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Program Development Advisor, East Africa Senior Grants and Business Development Coordinator, East Africa

The Purpose of the Role

The Program Development Advisor (PDA), East Africa will support country programs to pursue funding opportunities in line with IRC’s Business Development Strategy. Support will include all phases of the business development process, from opportunity identification to contract signature, including pre-positioning, partnerships building, proposal development, and due diligence phases. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of working on new funding opportunities in humanitarian and international development with a range of multilateral and bilateral donors (USAID, US Department of State, FCDO, EU and DG ECHO, GFFO, BMZ, Sida, SDC, World Bank, etc.), as well as experience collaborating with local partner organisations.
The PDA will support business development for institutional donors in the IRC’s East Africa region, which comprises programs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. Candidates who are from these countries and/or have significant experience in the region are strongly encouraged to apply.

Scope and Authority

This position does not have any line management responsibilities.

Key Working Relationships

Reports to Senior Program Development Advisor, East Africa. Works closely with all Regional Program and Award Support team members, the Regional Business Development Advisor (Capture and Engagement), Business Development (Specialist Team) and across all other teams within Awards Management Unit, Crisis Response Recovery and Development Department, Global Partnerships and Philanthropy, Global Supply Chain, Finance, Office of General Counsel, Technical Excellence, and other key departments within IRC. Donor and partner point of contact as applicable per region.

KEY ACCOUNTABLITIES
Planning and Strategic Leadership (15%)

Collaborate with country teams to proactively identify and address their priorities and support needs in BD
Collaborate with other AMU pillars to gather donor intel through desk research to identify funding leads and analyze resource mobilization trends in the region.
Support country offices with Donor engagement and intel sharing for positioning; prepare for and participate in Donor calls as needed.
Collaborate with country offices to successfully position for new funding opportunities by leading or assisting in the identification, tracking, and updating of new business opportunities across a variety of technical sectors and donors.
Lead or support pre-positioning for specific opportunities, including facilitating technical brainstorming, partner and competitor landscape analysis and win theme sessions with technical and country staff
Support country offices in setting up annual regional metrics and analyzing the Quarterly Strategy Review for the regional leadership

End to End Program Development (60%)

Support the full proposal lifecycle including sharing initial assessment of new opportunities, supporting Go/No Go processes, preparing, and sharing templates and timelines, ensuring adherence to deadlines, supporting recruitment, assisting in reviewing budgets, ensuring document completion, organizing meetings, and compiling notes, and drafting and proofreading proposal sections.
Facilitate the identification of consultants, partners and other proposal development support as needed in collaboration with the country team.
Collaborate with technical units, country offices, and other colleagues to support conceptualization of winning proposal and bid designs for new project activities and/or amendments to current projects.
Provide quality assurance and quality compliance support on proposals. Ensure responsiveness to and compliance with solicitation documents and with IRC’s requirements.
Support coordination, communication, and inputs from consortium partners in accordance with donor and IRC processes.
Coordinate and support regional reviews and approvals of proposal packages depending on country and regional needs.
Review agreements to ensure accurateness and highlight key compliance requirements, in coordination with post-award, compliance and country grants teams and support in award negotiation as required.
Maintain complete and accurate electronic files, including final submission packages and internal trackers.
Deploy to country offices to lead on proposal development as needed

Donor and Partner Engagement (10%)

In line with IRC’s Partnership Ambition, and in collaboration with regional Partnerships teams, contribute to increasing the volume and equity of IRC’s work with local and regional partners (with a focus on women-led national organizations) by coordinating support to country offices in identifying partnership opportunities, identifying strong partners, and finalizing teaming arrangements.
Coordinate regional and country-level inputs to donor meetings, conferences and communications as needed.
Represent IRC externally to donors, peers, and partners.

Capacity Building and Training: (10%)

Contribute to developing, updating, and delivering business development related training for the region.
Facilitate internal post-submission debrief sessions, (i.e., After Action Reviews) with country teams, technical units, regional team, and other relevant stakeholders to collect lessons learned.
Collaborate with SPDAs and other stakeholders to ensure internal knowledge management, share lessons learned and ensure they are incorporated into future proposals
Support in recruiting, onboarding, and training of new grants and partnerships team members.

