impacts, livelihood changes, market disruption, and political conflict. Advise technical sector leads on incorporating weather and climate data into sectoral analysis, program design, and response planning.
• Advise on the development and delivery of tools, guidance, and learning resources to strengthen CRS and partner capacity in hazard monitoring and AA/DRR programming.
• Contribute to knowledge management by documenting lessons learned, promising practices, and innovations related to hazard monitoring, DRR, and AA, and sharing through CRS technical networks and platforms.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Technical knowledge of weather and climate modeling, probabilistic risk analysis, satellite observation, GIS, and related analytical tools.

• Knowledge of multi hazard early warning systems (MHEWS), climate data sources, and last mile EWS approaches.

• Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in DRR, including community-based approaches. Ability to ensure a cross-sectoral approach to disaster risk management (DRM), emergency contingency planning, etc.

• Understanding of design requirements and regulations of major donors including the United States Government, the EU, UN agencies, and Caritas.

• Strong networking, presentation, and cross-cultural communication skills. The ability to develop and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, and other partners.

• Strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions with limited or incomplete information and offer innovative solutions.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure, manage competing priorities, and operate in fast paced and, at times, stressful environments.

• Proactive, resourceful, solution-oriented, and results-oriented mindset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), environmental engineering, climate risk management, disaster preparedness, or a related field.
• Experience with and international NGO.
• Experience supporting proposal development, technical inputs, or donorfunded project design.
• Located in or able to cover UTC +0 – UTC +4 time zones" preferred.

Required Languages: Fluency in English required. Fluency in Arabic, French, Spanish, and/or Portuguese a plus.

Travel: Must be willing to travel up to 50%.

Supervisory Responsibilities: No

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), environmental engineering, climate risk management, disaster preparedness, or related field.

• Minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience with progressive responsibilities.

• Minimum of two years' experience in a field-based position related to hazard monitoring or climate risk analysis.

• Experience applying DRR principles and approaches, including community based methods, and collaborating across technical sectors to support integrated analysis.

• Experience in capacity strengthening, working with local grassroots organizations with a commitment to localization and applying best practices.

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 strategy 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.

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Catholic Relief Services works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. Catholic Relief Services’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding. We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.

CRS is committed to safeguarding program participants, community members, staff and volunteers from all forms of exploitation and abuse.The successful candidate is expected to sign and adhere to CRS´ Code of Conduct.

CRS talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.