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  • Regional Safety & Security Director

    Regional Safety & Security Director

    Position Summary

    The Regional Safety and Security Director (RSSD) guides the development, implementation and monitoring of an effective strategy to identify, analyze and mitigate safety and security risks, enable humanitarian access, maintain continuity of programs, responds to incidents and provide for the protection of all IRC employees and assets. The RSSD advises the Regional Vice President (RVP). They provide comprehensive gender inclusive security risk analysis and recommendations related to strategic, operational, programmatic, partnership, and cross-cutting risks. The RSSD is the subject matter expert on humanitarian access and community engagement strategies for the region. The RSSD ensures adequate protocols and mechanisms are in place to address country programs’ unique risks and challenges. They provide direction and technical support in developing and maintaining country programs’ security management in line with IRC Safety and Security policy, framework, processes and protocols.
    Reporting to the RVP and the Senior Director Security and Safety (SDSS) the RSSD is a permanent member of IRC’s regional senior management team and of the global safety and security team. Key relationships include the RVP; Senior Director Security and Safety, Chief Safety and Security Officer, Deputy Regional Director; Regional Gender Advisor, Regional HR Directors, Country Directors; Deputy Directors; Country Security Leads.
    Under the broad guidance of the RVP, the RSSD has a substantial level of autonomy in execution of responsibilities. They will work with country teams to ensure that organizational security policies and procedures are responsive to the context, relevant to the security environment, and known to staff; and that security plans and measures are developed and maintained current and appropriate to changing security environments.
    The RSSD will maintain contextual knowledge of all regional programs, including awareness of early warning indicators affecting safety and security, and will travel regularly to all countries in the region, including at short notice when vital. They will mentor and build IRC staff counterpart capacities to operate optimally and contribute actively to enable durable programming and to reduce IRC’s operational vulnerabilities.
    The RSSD will develop the S&S culture and will actively work on the S&S strategies to develop this crucial pillar. EA has decided to prioritize the pillars of Culture and Partnership in its regional S&S strategy 2022-2025. The RSSD will support each country in the implementation and follow-up of their country S&S Strategies.
    The RSSD is the overall responsible for S&S management in East Africa and is supported by the Regional Humanitarian Access Security and Safety Coordinator (RHASSC). They share their tasks according to a plan reviewed on a yearly basis. Daily support of Kenya program and the Nairobi Regional Office (IHUB), Uganda, and Ethiopia is delegated to the RHASSC.
    The RSSD coordinates the response management of severe incidents and is part of the Regional Incident Management Team (RIMT).

    Responsibilities
    Security Risk Management

    Lead departmental security risk identification and mitigation measures that align with organizational and regional risk-management standards and requirements;
    Assist regional leaders in developing and maintaining IRC Humanitarian security risk management ensuring security risks are identified, mitigated and handled;
    Provide input, including comprehensive security risk analyses and recommendations, to the RVP and the Regional colleagues;
    Actively contribute to the creation and roll-out of duty of care and safeguarding global and regional initiatives;
    Counsel the RVP, Deputy Regional Director and Country Directors of any areas of concern and non-adherence to IRC policy and procedures;
    Guide the development Safety and Security (S&S) procedures and practices which integrate with gender, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) and Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERs), support associated roll out and adherence;
    Ensure that IRC partners receive security management support benefiting from internal systems and standard processes relevant to their operations and operating contexts;
    Prepare the Regional Daily Security Report;

    Humanitarian Access Management

    Support the RHASSC on the establishment of secure humanitarian access across country programs
    Assist the RHASSC in the continued development of humanitarian access teams and activities across the region
    Contribute to the evolution and implementation of guidelines for humanitarian access and engagement with non-state actors articulating standard IRC policy and guidance
    Maintain a high level of programmatic and operational preparedness vis-a-vis predicted contextual fluctuations
    Support the development of operational and programmatic contingency plans that responds to different emergency scenarios that look at sudden changes in context
    Enhance IRC image and acceptance within the community and amongst collaborators by providing guidance on inclusive visibility strategies
    Work with appropriate IRC units to ensure timely and appropriate follow-up to violations of IRC’s Code of Conduct, in addition to operational breaches to humanitarian principles

    Security Management Planning and Compliance

    Remotely and through a minimum of one visit per country program per year (if budget allows it), supervise and support adherence to Policy, principles, standards, and requirements. Provide a follow-up report with clear findings and actionable recommendations after each visit. Track progress and report concerns to country, regional and global Security leadership when required.
    Ensure Country Security lead are preparing and sharing accurate S&S reporting, ensure data consistency and report into global dashboards
    Prepare each quarter and at the end of the year, a regional snapshot of S&S management
    Review and follow up all the S&S strategies for each country, support the HASC in their implementation and challenges. Organize a quarterly meeting with the HASC to ensure a proper follow up of their S&S Strategy and invite the relevant interlocutors (which might include Country Directors, Deputy Directors for Operations and Programs, HR and others)
    Review, follow up and support the countries in the implementation of their Security Minimum Standards tool and plan quarterly meetings with the HASC to discuss their challenges.
    Support country program with S&S country score card objective settings and progress follow-up, attends the quarterly meeting organized by DDOs.

    Staff Performance Management and Development

    Actively participate in the recruitment of key positions with S&S risk management responsibilities (Country Directors, dedicated country security leads and others)
    Co-Manage with country Directors direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and leading documented regular performance reviews
    Provide constructive feedback, professional development and capacity-building plans for all supervised staff
    Promote staff care and well-being. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs of both national and international staff
    The RSSD is the direct supervisor of the RHASSC and as such respects their obligations according to HR regulations.