Other Responsibilities (5%)

Contribute to AMU and regional strategic priorities and initiatives.
Support with translation to regional or donor languages when necessary
Participate in special projects as needed and other tasks as assigned.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential
Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications:

Experience in developing and supporting humanitarian and development proposals for NGOs
Experience with strategies and proposal processes of key government/statutory donors – US, UK, EU, German, Scandinavian, etc.
Experience in collaborating with and supporting national and community-based partners
Experience in proposal budgeting
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively collaborate across a variety of relationships in a multicultural environment
Demonstrated ability to collaborate equally effectively with colleagues in remote and diverse teams, including as team leader for proposals
Clear, compelling writing skills
Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively
Ability to travel internationally (approximately 20% of time)
Fluency in English

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November 2, 2024
Mental Health Psychosocial Counselor Medical Officer

Job Description
Working under the guidance and supervision of the Mental health officer, the MH Psychosocial Counselor is directly responsible for the provision of Psychosocial services and assist individuals, groups, and communities in Hagadera refugee camp suffering from the effects of mental disorders, torture and war trauma in order to reduce their suffering, rehabilitate and enable them to rebuild their lives and communities.
Key Responsibilities.
In collaboration with site team and under the supervision of the mental health officer include and are not limited to:

Provide comprehensive psychosocial counseling & Psychological First Aid (PFA) to address the mental health needs of the refugees and host community, at individual, group and community levels, to assist them recover from the traumatic effects of torture, war and forced migration.
Support the MHPSS officer in the delivery of integrated community based mental health/Psychosocial (MHPSS) interventions including the identification and assessment of the psychosocial needs of clients.
Actively promote the availability of comprehensive psychosocial counseling services and carry out, individual or group counselling (psychological first aid (PFA) and psychosocial support (PSS), basic psychoeducational sessions to children, adolescents and caregivers/ families (when needed).
Actively engage the client and caregiver(s) to participate in the case management process and share information appropriately.
Refer clients to other institutions for further assistance, when necessary, in line with the available local referral pathways, to ensure effective and efficient case management process.
Plan and coordinate psychotherapy groups at the two Health posts and main hospital clinic mental health clinics, including selection of group members, planning the group process & group facilitation.
Facilitate group counseling sessions with clients, such as couples therapy, family therapy and other forms of group therapy including those targeting postpartum mothers and persons living with drug addiction.
Ensure that all work with clients is kept confidential and that ethical practices are always observed.
Develop, plan and conduct trainings and awareness-raising sessions for the refugee mental health department staff, community health workers, community leaders, religious leaders, support groups, teachers, paraprofessional counselors, and other stake holders on prevention and in response to concerns identified.
Ensure that all required documentation is completed in a timely and professional manner.
Prepare and compile quality department psychosocial work plans, and weekly and monthly HIS reports.
Keep files and statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss special cases with the supervisor, MHPSS technical advisor &/or consultant specialist when available.
Inform and discuss with line manager any difficulties and problems of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.
Document best practice, case studies and learnings for reporting and evaluation purposes.
Hold regular meetings with case workers and community mobilizers to monitor progress and discuss successes, challenges and way forward.
Create an appropriate networking system with other and or relevant implementing partners, line ministries, hospital departments and community stake holders through referrals and advocacy.
Oversee and conduct psychosocial assessments & plan individual case management of patients on follow up at the mental health department & ensure case management goals are properly achieved.
Design and initiate appropriate psychosocial treatment plans for war trauma and torture survivors suffering from PTSD through individual or small group psychotherapeutic sessions and supervise, as necessary.
Provide mentorship of the mental health assistants working in the MH department through continuous education, guidance, supervision, and support.
Design mental health trainings for the mental health workers and other stake holders.
Take charge of the mental health department when the mental health officer is away from office.
Sensitize, problem-solve, dialogue and mediate with the wider population in the camp about their psychosocial issues in order to raise understanding, develop coping strategies and encourage those who need psychosocial services to approach mental health team.
Develop referral pathways and systems, and encourage collaboration between local partners, leaders, CBOS, INGOS & Government ministries.
Attend inter-agency meetings to improve service delivery to our clients/groups and access opportunities to show case what IRC is doing in the camp.
Assist with any other related activities/duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Accountability.

