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Technical Coordinator, Roving

Position summary

IRC is seeking a Technical Coordinator (Roving) for the IRC GAVI REACH project, who, while working under the direction of the Immunization Advisor, will provide multi-country coordination and technical assistance (physical and remote) to GAVI REACH project service delivery teams and local partners in Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan. She/he will be a central member of PMU’s technical team (based at REACH PMU, at IHUB Nairobi Kenya), who will support capacity-building efforts; track performance progress against agreed milestones to drive results for impact; and participate in regular monitoring visits for quality program quality and adherence to IRCs, donor and MOH guidelines.
This is a primarily country-facing roving position with a need for deployment to any country. The holder shall spend at least 75% of their time delivering technical assistance, in-person and remotely, to country REACH technical teams, and 25% at the PMU level supporting cross-cutting technical linkages, workflows and work streams. The position will initially be for one year, renewable subject to continued need, fund availability and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

Program management and coordination

Under the direction of the Immunization Advisor, provide technical support and coordination to REACH country teams to develop and implement key strategies to ensure program soundness, accelerate last mile immunization program delivery, and implementation on scale.
In consultation with the Immunization Advisor and PMU technical team, support country project teams to develop, implement and monitor activity work plans; regularly review performance to sieve bottlenecks as well as identify and follow up on course corrective measures to sustain high performance. Follow up to closure of any identified technical coordination actions needed to ensure implementation remains on track.
With guidance from PMU’s operations teams, support REACH country teams in monitoring fund utilization, budget versus actuals analysis, development/ revision of spending plans and follow up on proposed course-corrective measures to stimulate spending in line with approved budgets and accelerated implementation plans.
With guidance from Immunization Adviser and MEL team, support REACH country teams in monitoring and data management (including using data to inform course correction, learning and advocacy) as well as documentation of success stories. Further contribute to drafting donor and other ad hoc technical reports as requested/ guided by line manager.
Gap fill Country Project Coordinator role in the event that such position becomes vacant while also helping the appropriate country program fill the position

Technical

Identify performance gaps, design remedial interventions, and develop action plans in consultation with the Immunization Advisor, country REACH project coordinators and PMU.
Ensure that all REACH activities are consistent with established standard processes and apply standardized protocols, policies and guidelines, as outlined by relevant MOH or project standards.
Ensure program quality, progress and compliance with donor and IRC requirements.

Capacity Development:

Support capacity building of the REACH country technical team and local partners through technical training and ongoing technical coaching, supervision and OJT on quality vaccination service delivery.
Share cross-context learning with country program staff across REACH countries

Miscellaneous

Other duties as assigned the Immunization Advisor

Job Qualifications:

Education:

MD/RN, RN with public health or equivalent with a Master’s/post-graduate degree in Public Health, Public Health Nutrition or equivalent.

Work Experience:

4-6 years work experience, with a minimum of 2 years as technical coordination in a health program; experience managing working relationships with government (MOH and/or national programs)

Desirable:

Experience in or understanding of immunization programs (national or sub-national immunization planning; capacity building for system strengthening; design of community-focused strategies to increase coverage; use of immunization data for monitoring and decision making; immunization supply chain strengthening, and demand creation)

Skills and Proficiencies:

Proven expertise in working with donors, project design and implementation, proposal development, coordination and capacity building .
Able to work with and build the capacity of remote, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to provide remote and physical technical support to drive results across multi-country technical teams.
Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills and skills to facilitate collaboration.

Language Skills:

Proficiency in English required

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Immunization Advisor, GAVI REACH project
Position directly supervises: None

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October 30, 2024
Security Guard Consultancy – Project Management Consultancy HTS Counsellor

Job Description

The national security guard, under the direct supervision of security Supervisor, will safeguard all IRC assets and premises through physical guarding at all the field sites 24/7. They will respond to any incident which requires the security office within their areas of jurisdiction. They will give daily situation reports of the field sites to the supervisor. They will work closely as a team with the other national guards and the incentive counterpart managers, supervisors and the guards to ensure that there is cohesion and information sharing.

Key Responsibilities.

To safeguard IRC staff, clients, and property in all field sites by ensuring that they are secure and free from losses or damages through physical guarding 24/7 day & night.
Conduct regular foot patrols in the field sites ensuring that the perimeter fence are intact, and that door and windows of the offices are firmly locked at during the night.
Carry out IRC security protocol S.O.Ps within the field sites in a professional manner in line with the IRC WAY.
Implement standard access procedures to IRC sites ensuring that persons and vehicles entering or leaving the sites are searched appropriately.
To monitor assets/material movement from the IRC stores to any other location within IRC programs in reducing and minimizing chances of defraud within the stores and programs.
To work closely with field sites in charges, supply chain department and Nutrition program to ensure that the field stores control procedures are adhered to.
Crowd control during normal field sites operations.
To gather information from reliable sources and share with the security supervisor and other security actors within the area of operation.
To maintain reporting system of incidents occurrences within IRC programs and in the field and giving situation updates to the security supervisor within necessary time frame.
Perform any other duty as may be advised by the supervisor.

Key Result Areas.

Physical guarding of IRC site both day and night 24/7.
Maximum presence and involvement in the distribution exercise, crowd control and coverage of all field sites.
Taking preventive measures to avert any pilferages of commodities.
Carrying out IRC security procedures as per the SOPs.