    Learning & Development

    Support the RHASSC in the capacity building plan follow up and facilitate the delivery of IRC S&S L&D framework towards IRC staff and where appropriate, IRC partners.
    Champion staff capacity building plans through the RHASSC who keeps records on staff training and report data to regional and global security level as required.
    Ensure capacity development and learning initiatives account for gender-specific risks and requirements.
    Assist country program offices in arranging security training and workshops appropriate to their security environments.
    Delivers the Critical Incident Management training for country SMT once a year.
    Organize and lead Regional S&S weeks with all country HASC and relevant guests (according to budget available)

    Incident management

    Support Country program with timely and qualitative incident notification, reporting, analysis and lessons learned
    Scan communications from country programs related to security incidents and planning, and provide timely feedback
    As a permanent member of the Regional Incident management Team, actively support the RVP during management and resolution of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Incidents
    Lead After Action Review and supervise implementation of corrective measures as par existing incident protocols
    Manage the IRC online (SHIELD) incident database for the region and produce an analysis of the trends on a quarterly basis.
    Report the main trends and vulnerabilities through the ‘’Food For Thoughts’’ news letter

    Liaison & Networking

    Maintain a network of IRC security focal points in the country programs as well as external professional contacts and counterparts, monitor the security environment in the region, identify new threats, assess IRC vulnerabilities and recommend possible responses
    Respond to questions and technical assistance requests from country programs
    Supervise and provide support and reporting on NGO field security initiatives as required
    Actively participate as a member of the East Africa Regional Security Forum.
    Plan and chair the regional monthly S&S meeting with all the country HASC

    Emergency Response and Critical Incident Management

    As required, support the RVP, Country Director(s) and NY-based senior managers during humanitarian or security/safety emergencies, serving on the regional critical incident management team
    Assist with the security component (situation analysis and background information, security assessments) of the Emergency Response Team deployments in the region
    During critical incident, Act as technical supervisor for all country security leads
    Train the Regional and country SMT on critical incident management and compile all the lists available in a dedicated file.
    Follow on a quarterly basis the S&S contingency plans status documents (including sat phones list updated) for each country.

    Qualifications & Requirements

    Minimum 8 years of non-profit or NGO work experience in international humanitarian assistance programs, with demonstrated capabilities in planning, organizing and implementing security management operations.
    Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles, codes of conduct, and NGO organizational practices.
    Thorough familiarity with principles and current approaches to permissive/acceptance models of security management.
    Demonstrated understanding and successes in gender security management and gender equality
    Skilled in influencing and obtaining collaboration of individuals not under supervisory control; able to work as member of multinational team and lead a variety of external and internal relationships to achieve results.
    Consistent track record to transfer knowledge through mentoring and other non-formal methods.
    Ability to quickly gain a comprehensive understanding of various local, regional, country and international factors that impact security environments and risk levels.
    Ability to prepare and present, on short notice, clear analyses of contextual dynamics, events, security incidents, and their ramifications for IRC operations.
    Self-motivated and able to work effectively without close supervision.
    Fluency in English is required.
    Readiness and ability to travel approximately 40% of the time.
    Prior experience working in the region and demonstrated knowledge of regional and country dynamics are strongly preferred. We especially welcome candidates from the East Africa region.

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  • ERICC Finance Manager Program Development Advisor, East Africa (Business Development) Hygiene Promotion Assistant Finance Assistant Hygiene Promotion Officer

    ERICC Finance Manager Program Development Advisor, East Africa (Business Development) Hygiene Promotion Assistant Finance Assistant Hygiene Promotion Officer

    The Contracts Finance Manager will join the Airbel team to help us deliver high-quality financial and subcontract management across these complex awards. In this role you will work closely with project teams and partners to provide high-quality financial analysis, support budget realignments, forecasting and tracking, ensure timely and accurate reporting, maintain contract records, and coordinate with subcontractors for budget delivery and financial compliance with FCDO contract requirements.

    Key Responsibilities

    Reviewing subcontract partners’ monthly financial reports and supporting documents, ensuring they are complete, accurate and produced in a timely manner for consolidation and submission.
    Provide recommendations for payment, questioning and disallowing expense claims in line with FCDO cost eligibility guidelines.
    Ensuring financial reports are produced in compliance with FCDO and IRC exchange rate policies, including keeping track of expenditure in the various currencies.
    Share feedback on questioned costs with partners and follow up to ensure that recommendations are implemented. Maintain an action tracker for remediation of findings and questioned costs, and gaps and resources required to address these.
    Actively track expenditure versus project budget, prepare monthly Budget vs Actuals (BVA) reports highlighting variances and resource allocation needs to Project leads, and flagging any arising issues as relevant.
    Ensuring that partners keep supporting documents for all financial transactions and keep ledgers for Fixed Assets, Risk Register, Purchase Requisitions, Cash Receipts and Disbursements, and are following the agreed systems for Level of Effort reporting and procurements.
    Submitting payment requests to IRC Finance and processing fund transfers to partners. Maintain a register to show the advance funds to partners, the liquidation patterns, and the balances at any time.
    Work closely with Project Leads and IRC Country Program counterparts to ensure effective and timely budget monitoring, payments, booking of expenses and accurate financial reporting.
    Ensuring internal accounting documents are produced accurately and on a timely basis.

    Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

    Bachelor’s degree International Affairs, Public Administration, Economics, Business Studies, Accounting, Commerce, or equivalent professional experience.
    At least 2-3 years of related work experience, preferably for an International Non-Governmental Organization managing FCDO grants and contracts.
    Demonstrated experience leading complex grants and projects throughout implementation, including financial compliance and reporting processes.
    Excellent budget and financial management skills, including experience tracking expenses, developing spending plans and forecasts, and high proficiency in Excel.
    Experience working on FCDO grants or contracts preferred, with good working knowledge of FCDO Terms & Conditions.
    Experience working with subcontractors and partners, including partner financial monitoring and reporting.
    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to successfully and effectively liaise with a variety of people in a multi-cultural environment and work on a virtual team
    The ability to work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment – pro-activity and initiative to problem solve within the job parameters is critical; strong analytical problem-solving skills.
    Fluent in English.