Hold himself accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling IRC Way.
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Collaboration.

Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, community members and external partners and supporters.
Values diversity, equality and inclusion.
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity.

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.

Integrity.

Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Key Result Areas.
Improvement in overall quality of MHPSS care for all the patients/ clients in Hagadera refugee camp.
Qualifications

Diploma/Degree in psychology, counselling or a related field
At least 2-3 years in field experience within a Humanitarian, NGO/Agency in the same or similar position
Extensive experience providing psychotherapy to individuals and groups.
Flexibility and adaptability to the changing environment, requirements and needs.
Skilled at working as a team member.
Working knowledge of English and Kiswahili.
Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft office suite (Outlook, Word & Excel)
Demonstrated resilience and ability to work and deliver in a stressful environment.

Desired

Experience in the context and knowledge of the community’s socio-cultural norms.
Experience in community facilitation and mobilization.
Fluency in local language (Somali) is an added advantage.

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November 2, 2024
Nutritionist Human Resource Manager Consultancy – Research Assistants

Job Description
Working under the guidance of the Senior Nutrition Officer. The Nutritionist will be the team leader and will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Emergency grant Nutrition interventions on MIYCN practices:
He/she will be responsible for day-to-day data compilation.
Key Responsibilities

In support of the nutrition officer plan and support the distribution of family MUAC tapes to families in the targeted areas.
In collaboration with the ministry of health conduct trainings to M2MSGs on MIYCN practices during Covid – 19 Pandemic.
Train and mentor families including CHEWs and CHVs on family MUAC approach.
Support the nutrition officer in the development of wok plans for the activities to be implemented.
Plan and conduct trainings on Growth Monitoring Promotion (GMP), IMAM and MIYCN to other mainstream health professionals.
Offer nutrition support through counselling to individuals with medical conditions including Comprehensive Care Clinic clients.
Compile and submit donor and IRC Nutrition Program weekly, biweekly, and monthly reports of all the activities implemented.
Support the nutrition officer in Monitoring budget spending in line with spending plan and ensure diligence in grants utilization including timely spending and value for money.
Liaise with supply Chain Department in logistical program supplies, procurement, and monitor supply control.
Support MOH on DQAs.
Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

Hold a minimum of Diploma in Food Nutrition and dietetics from recognized institution.
Must be registered with KNDI.

Experience/Competence

Minimum 1year experience within an INGO in implementing emergency community nutrition.
Experience of Maternal infant and young child nutrition with strong BFHI/BFCI approaches
Experience in nutrition survey and assessment
Proven analytical, communication/ negotiation skills and ability to think strategically.
Experience in report writing and excellent computer skills.
Ability to work in hardship areas (previous experience in a camp setting will be an added advantage).
Fluency in Nga’Turkana desirable.
Flexible and positive personality.
Strong planning and implementation capacity.
Confident and capable negotiator, communicator, and networker.

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November 2, 2024
Innovation Fund Lead

We are hiring an Innovation Fund Lead who will drive the IRC’s Innovation Fund to the next stage of growth, unlocking its full impact and scale potential. In this role, you will (i) push the ambition and drive the implementation of the Fund’s strategic vision as well as an external network of high-profile investors and advisors to the Fund; (ii) position the Fund to increase its size and scope and articulate its value proposition internally and externally, and (iii) continuously evolve and improve the Innovation Fund structure, including launching a new model for investing in external start-ups and entrepreneurs in the contexts where IRC operates.

Key Responsibilities
Strategy Implementation & Development

Drive forward the vision and strategy of the Innovation Fund to enhance its potential for impact and scale.
Launch a new arm of the Innovation Fund that invests in external start-ups and entrepreneurs, including identifying investors and promising investment opportunities, and demonstrating measurable results in impact, scale, and cost-effectiveness.
Determine how to optimally allocate capital (beyond project grants/investments) to increase impact at scale.