Qualifications

KCSE Certificate and above.
Training or certification in first aid, fire fighting and security related training will be added advantage.
Must be physically and mentally fit
Possess a valid Certificate of good conduct.
Must be a Kenyan citizen.
Should have a letter of recommendation from previous employer, area chief or government authority.

Required Experience & Competencies.

Knowledgeable of using communication gadgets i.e. VHF, HF radios is added advantage.
Good communication skill, fluency in both written and spoken English/Kiswahili. Somali speaking will be preferred.
Ability to work closely, professionally and constructively with others regardless of their religion, race, or cultural background.
Ability to work long hours with minimal supervision.
Should be flexible and show high standards of discipline and honesty.
Willing to undergo IRC security training.

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October 30, 2024
Nutrition Coordinator Locum Nurses

Purpose of the Role

The Nutrition Coordinator is responsible for providing all support vital to ensure successful implementation of nutrition programming and proposal development/project design for prospective projects. While advising the nutrition team and working with other partners, the Technical Coordinator will ensure adequate participation, appropriate delivery, and sustained impact of all nutrition interventions which are under health outcomes under the Kenya SAP 100. This position will support all aspects of technical design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation; development of implementation strategy/approaches and guidelines including providing feedback to partners for purposes of improving program quality. Internally, the role is a primary interlocutor with IRC’s regional or headquarter based Technical Advisors to ensure coordination and complementarity of programming, as well as appropriate technical difficulty in project design and implementation. You will collaborate closely with other coordinators within IRC to advance a cohesive, integrated country programme. Aside from the health sector, they will also ensure the program is integrated with other IRC Kenya sectors like livelihoods, women protection and empowerment and child protection, WASH programs, governance, and partnerships. The position holder plays a vital role in advancing IRC’s ambitions, strategies, and priorities amongst like-minded agencies, government, private sector, and community partners, including the Nutrition technical Forum and the related technical working groups. In line with IRC SAP 100 ambitions and as part of the scope of work, you will contribute to the ambition to scale up IRC cash and partnerships while ensuring IRC involvement in the relevant cash coordination forums at national and county levels. In undertaking the above, you will ensure strong coordination and coordination with the relevant GOK departments, implementing partners.
This position reports to the Deputy Director for Programs and is based in Nairobi with regular travel (at least 50%) to program sites across the Country.

Key Responsibilities.
Strategy and Business Development.

Provide leadership to the department team in advancing and implementing evidence-based, cost-effective funding applications and finding opportunities for sustainable program growth through the pursuit of new programming initiatives and emphasizing the significance of securing multi-year funding to support them.
Ensure, with nutrition that design of projects/ new business reflects IRC program quality standards and industry standard methodologies, clear theory of change while embracing an integrated and triple nexus programming approach.
Develop partnerships with both local and international organizations to support positioning to pursue new funding opportunities to deliver on the program strategy and scale.
Advance IRC SAP 100 ambitions within program and contribute to attainment of the articulated SAP ambitions including developing strategic partnerships with local organization (emphasis on women and youth led organizations), the advancement of cash programming and GEDI integration/mainstreaming within IRC programming.
Contribute to evolution nutrition strategy, planning and documentation, in deliberation with the technical unit.
Be responsible for the IRC’s relationship with consortia implementing partners and support the identification of new partners as it relates to new programming.

Technical monitoring and Program Quality:

Supervise the implementation of Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) including simplified approaches (the combined protocol, Family MUAC) as well as nutrition assessments in consultation with national and county MOH.
Coordinate with other programs on appropriate management, compliance, and performance standards, as well as effective systems for budget management, knowledge management and risk management.
Formulate integrated programming initiatives so that Nutrition sector complements the other IRC sectors and promotes integration/ main streaming of GEDI-responsive approaches.
Provide guidance, strategies, and instruments to make certain that programming choices are based on needs assessment findings (primary & secondary data) and analysis, input from communities, partners, a thorough understanding of context, technical standard methodologies, and operational viability.
Support to improve quality of specialized services available in country in addition to contributing to the standardization of nutrition models/protocols, referral pathways and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Support the use of global technical resources to promote program quality and broad approaches.
Collaborate closely with Technical Advisors within the Health Unit and Technical Advisor Governance and Regional Advocacy Advisor to benchmark programming to global standards and that of relevant institutions and statutory bodies, ensure application of standard processes, review, and advance nutrition sector programming policies and guidance. Support the development of SOPs and Guidance Notes for program activities. Promote quality by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and providing technical supervision of program staff.
Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place with associated information sharing protocols for nutrition analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy. Provide guidance on confidential and safe data collection, case identification, safe information sharing and referral mechanisms in check with internationally recognized standard processes.

Project Management

Provide overall leadership and management of the nutrition portfolio, ensuring strategically coherent program direction, well-managed growth, and compliance with IRC and donor regulations, and well led supply chain for nutrition products together with pharmacy and supply chain teams.
Continually seek out ways to raise the capacities of team members, individually and collectively.
Ensure that detailed, realistic, and feasible project implementation plans are developed, modified as needed and implemented accordingly.
Support nutrition staff to collect, document and disseminate lessons learned and standard methodologies, incorporating these into new project designs.
Work closely with M&E Coordinator to regularly review progress against indicators.
Provide direction on implementation of accountability mechanisms for beneficiary feedback and review sector M&E and accountability data with sector staff to identify areas for operational improvement.
Guarantee that the stated goals and objectives for the nutrition programme are met with strong monitoring and evaluation (M&E) follow up, including design of robust M&E plans, lead technical assessments, design/adapt nutrition information systems as a basis for nutrition program development. Develop methodologies and tools to strengthen the quality of data collection, analysis, and reporting and any required operational research, with technical support from Technical Advisors as needed.
Review donor reports in joint effort with Program Managers, other Technical Coordinators, and the Technical Advisors.
Conduct regular travel to the field to support program implementation review and provide technical guidance to the implementation teams.

