Requisition ID: req24375
Professional Profile
Success in this position requires an individual with outstanding leadership abilities, and deep expertise in designing and delivering protection programming across the sectors programs.
Work Experience:
A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required.
Experience and familiarity with protection donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts.
Experience and expertise raising funds from bilateral, multilateral, and private donors.
Leadership and management experience in complex global organizations.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
Very strong leadership and management proficiencies including the ability to build a diverse team, foster an inclusive team culture, encourage confidence and trust and lead team in a unified vision and strategy.
Capacity to communicate effectively with IRC program leadership, technical peers, and colleagues in fundraising, communications, and advocacy.
Demonstrated ability to navigate a large multi-national organization.
Deep expertise in protection programming and hands-on experience (preferably in 2 or more of the sub-sectors) in low resource/conflict affected environments.
Highly effective strategic planning and execution and ability to make difficult decisions.
Private and statutory business development/ fundraising.
Understanding of the program life cycle and effective practices used by aid organizations to design, implement and measure the progress of interventions.
Fluency in the relevance and use of empirical evidence to know what works best to achieve meaningful violence prevention and response outcomes.
Excellent public speaking and writing skills are essential.
An established and collaborative professional network in humanitarian, development, and protection technical and policy communities.
Education: Master’s in relevant field required. Sound knowledge of research and research management an advantage.
Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English essential. Proficiency in additional IRC relevant languages (Arabic, French, Spanish, Kiswahili, etc.) strongly preferred.
Working Environment: Travel up to 25% of time. Preferably based in NYC or one of our international hubs in London, Geneva, and Nairobi. Other IRC locations may be possible.
Apply via :
rescue.csod.com