Fundraising and Partnership Management

Support Director of Partnerships and frontline fundraisers on fundraising and external positioning of the Fund, including with ongoing investor relations, to increase capital for the Fund
Drive Innovation Fund collateral development for investors and internal staff, including annual reports and other fundraising materials (pitch decks, concept notes, talking points, etc.)
Shape, grow, and coordinate an external network of high-profile investors and advisors to the Fund as well as innovators and start-ups in the contexts where IRC works.
Leverage networks to maintain an active pulse on innovations — within and outside the humanitarian space — relevant to IRC priorities.
Establish strong working relationships with colleagues across the IRC to represent the Fund and source more grant opportunities.

Fund Structure and Governance

Dynamically manage portfolio success by evaluating historical and real-time data and determine the optimal risk profile of the Fund.
Conduct research and analysis of peer funds to enhance idea sourcing strategies.
Serve on the internal panel that reviews and assesses internal Innovation Fund applications.
Lead the continuous evolution and improvement of the Innovation Fund structure, including the project selection process, to enhance impact and scale.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

8+ years of relevant experience, including investing in start-ups/entrepreneurs in the Global South and/or demonstrated track record of portfolio management, and supporting early stage ventures to deliver on their growth and impact goals.
Significant track record in fundraising and partnership development for innovation, tech, or ventures – either directly or part of a team delivering results in closing financing and partners
Experience in setting impact vision and goals, and implementing that vision through a significant and complex portfolio
Demonstrated experience generating data-driven models to make strategic decisions.
Experience in developing clear communications for and delivering compelling presentations to executives; able to present complex ideas concisely.
Experience with social impact measurement and developing / tracking metrics to measure impact
Experience in growing new areas and capabilities of an organization, and testing / iterating with collaborators to continuously improve
Ability to proactively identify gaps, improve processes, problem-solve, and anticipate challenges with minimal supervision
Ability to effectively shift between strategy and day-to-day implementation

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November 2, 2024
Enhancing Women’s Resilience in Refugee Camps and Host Communities

Purpose of the Consultancy/Objectives.
IRC seeks a consultant to support the marketing and branding of refugee women’s products outside of the camp settings through private sector engagements and e-commerce development. The consultant will conduct a market assessment for opportunities on refugee women products and private sector linkage, conduct training on business development, e-commerce/ digital marketing for refugee women products and mapping of potential private sector members that support the access to markets, product development and linkage to relevant buyers. The consultant will further devise innovative strategies that diversify women and girls’ sources of livelihoods which include climate smart enterprises and sustainable agriculture such as crop diversification and organic farming for sustainable livelihood. The analysis should provide detailed understanding of the skills and capacities of target clients, as well as their desired market-relevant skills set. The assessment should also cover the key training opportunities available in institutions such as technical training and vocational institutions.
The assessment will include a desk review of essential documents including existing reports, assessments, and government policies/strategies. Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions will also be conducted to gather additional insight and intel from actors including city officials, government authorities, NGO, service providers, and community members.
Scope of Work
The assessment seeks to answer the following key questions:

What market-relevant skills do women refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma currently have? How do these skills differ among social groups (women, men, youth, refugees, and geographic differences)
What skills do refugee women aspire to learn? How does this differ in age and gender? Why are these groups/ communities interested in these skills?
What kind of training is available and accessible to communities for market-relevant skills?
Who are the key collaborators (institutions, CBOs, government service providers) providing relevant skills training opportunities & certification in location?
What are the opportunities for refugee women’s products and linkages to the private sector?
What are the relevant e-commerce platforms that can be used by the refugee women to market their products?
How can IRC apply the findings to identify new market avenues, improve the existing products through value additions and equip the women and girls with skills and knowledge to bridge the established capacity gaps?
What are some of the climate-smart micro-enterprises that women and girls can establish and sustainable earn income for their livelihood?
How can IRC support Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) to provide market-driven skills for economic independence for women? What are the viable skills that can be trained at the WGSS?
What barriers (legal, education, experience, and informal social norms) do women and youth face in entering the selected priority value chains (especially male-dominated value chains)? What support is required?
What are the competence-based skills that women can acquire that are primarily male-dominated to increase their ability to participate in the predominantly male-dominated markets?
Conduct an in-depth private sector labour market analysis, identifying key gender disparities and inequalities.
Identify best practices and successful initiatives private sector companies implement to promote gender equality in their workforce.
Develop evidence-based recommendations for IRC and private sector stakeholders to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment within the private sector labour market.