Financial Management

Work with finance, operations, and grants to ensure compliance with donor requirements and develop periodic re-forecasting of the annual operating budget.
In collaboration with the field management, ensure that protection staff are well trained to properly handle project budgets.
Meet with sector, grants, and finance staff regularly to review budget comparison reports.
Mitigate risk by collaborating with the Finance Department to ensure that sector staff fully understand financial and administrative processes involved in project budget cycles.
Ensure that risks limiting achievement of objectives are reported and rapidly addressed.

Systems Strengthening and Advocacy

Support IRC programs to fully reflect and where required transition their approach to system strengthening as a crucial component.
Support the Governance and Systems Strengthening Coordinator and Technical Advisors in articulating and implementing an advocacy vision for the Kenya program which includes an advocacy framework for refugees and for various sectors the country program is engaged in for citizens engagement in demand driven service delivery.
Support the sector team to incorporate advocacy, policy & campaign priorities into all new proposals and to ensure adequate resourcing and cost recovery.
Provide support to field offices delivering nutrition policy influencing and advocacy projects while ensuring alignment across national advocacy, policy objectives and results for the country while delivering on advocacy goals.
Work at the policy level with key decision makers from various national and county government and donors, participating in strategy development and technical discussions relating to future direction of this program and influence policy reforms/development across all sectors.

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Ensure that the IRC Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, in relation to the nutrition sector, are prepared in dialogue with relevant government and aid partners, are kept up to date with protocol, standards and guidance from relevant bodies and conform to the needs of clients.
Together with the Senior Management Team (SMT), collaborate on establishment and operationalization of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) as pertains to nutrition considerations.

Staff and Partner Capacity Development:

Create a supervisory environment focused on the achievement of team and individual results that emphasize the importance of learning, productivity, accountability, and willingness. Communicate regularly with staff and promote positive conflict resolution among team members.
Provide guidance and supervision to sector managers; guide recruitments, discuss job expectations, set objectives, and provide appropriate and timely feedback on performance of direct reports, including timely implementation of performance management as per IRC’s performance management system.
Build capacities of sector staff in key project management principles, tools and approaches and ensure that these new skills are applied on the job.
Develop/organize training and other capacity strengthening opportunities to build the capacity of local partners.
Lead with commitment, integrity, and accountability to the “IRC Way Standards”.
Promote constructive, congenial collaboration between sector staff, other IRC program staff and operational support staff.

Coordination, Representation and Communication

Enhance IRC Kenya’s nutrition sector profile among relevant collaborators – donors, national and local government partners, international and national NGOs, etc.
Represent the IRC Nutrition Sector at NGO, inter-agency and governmental meetings.
Lead and advice on advocacy activities for the sector ensuring the integration of Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion objectives in IRC and partner programming.
As the nutrition focal point for program-related communication between IRC country programs in the region and the global level, the role includes being responsible for nutrition sector inputs to advocacy efforts both locally and globally.

Qualifications

Advanced degree in health, nutrition, or public health.
Must have experience in the nutrition sector and experience in dynamic management, including technical staff supervision.
Experience in integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM), infant and young child feeding in emergencies (IYCF-E) is required. Experience in conducting nutrition assessments is highly desired.
Experience in nutrition program design, implementation, and M&E.
Validated practical experience in developing and using community participatory approaches in design and implementation of nutrition programs.
Experience of working with forced migrants.
Attested capacity to develop and work with innovative systems, new technologies, creative approaches, and sustainable models to nutrition programming.
Experience in leading programs financed by US government agencies, DFID, EU, UN, foundations, and private donors is required, with previous experience in competitive financing environments a plus.
Experience working with community groups, community engagement and negotiation.
Ability to develop winning proposals to public and private sector donors.
Shown ability to handle projects to completion on time, within budget, and with the anticipated results.
Successful leadership experience with a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting, capacity in the transfer of technical knowledge and leadership skills through technical training, coaching, and mentoring of staff, as well as identified partner organizations.
Experience and success working in partnership models.
Extensive experience with research, monitoring and evaluation tools and systems for sophisticated programs.
Ability to respond to multiple priorities in a timely manner, producing high-quality outcomes.
Demonstrates strong understanding of integrated programming and has experience in running multi-year and multi-sectoral programming.
Must be capable of applying skills and knowledge in a variety of capacities, including direct implementation and advisory functions.
Experience working with new program start-up.
Strong program/technical and budget leadership skills, budgeting, planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills across multiple grants and countries.
Demonstrates strong relationship building skills with a strong presence in coordination bodies and advocacy processes.
Confirmed practical experience in program design, implementation, and M&E and experience in developing and using community participatory approaches.
Experience working with community groups, community engagement and negotiation.
Highly diplomatic with excellent political awareness and sophisticated negotiation skills.
Experience in governance programming such as working with GOK, county governments, devolution processes for increased demand and improved service delivery is desirable. Experience working on government policies and laws.
Working experience in partnership/partner engagement and management.
Strong written and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external parties.
Ability to work and live in a sometimes-insecure environment while maintaining a positive attitude.
Strong people leadership skills with cross-cultural exposure and comfortable working with a diverse team. Critical to interpersonal differences and a range of viewpoints.
Advance planning and organizational skills. Able to prioritize and follow multiple activities and deadlines simultaneously.
Able to adapt plans and pivot approaches in response to changes in context.
Proactive, reliable, and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Fluency in English and Swahili, spoken and written, is a must.