    Working Environment

    Standard office working environment or remote work.
    Some international travel may be required for partner capacity support visits.

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  • Community Facilitators

    Community Facilitators

    Statement of Work:
    The community facilitators will be expected to perform the following roles (not limited to):

    Client mobilization, recruitment, and registration.
    Conduct client information sessions, onboarding, and monitoring.
    Attending to RCT clients’ inquiries.
    Facilitating weekly client group sessions.
    Business monitoring, verification and sharing of reports.
    Translation and transcription as required by the research team.
    To perform other duties as assigned and agreed upon with the supervisor.

    Qualifications

    Certificate or Diploma in Social Sciences or Humanities or any other related field.
    Experience in community mobilization and facilitation. Data collection experience is an added advantage.
    Experience working with vulnerable communities.
    Strong communication and report-writing skills.
    Flexible approach to the changing nature of work.
    Ability to work effectively both independently and within a multicultural team.
    Computer skills, especially Ms. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
    Applicants able to communicate in Swahili, French, Oromo, Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Congolese, Rwandese are encouraged to apply.
    All applicants should have Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) PIN.
    Availability: Immediately- (January- June 2024)
    Willingness to work in any of the following neighborhoods:

    Kenya [Kitengela, Umoja, Kayole, Mowlkem, Kasarani, Githurai, Dagoreti south, Kawangware, Kikuyu, Kangemi, Ongata Rongai, Eastleigh, Ruiru, Jamhuri, Jogoo road]

    Policies

    Ensure compliance with organizational performance standards, code of conduct, and safeguarding policy.
    Adhere to confidentiality procedures and policies when collecting, storing, and sharing data.

    Deliverables:

    Clients registered.
    Client attendance of group sessions and status activity reports.
    Business monitoring reports.

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  • M&E Technology Specialist Deputy Director, Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU) Deputy Director, Health Deputy Director, Education Senior Communication Officer

    M&E Technology Specialist Deputy Director, Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU) Deputy Director, Health Deputy Director, Education Senior Communication Officer

    Job Overview/Summary

    Focused on M&E technology support, the successful candidate will be a member of the team responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting IRC’s global technology tools. This includes CommCare, Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft SQL Server Azure based products. Working in partnership with staff at various levels and locations, the M&E Technology Specialist performs a key role in analyzing, developing, and improving tools and processes contributing to the successful rollout of the M&E Technology products.
    Specific tasks include development of applications in CommCare, dashboard development work in Power BI, software and data quality assurance, technical assistance including issue routing on helpdesk, second line support, and participation in setting standards for processes, security, and systems configurations.

    Major Responsibilities
    Application Development and Data Visualization.

    Develop and improve applications to support data collection tools using CommCare and ODK tools.
    Support the development and rollout of organization-wide and sector specific dashboard products using Excel and Power BI.
    Work with M&E, data teams, and other stakeholders in requirements gathering and analysis to inform development or improvement of M&E technology products.
    Develop documentation for M&E data collection tools and dashboard products. This includes user guides, setup manuals, training materials, and other communication materials.
    Provide technology training to the business teams, deployment teams and end users on various M&E products.
    Support standards for data protection, confidentiality and data security for the M&E systems and collaborate with key teams in IT security and protection teams for guidance as needed.

    Technology Support

    Provide technical support and backstopping to field staff using M&E applications developed.
    In liaison with regional ICT and M&E teams, consolidate change requests, bugs and feature improvements.
    Address tier II technology support requests and/or triaging to the relevant lead developer for resolution.
    Administer helpdesk for the M&E Technology team in ensuring issues reported are resolved within the specified SLAs.

    Quality Assurance

    Participate in the design, implementation, and operation of data quality processes as they apply to M&E data applications.
    Support on quality assurance efforts during product development including on setting up of test plans and executing those test cases.
    Support on developer code reviews and pair-programming as necessary.

    Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
    Required Skills

    At least five years’ experience in developing and rolling out of M&E technology tools using CommCare or similar ODK-based data platforms.
    At least three years’ experience developing, implementing, and supporting M&E analytics and dashboard products using Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Excel or similar applications.
    Ability to effectively communicate in English both in verbal (i.e., day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written (requirements and design specifications) form, as well as an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications.
    Strong analytic curiosity and innovative problem-solving skills using a system thinking approach.
    Demonstrable ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional team structure.
    Demonstrable ability to establish and maintain working relationships across all departments and levels of the organization.

    Preferred Skills

    Advanced level experience of CommCare application development and Power BI dashboard development.
    Advanced level experience of MS Excel including developing macros and consolidating data from multiple Excel spreadsheets.
    Experience working with SQL, DAX, Power Query and similar Microsoft data transformation and manipulation languages.
    Experience providing support for enterprise-level platforms with significant numbers of users across global time zones and varying IT infrastructure.
    Direct experience implementing programs or M&E in an international NGO context.
    Ability to speak, read and understand one other language including French, Spanish and/or Arabic is a strong advantage.

    Working Environment:

    Standard office working environment or remote work.
    Some international travel may be required for capacity support visits.