Methodology
In developing the assessment, the consultant should consider the following:

Desk review of essential documents.
Primary data collection including:- key informant interviews (KIIs), and focus-group discussions (FGDs) with government officials (county and national), non-government partners, private sector, and the community.
The consultant must ensure informed consent is provided for all interviews, focus group discussions and photographs.
The consultant will specifically have briefing and debriefing meetings with the IRC’s Economic Recovery and Development Coordinator and Women Protection and Empowerment Coordinator at the commencement, mid-point, and conclusion of methodological implementation.

Reports

Inception meeting report that will include training/briefing on methodology Team, study report outline and assessment data collection tools for the study, work plan and budget.
1st draft report and a professionally edited final report covering skills/labour assessment and legal framework summary findings
Copies of original and cleaned data sets including field notes.
Final report will include: Best practices review: Identify and assess best practices and initiatives implemented by private sector companies to promote gender equality.
Recommendations: Develop evidence-based recommendations to IRC and private sector stakeholders to advance gender equality within the private sector labour market.

Duration of The Consultancy
The assignment is expected to be undertaken in October 2023 for a maximum of 30 consultancy days which includes tools review, desk reviews, development of the inception report and approval by the IRC, data collection, report-writing and validation meeting (detailed work plan, with clear timeline to be developed).
IRCs Responsibility

Pay consultancy fees at a mutually agreed rate after the successful completion of the consultancy and submission of the specified documents.
Support with tool development and guidelines for the consultancy

Budget
There is a fixed budget for this piece of work. Based on the submitted work plan, payment will be done where daily fees shall be negotiated.

50% of the fees will be paid upon signing of the contract.
50% will be paid after receiving all reports and validation by IRC

Key details

The position will be handled by Economic Recovery and Development Coordinator.

Qualifications
Profile of the consultant

A post-graduate degree in social sciences, Business Administration, economics, international development, or other related field.
Over 10 years’ experience conducting gender-sensitive labour market assessments.
Expert familiarity with methodologies including focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and market data analysis.
Familiarity with the livelihoods, humanitarian, international development actors/sectors, digital market, e-commerce.
Knowledge of MS Office and qualitative data analysis tools.
Strong oral and written communications skills.

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November 2, 2024
Finance Assistant

Job Description
The Finance Assistant has responsibility for supporting the finance functions for the IRC Kenya to adhere to IRC policies and procedures as well as donor compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Payment processing

Ensure all payments shared with finance are processed timely through follow-up for timely authorizations of payment requests in line with the approved limits per the delineation chart.
Give attention to detail while processing payments to ensure accuracy of financial data.
Ensure all program advances are accounted for as per advance policy.
Share remittance advice with supply chain for all processed vendor payments.

Banking

Perform banking roles such as cash depositing and collection.

Bank Reconciliation

Prepare cash and bank accounts monthly and submit for approval.

Filing

Maintain an organized and well-documented (all files must be labeled properly and visibly) and sequential filing system for all processed payments.

Cash flow management

Check all the bank statements regularly for any receipts and other peculiar items and notify your supervisor accordingly.
Prepare an up-to-date cash flow statement weekly for decision on cash needs.

Statutory deductions remittance

Ensure that PAYE, NSSF and NHIF is remitted by the 9th of the following month.
Ensure that all other payroll deductions (HELB, Life Insurance, Pension) are remitted to the respective institutions by the 9th of the following month.
Performed any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications

Minimum CPA II qualification and University degree.
Knowledge of Excel and ERP system an added advantage. Female candidates encouraged to apply.