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October 30, 2024
Protection Coordinator

Purpose of the Role

The position holder is responsible to provide any and all support necessary to ensure successful design and implementation of Protection programming. The Technical Coordinator will ensure adequate participation, appropriate delivery, and sustained impact of all protection interventions which are under power and safety outcomes under the Kenya SAP 100. This position will support all aspects of technical design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the protection activities; development of implementation strategy/approaches and guidelines and partnership. Internally, the role is a primary interlocutor with IRC’s Global Protection and Rule of Law (PRoL) Technical Advisor and Child Protection Technical Advisor to ensure coordination, integration and technical rigor in program design and implementation. The Protection Coordinator will collaborate closely with other technical coordinators within IRC to advance a cohesive, integrated country programme. The Protection Coordinator plays a vital role in advancing IRCs ambitions, strategies and priorities amongst fellow agency, government, private sector, and community partners, as well as the Protection Working Group within the interagency coordination structure. In undertaking the above, the Protection Coordinator will ensure strong coordination and collaboration with the relevant GOK departments, implementing partners and relevant key collaborators. The current protection portfolio includes emergency protection assistance, access to justice, responsive information services, protection analysis, protection mainstreaming and psychosocial support.
This position reports to the Deputy Director for Programs and is based in Nairobi with regular travel to program sites across the Country.

Key Responsibilities.
Strategy and Business Development.

Provide leadership to the team in developing and implementing evidence-based, cost-effective funding applications and finding opportunities for sustainable program growth through the pursuit of new programming initiatives and emphasizing the significance of securing multi-year funding to support them.
Ensure, with protection staff and Technical Advisor, that design of projects/ new business reflects IRC program quality standards and industry standard methodologies, clear theory of change while embracing an integrated and triple nexus programming approach.
Develop strategic partnerships with both local and international organizations to support positioning to pursue new funding opportunities to deliver on the program strategy and scale.
Advance IRC SAP 100 ambitions within protection programming and contribute to attainment of the articulated SAP ambitions including developing strategic partnerships with local organization (emphasis on women and youth led organizations) and the advancement of cash programming and GEDI integration/ mainstreaming within IRC programming.
Contributes to the development of protection strategy, planning and documentation, in consultation with the technical unit.
Be responsible for the IRC’s relationship with consortia implementing partners and support the identification of new partners as it relates to new programming.
For Child Protection, lead engagement with Department of Children’s Services and key Child Protection partners to advise and design IRC’s Child Protection strategy and subsequent business development within Protection programming in Kenya.

Technical monitoring and Program Quality.

Coordinate with other Coordinators on appropriate management, compliance, and performance standards, as well as effective systems for budget management, knowledge management and risk management.
Formulate integrated programming initiatives so that the sector complements the other IRC sectors and promotes integration/ main streaming of GEDI-responsive approaches.
In participation with health and nutrition team, use Protection analysis to integrate nutrition and child protection.
Provide guidance, strategies, and tools to make certain that programming choices are based on needs assessment findings (primary & secondary data) and analysis, input from communities, partners, a thorough understanding of context, technical standard methodologies, and operational viability.
Support to improve quality of specialized services available in country in addition to contributing to the standardization of protection protocols, referral pathways and SOPs.
Support the utilization of global technical resources to promote program quality and comprehensive approaches, including the use of Protection Mainstreaming Monitoring and Evaluation System (ProMMS).
Collaborate Technical Advisors within the VPRU and Technical Advisor Governance and Regional Advocacy Advisor to benchmark programming to global standards and that of relevant institutions and statutory bodies, ensure application of standard processes, review and advance protection sector programming policies and guidance. Along with department staff and the Technical Unit/Advisors, support the growth of Standard Operating Procedures and Guidance Notes for program activities. Promote the quality by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and providing technical supervision of program staff.
Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place with associated information sharing protocols for education in emergencies (EiE) analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy. Provide guidance on confidential and safe data collection, case identification, safe information sharing and referral mechanisms in line with internationally recognized standard processes.

Project Management.

Provide overall leadership and management of the programs’ portfolio, ensuring strategically coherent program direction, well-managed growth, and compliance with IRC and donor regulations.
Continually seek out ways to build the capacities of team members, individually and collectively.
Ensure that detailed, realistic, and feasible project implementation plans are developed, modified as needed and implemented accordingly.
Support protection staff to collect, document and disseminate lessons learned and standard methodologies, incorporating these into new project designs.
Work closely with M&E Coordinator to regularly review progress against indicators.
Provide direction on implementation of accountability mechanisms for beneficiary feedback and review sector M&E and accountability data with sector staff to identify areas for operational improvement.
Make certain the stated goals and objectives for the protection programme are met with strong monitoring and evaluation (M&E) follow up, including design of robust M&E plans, lead technical assessments, design/adapt education information systems as a basis for education program development. Develop methodologies and tools to strengthen the quality of data collection, analysis, and reporting and any required operational research, with technical support from Technical Advisors as needed.
Review donor reports in collaboration with Program Managers, other Technical Coordinators, and the Technical Advisors.
Conduct regular travel to the field to support program implementation review and provide technical guidance to the implementation teams.