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  • Senior Grants and Business Development Coordinator

    Senior Grants and Business Development Coordinator

    The Purpose of the Role:  
    The East Africa Region has a portfolio of humanitarian relief, post-crisis recovery, and development programs currently in the following countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. 
    Where additional support is required by the countries in the region, the Senior Grants and Business Development Coordinator is deployed to work as part of the grants, partnerships and/or program teams in country offices. This could include acting as a temporary member of the grants, partnerships and/or program team (e.g., as Grants Coordinator), or to provide surge support to assist in the development of proposals as well as donor reports, and to perform general grants management functions during peak periods. 
    Scope and Authority: 
    No line management. However, when the position is deployed there could be line management responsibilities depending on the function performed in-country. 
    Key Working Relationships: 
    The Senior Grants and Business Development Coordinator reports to the Senior Program & Award Advisor (SPAA) and works closely with Grants, Partnerships, Programs and Finance teams in country, as well as other members of the Regional Program and Award Support (RPAS) team, and other AMU team members, as well as country office and regional staff. When deployed, the Regional Grants and Business Development Coordinator will also be accountable to the relevant line manager in the respective country program,
    Key Responsibilities: 

    The Senior Grants and Business Development Coordinator is deployed (remote or in-person) to support specific country programs or the RPAS team, and may be responsible for the following, as assigned: 

    Proposal development

     Work closely with country programs to support specific proposal development coordination and tasks, such as developing proposal work plans, writing non-technical sections, consolidating and editing written inputs, developing annexes, writing budget narratives, and other tasks as needed, providing additional bandwidth, or backfilling for country grants staff when needed to support these processes. 
     Act as proposal development lead, writer and/or coordinator, as identified by country programs and the regional team.
     Facilitate design sessions in coordination with country grants teams with key country program, partners, regional and HQ teams, and ensure proposal design is in line with the country program SAP.  
     Liaise with the AMU’s global Business Development and Regional Program and Award Support Teams to ensure proposals are of high quality, meet internal and donor standards and are submitted on time to the donor. 
     When in-country and in coordination with the DAM and the Senior/Program Development Advisors (S/PDA), support the country team in the cultivation of donor relationships at the country level and support country offices in the capture and pre-positioning for upcoming BD opportunities. 

    Awards management and compliance

     Work with country teams to develop donor reports and other award deliverables (e.g., workplans, M&E plans) and ensure they are high quality, coherent, accurate and submitted on time in accordance with donor and IRC internal requirements, providing additional bandwidth, or backfilling for country grants staff when needed to support these processes. 
     Manage and/or support agreement and amendment/modification reviews and negotiations, and support award close-out, as needed. 
     Provide technical guidance on donor rules and regulations to country team to ensure compliance.
     Proactively raise potential compliance issues to country team and keep senior management and regional team informed of any projected inabilities to meet contractual obligations and of spend rates/significant budget variances.
     Monitor and support the use of award management tools such as monthly financial reports, procurement plans, and activity plans amongst program teams to ensure accurate tracking of implementation and timely alerts to potential challenges/obstacles. Where support is required, act as focal point in facilitating the review of donor deliverables and approvals by technical advisors and other relevant persons at HQ and/or the region.
     Participate in and support the coordination of country program’s project cycle meetings, as well as donor and partner meetings, as required.

    Partnerships

     Where necessary, support the management and implementation of partnership responsibilities including partner identification for positioning or proposal development processes, due diligence, partnership agreement package development and reviews, partnership agreement amendments and close-out in line with the IRC’s partnership management system’s (PEERS) and relevant donor requirements.  
     Support country programs to strengthen existing systems and structures around PEERS implementation in-country and provide coaching and mentoring to country teams for a deeper understanding and effective implementation of PEERS.

    Training/capacity building and regional/global initiatives

     Contribute to the development of training materials/modules, and adapt and contextualize training resources and materials to respond to in-country needs.
     Train and support country program teams on reporting, donor compliance, proposal development, and award and sub-award management (i.e., PCM and PEERS). 
     Contribute to contextualizing global/regional initiatives (such as PEERS, PCM, Gender Equality Diversity and Inclusion, etc.), and their roll-out within country programs. 
     Support country programs in the use of Project Cycle Meetings (PCM) guidance and provide capacity building to the teams for effective implementation. 
     Train and onboard new Grants, Partnerships and other team members within country programs, as needed.   
     Support and facilitate (as appropriate) regional and country program PEERS related trainings. 
     Capture best practices and lessons learned and support cross-learning opportunities across the region and globally.
     Contribute to country program SAP development and implementation, or other strategic initiatives, as requested. 

    Regional support

     When not deployed, cover and provide surge support for other positions within the Regional Program and Award Support team or targeted support to different country programs.

    PERSON SPECIFICATION 
    Essential 
    Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications: 

     Degree in international development/affairs, public administration, social sciences or related subject
     5-7 years’ experience working with non-governmental organizations in the area of program development, grants management, and/or project management; preferably in the region
     Successful experience developing projects, writing proposals, and developing budgets for USG, United Nations, and/or European donors, and with partner organizations
     Experience working in portfolio or grant management in humanitarian/conflict or post-conflict settings
     Fluent English written and verbal communication skills
     Enhanced interpersonal skills and ability to work in a diverse team setting
     Ability and willingness to travel to across the region (up to 60% of the time)
     Demonstrated ability to prioritize high volumes of work to meet tight deadlines.

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  • VPRU Measurement Advisor VPRU MEAL Specialist Senior Director CRRD People & Culture Deputy Director, Inclusive Learning Deputy Director, Leadership Development Senior Program Support Manager, Private Partnerships – East Africa Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager Business Development Officer ERICC Programme Manager

    VPRU Measurement Advisor VPRU MEAL Specialist Senior Director CRRD People & Culture Deputy Director, Inclusive Learning Deputy Director, Leadership Development Senior Program Support Manager, Private Partnerships – East Africa Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) Manager Business Development Officer ERICC Programme Manager

    Job Overview:

     The Violence Prevention and Response Technical Unit (VPRU) provides dynamic support to IRC’s country offices on protection programming—including direct technical assistance to country program staff—ensuring innovation, promotion of standards, and improvements for all protection programming implemented by the organization. This includes work across the streams of women’s protection and empowerment (WPE), child protection (CP), and protection rule of law (PRoL), as well as cross-cutting/integrated protection approaches.
    As part of VPRU’s MEAL team, the VPRU MEAL Advisor provides critical support to help systematize VPRU monitoring systems, strengthen quality and alignment of our global data, and build a team culture of collaborative learning and reflection. As part of this role, the VPRU MEAL Advisor will work closely with the IRC Measurement Unit and peers to directly support, manage and coordinate key activities related to global monitoring systems and data quality, such as VPRU’s Annual Statistics processes, Core Indicator revisions and socialization, Program Indicator Dashboard rollout, data toolkit development, etc. Beyond data collection systems and quality, the Advisor will also work with protection country- and regional-facing colleagues to strengthen internal team MEAL comfort, capacity, and guidance to analyze, interpret, and meaningfully use different types of data across VPRU’s global programming (in close collaboration with the VPRU Senior MEAL Advisor). In addition to these cross-cutting tasks, the Advisor may also support MEAL activities for a limited number of VPRU-led projects.
    The Advisor will work closely with the VPRU MEAL team, VPRU technical leadership and technical advisors (TAs), and country program teams as they strengthen MEAL systems and promote consistency, quality, reflection, and use across IRC’s global protection data.