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November 2, 2024
Program and Award Officer, East Africa

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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November 2, 2024
Consultant – Policy, Advocacy and Influencing Work

Scope of Work
The overarching objective of this consultancy task is to provide guidance to the Re:BUiLD program in effectively measuring the impact of their policy and advocacy endeavors and thus , facilitating informed decision-making. The tasks at hand encompass advising on policy and advocacy measurement strategies, furnishing expert recommendations to IRC on adept methods to gauge the impact and success of the Re: BUiLD program’s policy and advocacy initiatives. This entails an assessment of existing measurement tools, an analysis of their efficacy, and the proposition of the most efficacious measurement approaches for day to day monitoring, as well as the endline evaluation, in close coordination with Re:BUiLD measurement and influence & adoption colleagues.
Assignment Objectives

Review and strengthen the intended outcomes and proposed key performance indicators (KPIs) that correlate with identified outcomes, outputs, and proposed activities. Identify any gaps, limitations, and propose areas for improvement in the current measurement methods.
Collaborate with the program team to review and strengthen the Influence and adoption M&E Framework, particularly:

Review and strengthen goals, sub-outcomes, and milestones.
Review and strengthen all indicators and their related means of verification to ensure they are pertinent, quantifiable, and harmonious with the objectives of their policy and advocacy influencing. These indicators should encompass both quantitative metrics (such as alterations in policies or regulations) and qualitative gauges (such as shifts in public perception or awareness).
Review and strengthen process and outcome targets to ensure feasibility and effectiveness.
Review and strengthen the indicators’ means of verification indicating where and in what form information on the achievement of the overall objective, the specific objective, and the results can be found.

Design, develop and test data collection tools as required for indicators tracking and program monitoring.
Establish baseline guidance for each chosen indicator prior to the full implementation of policy and advocacy initiatives. This foundational data will serve as a reference point for evaluating the impact of these initiatives over time.
Develop a comprehensive framework detailing how each indicator will be assessed, encompassing data sources, methodologies for data collection and measurement frequency. This framework must uphold data precision and uniformity.
Set up a methodology for how the endline program evaluation should be conducted and recommend tools and systems that could be used for ongoing monitoring and reporting.

Deliverables

An inception report encompassing the consultant’s interpretation of the task and the proposed methodology delineating how the assignment will unfold. The inception report will be subject to discussion and approval by IRC before the commencement of the assignment.
A comprehensive work plan outlining the suggested activities and pivotal milestones, culminating in the final deliverables.
Regular meetings with the Re:BUiLD team to assess each milestone before progressing to the next.
A detailed final report containing recommendations for measuring policy and advocacy work, accompanied by an appended improved/strengthened I&A M&E framework including:

reviewed goals, sub-outcomes, related indicators, baseline, means of verification and targets
Detailed description of recommended monitoring techniques, routines, and data collection approaches.

Be part of the dissemination workshop (organized by Re:BUiLD) to help staff understand the recommended measurement approaches

Qualifications
Skills and Experience
It is anticipated that this assignment will be conducted by a skilled and experienced consultant(s) or a firm which should possess the following qualifications:

Minimum of a Master’s degree in Monitoring and evaluation, Political Science, Social Sciences or related fields of study with 10 years demonstrated experience in policy and advocacy analysis and measurements.
Demonstrated experience in setting up policy& advocacy M&E systems and frameworks. knowledge of key evaluation methods applicable to policy and advocacy work.
Demonstrated successful practice in setting up and implementing measurement strategies for policy and advocacy work (demonstration of previous work required)
Excellent understanding of global and East Africa specific policy environment and discussions.
Skills in qualitative data collection and analysis approaches,
Quality analysis, presentation, and ability to meet deadlines.
Good organizational and communication skills.

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November 2, 2024
Moderator

Job Overview:
IRC is seeking a Moderator to be based in Hagadera under the direct supervision of a Senior Editorial Officer. The Moderator will be responsible for communicating directly with Julisha.Info users daily, replying to comments, messages, and questions.
Major Responsibilities:

Engage users in conversations online based on the guidelines.
Reply to messages and comments received on Julisha.Info social media channels with the help of the Signpost team and moderation guidelines.
Collaborate with Senior Editorial Officers, Roving Service Mapping Officer, Protection Manager, and protection teams to develop thorough, vetted, well-researched answers.
Where necessary, link or support the users with information on where/ how they can access services in relation to the service mapping information available.
Feedback on representative and noteworthy comments and write an analysis of the month’s communications (including responses to posts, trends in conversation and information gaps).
Share insights, feedback, cultural awareness, contextual knowledge, and learning with the wider team on an ongoing basis.
Analyse information gaps amongst the affected populations to feed into future content creation.
Keep up to date with all the new information put out on an ongoing basis and attend regular trainings as required.
Track and analyze information requests on Julisha.Info social media channels to identify trends and/or issues and propose solutions and ideas to improve the effectiveness of the program’s communication strategies and activities.
Support in management and capacity building of Julisha.Info Community staff.
Follow protocol to escalate any communication from at risk cases to Protection team.
Any other responsibility as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Senior Editorial Officer.
Position directly supervises: Julisha community staff.