Financial Management.

Work with finance, operations, and grants to ensure compliance with donor requirements and develop periodic re-forecasting of the annual operating budget.
In cooperation with the field management, ensure that protection staff are well trained to properly lead project budgets.
Meet with sector, grants, and finance staff regularly to review budget comparison reports.
Mitigate risk by collaborating with the Finance Department to ensure that sector staff fully understand financial and administrative processes involved in project budget cycles.
Ensure that risks limiting achievement of objectives are reported and rapidly addressed.

Systems Strengthening and Advocacy.

Support IRC programs to fully reflect and where required transition their approach to system strengthening as a crucial component of the program.
Support the Governance and Systems Strengthening Coordinator and Technical Advisors in articulating and implementing an advocacy vision for the Kenya program which includes an advocacy framework for refugees and for various sectors the country program is engaged in for citizens engagement in demand driven service delivery.
Work at the policy level with key decision makers from various national and county government and donors, participating in strategy development and technical discussions relating to future direction of the program and influence policy reforms/development across all sectors.

Emergency Preparedness and Response.

Ensure that the IRC Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan, in relation to the protection sector, are prepared in consultation with relevant government and aid partners, are kept up to date with protocol, standards and guidance from relevant bodies and conform to the needs of clients.
Together with the Senior Management Team (SMT), collaborate on establishment and operationalization of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) as pertains to protection considerations.

Staff and Partner Capacity Development.

Create a supervisory environment focused on the achievement of team and individual results that emphasize the importance of learning, productivity, accountability, and openness. Communicate regularly with staff and promote positive conflict resolution among team members.
Provide guidance and supervision to sector managers; guide recruitments, discuss job expectations, set objectives, and provide appropriate and timely feedback on performance of direct reports, including timely implementation of performance management as per IRC’s performance management system.
Build capacities of sector staff in key project management principles, tools and approaches and ensure that these new skills are applied on the job.
Develop/organize training and other capacity strengthening opportunities to build the capacity of local partners.
Lead with commitment, integrity, and accountability to the “IRC Way Standards”.
Promote constructive, congenial collaboration between sector staff, other IRC program staff and operational support staff.

Coordination, Representation and Communication.

Enhance IRC Kenya’s protection sector profile among relevant partners – donors, national and local government partners, international and national NGOs, etc.
Represent the IRC Protection Sector at NGO, interagency and governmental meetings.
Lead and advice on advocacy activities for the sector ensuring the integration of Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion objectives in IRC and partner programming.
As the education focal point for program-related communication between IRC country programs in the region and the global level, the role includes overseeing education sector inputs to advocacy efforts both locally and globally.

Qualifications

Bachelors’ degree in law, social science, community development, humanities, or related degree. Master’s degree preferred. Must have at least six years of experience in the protection sector and demonstrated experience in progressive management, including technical staff supervision.
Shown practical experience in Protection program design using community participatory approaches, implementation, and M&E.
Experience in leading programs financed by US government agencies, DFID, EU, UN, foundations, and private donors is a must, with previous experience in competitive financing environments a plus.
Ability to develop winning proposals to public and private sector donors.
Consistent record to run projects to completion on time, within budget, and with the anticipated results.
Successful leadership experience with a multi-disciplinary team in a cross-cultural setting, capacity in the transfer of technical knowledge and leadership skills through technical training, coaching, and mentoring of staff, as well as identified partner organizations.
Demonstrates strong understanding of integrated programming and has experience in running multiyear and multi sectoral programming.
Demonstrated experience working with new program start-up.
Demonstrated capacity to develop and work with innovative systems, new technologies, creative approaches, and sustainable models to programming.
Strong program/technical and budget management skills, budgeting, planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills across multiple grants and countries.
Demonstrates strong relationship building skills with a strong presence in coordination bodies and advocacy processes.
Practical experience in program design, implementation, and M&E and experience in developing and using community participatory approaches.
Highly diplomatic with excellent political awareness and sophisticated negotiation skills.
Experience in governance programming such as working with GOK, county governments, devolution processes for increased demand and improved service delivery is desirable. Experience of working on government policies and laws.
Experience in partnership/team member engagement and management.
Strong written and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external parties.
Strong people leadership skills with cross-cultural exposure and comfortable working as part of a diverse team. Sensitive to interpersonal differences and a range of viewpoints.
Planning and organizational skills. Able to prioritize and follow multiple activities and deadlines simultaneously.
Able to adapt plans and pivot approaches in response to changes in context.
Proactive, reliable, and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Fluency in English and Swahili, spoken and written, is a required.

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October 30, 2024
Deputy Director, Leadership Development

Job Overview:

The mission of the Learning and Development team is to take the IRC’s people to the next level. The team is responsible for improving the productivity and engagement of IRC staff by providing tools, processes, and guidance for enabling performance, effective onboarding and orientation, staff and leadership development, and quality individual and team learning.

Reporting to the Director of Leadership Development, the Deputy Director will design, refine and implement L&D programs with a focus on identifying, retaining, engaging and developing future IRC leaders. The Deputy Director will provide expertise in designing learning and development programs that work toward building a diverse workforce that is treated fairly and equitably and feels a sense of inclusion and belonging.