    Major Responsibilities:
    Lead Systematization, Quality Review, and Use of Protection Data Related to Country Programs (primary role)

    Lead and coordinate VPRU’s engagement in the Annual Statistics process, including liaising between the IRC Measurement Unit, VPRU TAs, and country programs on preparation, training, data quality review, and data analysis and reflection processes
    Update and streamline IRC Core Indicators for protection across sectors (in collaboration with senior technical leadership), including (i) development and refining of any new protection indicators and frameworks and (ii) supporting socialization, uptake, and use of Core Indicators with VPRU team
    Develop, refine, and validate new and existing monitoring tools and approaches for key indicators
    Support rollout and socialization of IRC Program Indicator Dashboards among VPRU colleagues, including support to TAs on related interpretation and decision-making with country teams
    Lead development and rollout of data toolkits for specific protection interventions with the IRC Measurement Unit (MU), including drafting of select toolkits
    Provide ongoing training and capacity building with protection colleagues – both within VPRU and with country programs, as needed – on core protection MEAL competencies, tools, different types of data, analysis, interpretation, and meaningful use of data for decision making
    Collaborate with VPRU colleagues to identify further approaches to strengthen global data quality, triangulate different types of data, and explore how data can be used for protection-focused advocacy, communication, and programmatic decisions

    Provide Ongoing Direct Technical Support to VPRU Projects

    Independently lead and manage MEAL activities for a limited number of VPRU-led grants, while working closely with VPRU technical advisors (TAs), specialists, and MEAL staff. We currently anticipate this role will support a single project for FY24 on Protection Case Management

    Support Broader Learning Strategies, Guidance, and Resources for VPRU MEAL

    Provide ad hoc support to other VPRU team members for discrete MEAL-related tasks, as needed
    Support the creation and rollout of core MEAL guidance and resources for VPRU teams
    Lead and track against relevant components of VPRU MEAL’s strategic workplan
    Lead and contribute to MEAL technical sections of business development
    Represent VPRU MEAL on external meetings, working groups, and other platforms, as needed
    Contribute to VPRU’s anti-racism commitments

    Job Requirements:

    A minimum of 6 years of experience in humanitarian, international development or similar fields working or researching gender-based violence, child protection, protection rule of law, or relevant technical areas.
    At least 3-5 years of experience leading protection-specific MEAL activities, preferably in humanitarian contexts. May substitute protection programming experience for some protection-specific MEAL experience.
    Strong interpersonal skills and collaborative approach: able to successfully work with, facilitate discussion among, and build trust with diverse teams and across diverse contexts, including senior technical leaders
    Strong understanding of protection data monitoring and evaluation considerations in low resource and humanitarian contexts
    Demonstrated MEAL expertise across the data life cycle – with a particular emphasis on strong data collection, management, analysis, and interpretation skills – for multiple types of data
    Ability to generate high quality MEAL deliverables that demonstrate attention to detail, strong understanding of data and protection best practices, and are appropriate for diverse end user(s)
    Strong facilitation and training experience, with ability to synthesize and share information and build team capacity in ways that are accessible for all. Includes experience facilitating data interpretation and/or reflection sessions.
    Experience developing and refining logframes, theories of change, and/or indicator drafting/revisions
    Strong data visualization and dashboard development skills that demonstrate an understanding of how to use data to tell a compelling story
    Strong organizational skills and ability to balance/set competing priorities across a diverse portfolio
    Exceptional communications skills – strong active listening skills, constructive verbal and written skills, strong public presentation skills, and forward-thinking communication with collaborators
    Flexible work demeanor: the ability to work well both in a dynamic, globally diverse team and independently, and able to take initiative and produce results as well as accept and integrate feedback
    Experience leading and reviewing MEAL technical sections for business development
    Experience with ODK-based mobile data collection applications (CommCare, Kobo, Ona, etc.) required
    Fluency in English required
    Committed to upholding anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion principles

    Preferred experience & skills:

    Degree in in social work, social research, international development, public health, or related fields is highly preferred, or a combination of a formal education and commensurate experience. A concentration in monitoring & evaluation will be an asset.
    Demonstrated understanding of feminist/equitable/collaborative approaches to data and learning
    Experience with digital data visualization/analysis platforms or software (e.g. PowerBI) strongly preferred
    French, Spanish and/or Arabic language skills preferred

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  • Innovation Strategy Lead Consultancy – Research Assistants Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

    Innovation Strategy Lead Consultancy – Research Assistants Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

    The Innovation Strategy Lead will help Airbel teams develop strategies to take projects from idea to scale. The role will lead teams to define a vision, build a strategic roadmap, and develop an operational plan. The Innovatoin Strategy Lead will also play an essential role in developing quantitative modeling to drive critical decisions across the Airbel team.

    Key Responsibilities:
    Work with Global Research and Innovation Priorities (GRIPs) within Airbel to create and drive their strategic roadmaps and operational plans.