Qualifications

Typing speed of at least 30 words per minute
Knowledge of social media platforms such as Facebook
Experience working with Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Zendesk
Ability to act with discretion, integrity, and diplomacy
An understanding of the power and importance of accurate information and the ability to exercise strong judgement in ensuring all answers are accurate.
High emotional intelligence

Education:

Diploma or advanced relevant technical (such as media, journalism, communication) qualifications.

Language Skills:

Advanced oral and written Kiswahili, and English language skills. Knowledge of Arabic and/or Somali languages is an added advantage.

Preferred Experience

Experience working with refugees, asylum seekers, displaced persons, refugee hosting communities
At least one year of experience working with social medial platforms such as Facebook
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, great attention to details and, an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications.
Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver on time
Strong analytic problem-solving skills with ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional team
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels
Basic knowledge of digital design

Apply via :

rescue.csod.com

November 2, 2024
Technical Advisor Environmental Health – MENA + Ukraine

Position Overview

As the Environmental Health Technical Advisor for Middle East & North Africa (MENA) + Ukraine you are responsible for ensuring high quality technical assistance to one IRC region comprised of six country programs, plus IRC’s Ukraine response. You will promote and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and widely inclusive.

Program Design & Business Development: You will support country programs to design winning submissions and generally position IRC for continued success in our technical domains:

Support designated country programs’ proposal technical lead through participation in and/or facilitation of program design meetings
Promote and support design collaboration with partners and clients
Advise on program modalities, and strategic partnership development based on how we can best support, complement, and reinforce local systems
Advising and/or providing hands-on support on assessments, including application and contextualization of technical standards
Reviewing technical design quality, including alignment of narratives, log-frames, and budgets to IRC standards and outcomes

Implementation Support: You will support country program staff and other key stakeholders in implementing technical interventions:

Support country programs and other stakeholders with the recruitment and training of technical coordinators
Assess program quality and inform improvements, providing follow up support to country programs as needed
Collaborate with country program colleagues to monitor and analyze key indicators to inform periodic review, program adaptation, and course-correction as needed
Provide technical capacity strengthening through ongoing mentoring, coaching, and trainings with country program focal points

Knowledge & Learning: You will support continuous sectoral learning and IRC technical leadership:

Document learnings from program activities and sharing takeaways and opportunities
Share cross-contextual learnings with country program staff across the region
Refresh the sectoral evidence-base in collaboration with global and regional staff to influence approaches
Collaborate with other technical advisors within the region to promote integrated programming leadership
Contribute to the delivery of Health Unit strategic priorities
Maintain currency with sectoral best practices through continual learning and development

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Success in this position requires an individual with expertise in designing and delivering technical assistance to Environmental Health programs, and with a deep understanding of the cultural, societal, and political contexts in at least one of the regions where IRC operates.

Work Experience

A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in implementing and/or managing Environmental Health programs, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required.
Experience and familiarity with related donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts.
Demonstrated expertise in technical program design, monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.

Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver projects on time and independently.
Demonstrated ability to navigate a dynamic, cross-functional, global team structure in a large multi-national organization.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Strong analytic problem-solving skills.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
Ability to manage and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering and/or public health or a relevant field required, Master’s Degree preferred.

Language Skills:

Excellent spoken and written English is essential. Proficiency in an additional IRC language (Arabic, French, Spanish,) strongly preferred.

Key Working Relationships:

This position reports to the Senior Technical Advisor Environmental Health, based in Nairobi. This position may potentially supervise occasional consultants and/or interns. Regular communication with other Health Unit staff, regional and country program teams, awards management and grants management staff, and other internal stakeholders.

Apply via :

rescue.csod.com

November 2, 2024