Major Responsibilities:

Designs, develops and supports the implementation of the Talent Dialogue process including:

Developing a strategy for the roll out and implementation of Talent Dialogues – with the intent of identifying historically under-represented talent for leadership pipelines. Maintaining an overview of progress, challenges and identifying ways to address them
Using pilots to refine and evolve the process in multiple geographies and functions
Developing supporting materials to help managers successfully navigate the conversation
Acting as internal consultant to regional and local focal points launching Talent Dialogues
Maintaining global standards/terminology with local flexibility
Oversee a database of strengths, experience, aspirations, growth areas (to be created)

Connects the Talent Dialogue process to development opportunities, including:

Advising high potential designees on development planning to maximize their contribution and opportunities
Highlighting internal programs (Compass, Navigator) and external (2U, eCornell, LEADx)
Ensuring the regions/offices/units are following up with top talent to provide experiences and opportunities
Connecting talent to high profile recruitment needs
Working closely with the Global Recruitment Team to ensure that we are using an inclusive process to attract diverse candidates and creating a meaningful pipeline of internal and external candidates.
Develop and maintain the internal pipeline of diverse candidates and work closely with Recruiters to ensure that high potential staff are considered for vacancies that they are interested and qualified for.
Develops global workforce planning tools that can help anticipate openings, candidates, etc. to encourage more internal hires and the achievement of S100/DEI aims
Supports Succession Planning programs through the identification of critical roles, and providing guidance to Country Programs, offices and departments on the process
Liaises with the DEI team on strategic metrics and status

Facilitates Talent Development Workshops:

Becoming a certified TDW internal facilitator and running multiple cohorts a year
Independently run training sessions, especially for top talent
Follow the development planning wherever possible
Act as a coach to top talent about projects, career path, direction and next steps
Manages New Leader Integration to effectively on-board and build team cohesion with new leaders and their teams globally

Skills and Experience:

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Work experience: 6-10 years
Experience designing and implementing leadership development programs
Talent review and succession planning program experience
Experience with implementing global learning solutions for a dispersed workforce
Global mindset, culturally curious and emotionally intelligent
Ability and flexibility to work across global time zones

Demonstrated skills and competencies:

Strong communication, project management, and organizational skills
Exceptional attention to detail
Commitment to customer service and process improvement
Able to prioritize multiple tasks and projects
Ability to interact within a multi-cultural environment and with all levels of the organization
Language Skills: Fluency in English and French required. Fluency in Spanish or Arabic a plus

Technical skills:

High proficiency with Zoom and MS Teams

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October 30, 2024
Evidence to Action Specialist, Climate

Job Description

The IRC’s Airbel Impact Lab designs, tests, and scales life-changing, cost-effective solutions for people affected by conflict and disaster. By applying deep technical expertise and field experience with a range of skills from the behavioural sciences, human-centered design, research, and multi-disciplinary problem-solving in humanitarian contexts, we work to develop breakthrough solutions that combine creativity and precision, flexibility and expertise, and a desire to think afresh with the experience and reputation of a large-scale implementing organization.
The IRC supports people affected by crisis or disaster to be healthier, safer, better educated, economically secure, and more powerful because of the work that we do. To achieve this goal, IRC is committed to being outcome-focused, evidence-based and evidence-generating. Making evidence-informed decisions about programming and research investments is essential for achieving our programmatic goals and is a priority as per IRC’s new strategy (Strategy 100).

Job Overview:

The IRC is initiating a project funded by The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) on strengthening humanitarian response to the climate crisis by providing research-based recommendations on effective climate-smart interventions and approaches—across intervention areas in Health, Water and Sanitation, Protection, Livelihoods/Cash and Education. As part of this project the Evidence to Action (E2A) team will conduct a rapid landscape review of climate interventions as well as build a robust evidence gap map (EGM). The purpose of this process will be to map and analyze existing technical intervention approaches, which are well established and cost-effective, and where there are outstanding questions regarding intervention effectiveness. We will focus on evidence from conflict-affected and fragile contexts affected by climate change, such as the Sahel, Horn of Africa and/or Southeast Asia.
The E2A Climate Specialist, under the mentorship of Senior Advisor, E2A will lead the execution of these products.

Main functions:
Be responsible for the development of the landscape review and EGM:

Collaborate with the Climate Advisor and E2A team to define the vision, theory of change and strategy for this work stream
Support the E2A Senior Advisor to resolve scope of the work and engage with thought partners and technical authorities.
Complete the review and EGM; including protocol development, systematic searching, screening and coding, data analysis, critical appraisal, mapping and evidence synthesis.
Hire and lead additional support personnel to advance evidence synthesis work, as needed
Make use of technology and machine learning approaches for improved speed, quality and accessibility of the products.
Identify and consolidate programmatic learning on climate-adapted programming across IRC countries

Support in communication and dissemination of evidence and learning:

Support the dissemination of the project results.
Support evidence translation to be used in resource packs developed by the project team.
Participate and share in learning and exchange sessions/events.

Position Requirements:

Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, and Political Science, Humanitarian Studies, Economics or related fields required.
University-level training in quantitative and/or mixed-methods research required.
3-4 years’ experience in primary or secondary research required; preferred experience developing literature or systematic reviews, evidence synthesis products or evidence gap-maps (EGMs).
Experience in technical/thematic areas of climate change and climate-smart humanitarian/development programming preferred.
Strong project and time management skills.
Strong communication skills, both written and oral.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work across multiple teams.
Strong customer service orientation.
Proficiency in English (written and spoken) is required, proficiency in French or Arabic a plus.