    Drive strategy and strong execution for teams, in line with their strategic roadmaps so that they can collectively make rapid progress against an ambitious vision. Work in this area will entail deep analysis of key challenges, quantitative problem sizing, client segmentation, pathways to scale, and assessments/mitigation of key risks.
    Develop operational plans that include budget, hiring, and timelines to structure team’s activities in accordance to strategy.
    Develop effective and efficient processes to bring together key decision-makers and stakeholders and align them towards driving forward key actions and decisions.
    Guide teams on pivoting and adjusting strategy as needed; work with team leads to continually assess the strategy against team opportunities, constraints, challenges, and external environment.
    Articulate clear funding needs based on what is needed to implement strategic roadmaps; draft fundraising proposals when relevant, in collaboration with colleagues

    Grow our team’s use of data-driven, quantitative modeling to drive critical decisions at Airbel and through the broader IRC.

    Develop a consistent, repeatable approach to quantitative modeling to improve our ability to estimate size of client need across countries and programming areas. Work in partnership with country teams to project potential impact and scale for key interventions or opportunity areas.
    Create an approach to visualizing data and insights from quantitative models that allow teams to understand implications of the model developed and make effective and efficient decisions on pathways to pursue.
    Lead the operationalization of this new vision for how we can better leverage quantitative models to size client needs and respond accordingly; this entails working with many stakeholders, iterating on approach, and working rapidly to put feedback into action.

    Provide strategy support to projects designing, testing and scaling new innovations across Airbel.

    Support teams to effectively frame problems and possible solutions, to size and segment markets, to generate data-backed hypotheses, create project plans to execute, and analyze data from prototypes and pilots.
    This role is a great fit for someone who likes developing new approaches to complex problems, who loves iterating ideas with colleagues, and can jump between high-level strategy and the details of operationalizing.

    Job Requirements
    Education and Work Experience:

    Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
    5-8 years of experience in conducting strategic planning, leading on qualitative and quantitative analysis to define strategic pathways, and operationalizing plans.

    Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

    Demonstrated experience generating data-driven models to make strategic decisions.
    Ability to solve complex-problems, bring together quantitative modeling and qualitative analysis, and distill data into actionable insights.
    Able to engage and align an interdisciplinary team, communicate with senior leaders, and facilitate a group to make effective decisions.
    Ability to work well in a distributed, multicultural, fast paced environment.
    Familiarity with quantitative and qualitative research methodologies applied in medicine and social science.
    Experience in humanitarian setting or development contexts and/or an international NGO.

    Preferred Requirements:

    Experience driving strategy at either a top tier strategy consulting firm, in the strategy development function of a global organization, or in a strategy role at a startup.
    Fluency in French and/or Arabic.

    Working Environment

    Standard work office environment
    Up to 25% travel possible

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  • Program and Award Officer

    Program and Award Officer

    The Purpose of the Role
    The Program and Award Officer is responsible for providing awards and partnerships management and operational support to country programs as well as to the regional unit. This role supports the Program and Award Advisor and country programs in their efforts to ensure successful implementation of IRC’s donor award requirements and reporting, ensuring basic compliance, accurate financial information, and good quality narratives on program outputs. The position entails the potential for limited in-country or remote support to country program Grants and Partnerships teams and/or regional teams. While the Program and Award Officer will work across East Africa’s donor portfolio, this role will support a particular on US Government, UN and other US managed portfolio of awards as agreed with the line manager.
    Scope and Authority 
    No direct reports
    Key Working Relationships
    Reports to Program and Award Advisor. Works closely with Director Award Management, all Regional Program and Award Support team members, and across all teams within Awards Management Unit, Crisis Response Recovery and Development Department, Global Partnerships and Philanthropy, and other key departments within IRC. 
    KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
    Award Management and Compliance (60%)

     Support the Program and Awards Advisors and country programs in the management of the award portfolio for the region.
     Review, edit, and provide substantive feedback on donor narrative and financial reports, coordinating with and ensuring input from relevant staff prior to donor submission and submit reports in a timely manner.
     Assist Program and Award Advisor to provide key programmatic and awards related communications to donors.
     Assist Program and Award Advisor in the preparation, review, and submissions of new award agreements and award modifications, including liaising with various departments to obtain signed approvals and helping to complete modification packages.
     Support budget realignments and award amendments/modifications, where necessary.
     Collaborate with Program and Award Advisor in review of sub-award and partnership packages, including sub-award proposals, sub-award agreements and modifications, as well as collaboration agreements and MOUs, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and IRC’s Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS).
     Assist Program and Award Advisor with the development and review of program proposals as necessary.
     Support monitoring projects to ensure progress against objectives and compliance with donor guidelines.
     Assist country offices with ad-hoc queries on donor compliance issues. 
     In collaboration with Program and Award Support colleagues, track and document lessons learned from finalized projects and ensure they are fed into the program development team.
     Inform and refer high level compliance matters to Program and Award Advisors and Director, Awards Management for consultation with the Compliance and Policy team.
     Stay informed about programmatic issues and security and political developments in the region and how they might affect program implementation.
     Maintain and communicate an accurate record of award deliverables to country program grants teams on a regular basis.
     Maintain the region’s award filing system at HQ and update on a regular basis regional trackers, including awards trackers – as specified by region.
     Work with Program and Award Advisor and country office grants staff to ensure that award opportunities on OTIS (internal web-based grants management system) are up to date.
     Provide ad-hoc trainings and technical assistance to grants and partnerships staff on IRC systems, awards management processes, and donor compliance, as necessary. This includes assisting country offices with the use of IRC’s Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results System (PEERS). 
     Keep IATI data up to date on a quarterly basis for relevant donors, as required. 

    Coordination (20%)

     Maintain a strong relationship with the regional team members – reporting on a regular basis and copying them on relevant communications through an established communications protocol.
     Maintain a strong relationship with all AMU teams and other departments to ensure the use of all templates, guidance, policies and procedures established by AMU, and for participation in AMU work groups or work streams, as needed.
     Maintain strong relationship with country program awards teams offering regular support on reporting and compliance issues, in coordination with Program and Award Advisors.
     Assist with the organization and note taking of conferences, workshops and meetings as requested.
     Liaise with support departments and other teams outside of AMU as needed in order to provide the best support to country offices.
     Provide additional operational support as needed and requested.