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October 30, 2024
Editorial Officer Moderator

Job Overview:

IRC is seeking an Editorial Officer, based in Nairobi under the direct supervision of the Protection Manager and will support the Signpost teams in Hagadera, Nairobi, and Kakuma refugee camps.
The Editorial Officer will support the Julisha.Info editorial team to produce accurate, relevant, and up-to date information.

Major Responsibilities

Contribute to content development in line with Julisha.Info objectives.
Develop accurate, relevant, informing, easy to understand and engaging content for publishing on Julisha.Info website and facebook page.
Prepare multimedia content for publication on Julisha.Info platforms using Canva, and other digital tools.
Assist the Senior Editorial Officers and the Roving Service Mapping Officer to publish relevant and appropriate content on Julisha.Info.
Contribute to the designing and implementation of information campaigns on need basis.
Provide technical guidance, on job mentoring and coaching for the moderators.
Ensure ongoing training and targeted capacity building of Julisha.Info moderators.
Review performance of Moderators and provide encouraging/ innovative approaches to address issues identified.
Working closely with the senior editorial officers and the protection manager, coordinate Julisha.info meetings and represent IRC in relevant meetings.
Where and when applicable, ensure work plans, spending plans and procurement plans are developed and implemented appropriately.
Develop and manage the Responsive Information Services budget, ensuring regular tracking, including participation in
Budget verses Actuals (BVA) review meetings.

Key Working Relationships

Position reports to: Protection Manager
Position directly supervises: Moderators
Other Internal and/or external contacts: IRC Protection officers, Julisha.Info teams (Service mapping officer, senior editorial officers and moderators) in Nairobi, Kakuma and Hagadera

Qualifications
Work Experience:

Approximately three years of meaningful experience in writing, editing, sub-editing, web content management and publishing.
Experience in digital content creation such as articles, videos and infographics
Working knowledge of graphic design and editing software (Canva, Lumen5 etc.)

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies

Strong writing and proofreading skills with passion for writing
Web content management with Knowledge of online content best practices.
Knowledge and experience of managing websites and social media platforms
Working with forced migrants (refugees, asylum seekers) and refugee hosting communities is an added advantage

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Journalism, Communications, Media, Public Relations)

Language Skills

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

Preferred experience & skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications
Ability to prioritize and deliver on time
Ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional team
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)

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October 30, 2024
EQUAL Research Programme Coordinator Grants and Partnership Intern Partnerships Officer

Job Description

The IRC’s Airbel Impact Lab designs, tests, and scales life-changing, cost-effective solutions for people affected by conflict and disaster. By applying deep technical expertise and field experience with a range of skills from the behavioural sciences, human-centered design, research, and multi-disciplinary problem-solving in humanitarian contexts, we work to develop breakthrough solutions that combine creativity and precision, flexibility and expertise, and a desire to think afresh with the experience and reputation of a large-scale implementing organisation.
IRC is the lead organisation in the FCDO-funded “Ensuring Quality Access and Learning (EQUAL) for Mothers and Newborns in Conflict-Affected Contexts Consortium”, which runs until April 2026. The objective of the project is to produce rigorous, operationally relevant research and evidence to improve Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) in low-income, conflict-affected contexts. The project aims to produce evidence that is accessible to decision-makers influencing strategic investment, policy and programming to improve MNH, at the national and global level. EQUAL is conducting research in Nigeria, DRC, South Sudan and Somalia.

Major responsibilities

The EQUAL Research Programme Coordinator supports overall contract management and sub-contractor management for the EQUAL project, working closely with the Project Management Team, Research Directors, and consortium partners to deliver an ambitious programme of research, research uptake and capacity sharing activities. The role involves liaising with multiple research and programme specialist units within IRC, as well as IRC country offices, consortium partners, and FCDO to deliver the project in a high-quality, effective, and efficient manner. A significant focus of the position is to ensure that the project meets the high standards and requirements of FCDO commercial contracts by supporting IRC and the consortium partners to meet their compliance and reporting requirements.

Project Management

Develop and/or refine project management systems and guidance documents to ensure efficiency, transparency and accountability across consortium activities; regularly assess the use of project tools and processes to adapt and improve as needed.
Work closely with others in the EQUAL PMU to track consortium progress on key deliverables using workplans and financial forecasts; develop and communicate mitigations for areas that are off track.
Manage and update the partner-specific and consortium-level workplans; meet with key stakeholders from IRC and partners to ensure programme quality controls are in place, and provide analyses for senior management decision-making.
Maintain the project risk register and systems to assess risks throughout project lifecycle.
Maintain comprehensive and standardized electronic files for the project, and ensure project team and partners have access to relevant records.

EQUAL consortium partner subcontract management, coordination and compliance

Collaborate with partners to develop workplans and monitoring plans.
Manage communication with partners for issues related to implementation against workplans, subcontracts, reporting, and regular meetings.
Coordinate due diligence, compliance checks, subcontract amendments, and other subcontract management processes according to guidance from IRC’s Awards Management Unit.
Maintain an in-depth knowledge of FCDO policies and support partners on contractual compliance.
Identify partner capacity strengthening needs and help to address these needs, which could include areas such as FCDO commercial contract compliance, project management, and risk management.
Work with IRC’s Awards Management Unit to ensure that partners’ responsibilities for donor compliance are tracked and evaluated and that updates on contract performance are communicated in a timely and professional manner to appropriate stakeholders.