    Capacity Building and Training (10%)

     Assist in the development and maintenance of work-processes and checklists for award implementation and report review.
     Assist in the development of training materials and facilitate trainings. 

    Other Responsibilities (10%)

     Provide coverage for key program/support functions remotely and in-country as requested, to assist with short-term gaps and emergency support.
     Provide short term cover when Program and Award Advisors are absent supported by their line manager as needed.
     Attend internal (and where appropriate external) IRC trainings as available on donor, compliance and awards management, PEERS, or other relevant subjects to the role.
     Participate in special projects and/or additional duties as needed, and in agreement with the Program and Award Advisor. This could include, but is not limited to: 

    Being the first point of contact for country programs
    Supporting with negotiation of contracts
    Taking a lead on developing training
    Serving as the focal point for regional donors on certain awards

    PERSON SPECIFICATION 
    Essential
    Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

     Understanding of institutional donors and their requirements; experience working with USAID, PRM, and other U.S. Government donors as well as UN donors.
     Good understanding of humanitarian aid and development programming
     Ability to work collaboratively as part of a diverse team and manage a varied workload
     Ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines
     Excellent communication skills including active listening and verbal and written English
     Solid organizational skills, detail oriented, ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks, and to learn quickly 
     Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to successfully and effectively liaise with people within and across departments in a multi-cultural environment
     Ability to proactively take initiative and ownership for their scope of responsibilities with minimal prompting needed from others
     Both a team player and independent performer in a very fast paced environment 
     A flexible work attitude and a calm manner
     Fluency in English 
     Good IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel)

    Experience:

     2+ years’ experience in working in the humanitarian sector, particularly with donors such as USAID, PRM, and the UN
     2+ years experience writing, reviewing and editing narrative and financial reports and excellent attention to detail
     In-country experience preferred, regional experience in particular
     Experience working in the region desirable, particularly in one of the countries in which the IRC is currently operating

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  • Child Accountability Specialist Senior Director of Research

    Child Accountability Specialist Senior Director of Research

    Job Overview / Summary

    The Child Accountability Specialist is embedded in a project team and is responsible to lead implementation of a BHA funded project geared towards accountability to children and inclusion of adolescent girls with intellectual disabilities in humanitarian action.. They work collaboratively with Child Protection, Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) and Inclusion colleagues in the Violence Prevention and Response Technical Unit and the Client Responsiveness team (Measurement Unit) to identify technical approaches towards accountability to children develop practical tools to strengthen the capacity of humanitarian actors to integrate accountability to children and participation in their AAP systems and hence, institutionalise Client-Centred Programming and promote Client Responsiveness goals for men and women, boys and girls and integrate disability inclusion .

    Key Accountabilities
    Lead implementation of the “Inclusive and Accountable” two-year BHA project

    Ensure the planning and the management of the Inclusive and Accountable project and be responsible for the of the successful delivery project.
    Ensure smooth management and integration of project work plans and budgets (budget forecasting, development of spending plans and budget follow-up), timely recruitment, and accurate reporting.
    Support project research study and lead development practical modules on child accountability and participation.
    Coordinate the logistic and administrative organization of the project activities and workshops and events
    Lead in-country workshops with children and youth-led organizations
    Organize and oversee the monitoring for the project as per the M&E plan, AAP plan and indicators specified in the technical narrative (incl. tools for data collection, indicator tracking, and analysis)
    Lead on coordination and liaison with Client Responsiveness team, internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely high-quality reporting to BHA throughout project implementation and close out
    Develop and submit project activity and donors’ reports in a timely manner.
    Manage consultancies associated with project deliverables

    Coordinate internal and external communication and uptake of project findings and products

    Actively represent IRC in the Accountability advisory group of the Alliance including co-leading specific tasks
    Convene and facilitate the Project Advisory Committee meetings, with specific focus on the child-led/youth-led organizations from protection and non-protection sectors.
    Regularly communicate with internal and external project stakeholders.Develop communication briefs, updates and learnings to internal and external dissemination.
    Facilitate the dissemination of the products and learning generated through this project through inter-agency networks and national and international organizations.
    Collect and share learning from country programs in the form of case studies, reports, briefing notes and blogs.

    Key Working Relationships

    The Child Accountability Specialist -Children reports into VPRU Snr. CP Technical Advisor and works closely with the Client Responsiveness team, Child Protection technical advisor, Child Protection Researcher, Snr Senior Adolescent Girls Specialist and Inclusion adviser.
    Internally, the post holder works closely with BHA project team, VPRU and Measurement Unit and Country Programs that participate in project implementation
    Externally, the post holder will represent IRC in the Accountability to children advisory group of the Alliance, AAP networks, and develop strategic relationships with peer agencies working on related thematic areas, child/youth led organisations, inclusion actors, specialist think tanks and consultancies, and relevant network bodies.

    Job Requirements
    Work experience:

    A minimum of 6 years of professional experience designing, implementing and supporting Accountability to children in humanitarian action or Accountability to Affected Population within Humanitarian and/or Development programs with child protection actors
    A proven track record with at least 3 years of experience working in developing, fragile and conflict affected countries with Children
    Prior experience providing technical advisory support and trainings, remote and face to face
    Experience working with local organisations and child/youth led organisations
    Experience in working across sectors or disciplines
    Experience with participatory approached, data management, visualization and interpretation is a strong asset

    Key Technical Skills

    Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
    Strong analytical, presentation, organizational and problem solving skills
    Demonstrated expertise in program design, monitoring and evaluation and program adaptation
    Experience in project management
    Ability to work within a team with a track record of collaborating across disciplines;
    Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
    Active listening skills and ability to work with colleagues from different cultures and contexts;
    Education: Master’s/post-graduate degree in public administration, public policy, political science, international development, economics, statistics or other relevant field.
    Language Skills: Fluency in English is required, working knowledge of Arabic, French or Spanish is strongly preferred.
    Preferred experience & skills:
    Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver on time
    Strong analytic problem solving skills
    Ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional global team structure
    Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite, CommCare and PowerBI is an asset
    Understanding of gender equality, gender-based violence, working with adolescent girls and inclusion concepts is desirable
    Demonstrated ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels
    Ability to manage and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.

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  • MEAL Technology Manager Senior Coordinator for Program Quality Senior Coordinator for Program Implementation Deputy Director for Grants and Accountability Regional People & Culture Director – East Africa Regional People & Culture Director – Central Africa

    MEAL Technology Manager Senior Coordinator for Program Quality Senior Coordinator for Program Implementation Deputy Director for Grants and Accountability Regional People & Culture Director – East Africa Regional People & Culture Director – Central Africa

    Job Purpose
    Reporting to the MEAL Coordinator and the LEGO MEAL Advisor and technically supported by the Regional MEAL Technology Coordinator, the MEAL Technology Manager will be responsible for supporting use of MEAL technology to improve data management and quality for the TeachWell project and all projects being implemented in the IRC Kenya country program. The position will lead in overall database management, developing and deploying electronic data collection tools in ODK, Kobo collect and specifically CommCare, data analysis and creation of visual dashboard in Power BI, project system trouble shooting, training of users, improving electronic data flows, data quality, data analysis, creation of project dashboards and other information products. The position will ensure that the databases are integrated and interoperable with existing project partner databases and in line with the country programs and LEGO data quality guidelines. The position will take an active role in adaptive management through active participation in stakeholder engagements, reviews, learning and work planning meetings.
    Key Responsibilities
    TeachWell MEAL support

    Support the Teachwell MEAL Advisor in overseeing IRC and project partners’ MEAL activities, including supporting in the design of a MEAL project framework for results tracking.
    Support the LEGO MEAL Advisor in developing and managing a monitoring and evaluation system across all project components that leverages qualitative and quantitative methods.
    Contribute to design and development of project data tools through origination, deployment, user support, quality controls and data flow monitoring.
    Works closely with the Teachwell MEAL Advisor to co-design indicators, measurement tools, and identify monitoring responsibilities.
    Develop teacher professional development database with teacher profiles, electronic attendance registers, and teacher observation components for respective training modules.
    Harmonize TeachWell database with partner school database to link teacher and learners’ data targeted by the project.
    Extract and sub-set data for analysis and reporting as required.
    Contribute to produce to Teachwell M&E monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports.
    Manage design and roll out of Teachwell technology and data collection tools, including leading on Project Indicator Dashboard (PID) and other Power Bi analysis tools.
    Develop and implement tools for spatial visualization of data across coverage maps.
    Organize repository for research, learning, assessments, and other information products generated from the project.
    Train users on databases, tools and other applications designed for the TeachWell Project.

    Deployment of Technologies for Data Collection

    Regularly undertake MEAL technology needs assessments for IRC Kenya program.
    Lead the development and ongoing adaptations of the forms in CommCare and dashboards Power BI.
    Design and implement project plans for programs transitioning to new data collection tools.
    Configuration of non-standard project/program indicators in data collection tools.
    Ensure data validation is well embedded in the structure of data collection tools.
    Collaborating with programs, IT and supply chain teams to plan purchase of devices and licenses needed for data management.
    System training and ongoing end-user support for IRC and partner staff.
    Overall project database management ensuring system integrity and accuracy of data, as well as leading routine data quality checks.
    Ensure projects indicators data are systematically presented in their specific Program Indicator Dashboard (PID)

    Supporting Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization

    Working from standard XLSX and PBIX templates, setting up indicator database and dashboard for visualizing MEAL data.
    In close collaboration with MEAL Coordinator, undertake Data analysis, Data Quality Assurance and Data reviews and use to inform the Project Programming
    Providing training to MEAL staff on indicator databases and dashboards
    Undertaking data quality assessments for current databases
    Migration or transformation of existing project or country level data into standard data structures
    Follow up with country MEL staff to ensure monthly data is uploaded in line with the standard operating procedures, check completeness and accuracy,

    Understanding user needs and ensuring these needs are well understood throughout the team.

    Gathering user feedback on data tools during and after deployment
    Participating in requirements capturing and user acceptance testing (UAT) for new tools
    Sharing user feedback with relevant colleagues for improvement purposes.

    Qualifications

    University degree in Information Technology, Database Development, Web Design and Networking, Data Science, or related studies.
    5 Years’ experience in Project Database development, processes and management.
    Experience in data collection tool using mobile data collection systems such as Commcare, KoBoCollect or any ODK system.
    Technical skills in setting up Databases data quality controls, validation criteria, project staff training and capacity strengthening and system trouble shooting.
    Proficiency and experience with mobile data collection such as CommCare, ODK, Microsoft Excel, SPSS, STATA or other similar software’s, Power-Bi and GIS software tools.
    Confirmed ability to lead, mentor and empower a small to a medium professional team.
    Self-motivated with good organization, and planning skills, including prioritizing work and multi-tasking.
    Willingness to travel to various field-level offices (50%).
    Knowledge of MEAL functionality across different thematic areas is an added advantage. 
    Excellent interpersonal, time management and communication skills, both verbal and written.
    Ability to work remotely and independently.
    Ability to work under own initiative with a proactive approach to problem solving.
    Proven skills in making empirical data accessible for different audiences, and in using different channels and media.
    Self-motivated and result-driven, with ability to effectively build and manage networks and relationships for program promotion and issue-resolution.

    Proficiencies:

    Active listening and effective communication.
    Critical thinking and problem-solving.
    Professionalism and work ethic.
    Receptive and Resilient.
    Positive Interpersonal interactions.

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