Reporting

Lead coordination for FCDO quarterly reports, including but not limited to developing report templates, communicating deadlines, and providing timely feedback for IRC and partner teams.
Identify, document and communicate areas of improvement for donor reporting.
Prepare annual reports and documents according to contract requirements for submission to FCDO; coordinate response to other donor inquiries as needed.
Support the EQUAL Finance Controller to obtain additional financial report inputs and documents from consortium partners, as needed.

Key Working Relationships

Position reports to: EQUAL Deputy Project Director
Position directly supervises: N/A
Internal contacts: EQUAL consortium staff, Research and Innovation department teams, Health Technical Unit teams, Awards Management Unit staff, and IRC country office staff.
External contacts: Researchers, finance and grants teams from partner organisations in the consortium.

Minimum Requirements

At least 5 years of professional experience with demonstrated project management skills, including developing project management documents and tools such as workplans.
Demonstrated experience of partnership management.
Working knowledge of FCDO commercial contract T&Cs and compliance requirements is preferred.
Excellent critical thinking skills to problem-solve independently.
Excellent organizational skills: the ability to multi-task, learn quickly, and work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to effectively collaborate with and motivate a variety of people in a multi-cultural environment.
Excellent digital literacy: MS Word, Excel, and web-based project management tools (e.g., Asana). Proficiency in Excel strongly preferred.
Dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion and a passion for IRC’s mission.
Excellent written English, including the ability to synthesise information and draft high-quality reports.
Professional fluency in French is preferred.

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October 30, 2024
Regional Vice President, East Africa Moderator

Job Description

As the Regional Vice President (RVP) for East Africa, you will lead IRC largest, highly driven and impactful region to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, including the climate crisis, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
You will place clients at the center of our work and ensure their voices increasingly influence our decisions at all levels. Success will be defined by ensuring improvements in their safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and power. You will ensure we prioritize opportunities to partner with and support local actors and systems, including in the context of emergency response. Equality and inclusion will be at the forefront of every decision and action, through thoughtful planning and implementation of all programs and services- both internally and externally.
In this role, you will serve as a champion of IRC’s Strategy 100 and be a model of organizational leadership: developing new program opportunities, ensuring the quality of operations and partnerships, and driving performance and strategic growth in the region while actively promoting an inclusive, people centered culture and duty of care for all.

Position Overview

You will be responsible for the leadership and management of country programs in the IRC’s East Africa Region, comprising of: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda as well as three regional strategic projects together representing an annual budget in excess of US $190 million and a team of over 4,000 staff. You will work collaboratively with technical and functional counterparts to strengthen performance and accountability. This role will be an ambassador for IRC values, organizational priorities, cascading measurable goals to country programs and leading delivery of IRC’s Strategy. Equally, you will play a vital role in representing field, country and regional priorities to HQ departments and ensuring that perspectives of frontline staff, clients and partners across the IRC’s East Africa region influence organizational decisions.
You will collaborate closely with the RVPs of the other regions and the full range of HQ partners across the technical support, operations, finance, fundraising, awards management, advocacy, communications, compliance and legal functions. As part of the Senior Leaders Group, you will have an important voice in organizational leadership discussions.

Responsibilities include:

Oversee implementation of IRC’s global strategy across the regional portfolio.
Ensure a consistently high level of team performance and engagement; Manage, mentor, and coach all Country Directors, Project Directors and regional team members, modeling healthy, collaborative intra and inter-departmental working relationships.
Lead measurable efforts to ensure IRC’s workforce – including at leadership levels – reflects the diversity of the places we operate and the people we serve.
Cultivate a safe and protective environment for all people, combining locally-led initiatives with wider organizational efforts related to Safeguarding, Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Duty of Care and Safety & Security.
Ensure that all country finance, human resources, supply chain, and IT functions are resourced and managed in accordance with IRC and donor policies and standards.
Champion humanitarian access and security management strategies across the region
Actively partner with the Ethics & Compliance Unit to strengthen IRC’s efforts to prevent, detect and respond to issues of fraud and misconduct.
Foster a balanced and diligent approach to risk management across all country programs.
Ensure strong representation of the IRC to local, regional and global stakeholders – including governments, donors, and private sector and civil society partners.
Support IRC’s business development and fundraising efforts through cultivating a strong network of donor contacts, engaging with the HQ fundraising team, and ensuring that country teams build and maintain strong donor relationships.
Support the development of creative, impactful approaches to priority policy issues, both locally and in concert with the global advocacy team.
Raise IRC’s and IRC partners’ profiles, working closely with the communications team.

Professional Profile

Success in this position requires an individual with exemplary leadership abilities, extensive lived experience in African contexts and a deep understanding of the cultural, societal and political contexts of the countries in East Africa in which we work. IRC understands that conflict and crisis traverse/transcend national and regional boundaries, and we are committed to supporting clients and partners in cross-border and cross-regional configurations where necessary. The successful candidate for this role will bring knowledge and experience of the wider region and the dynamics which inform conflict and crisis in Africa.

Work experience/ Required skills

Extensive field experience leading humanitarian, protracted and/or post-crisis development programs with demonstrated ability to manage in complex and often insecure working environments.
Minimum of 15 years of professional experience with 10 or more years in leadership with increasing levels of responsibility.
Ability to represent program context, constraints, and successes to media, government, private sector, civil society and Boards in a compelling manner.
Exceptional financial and operational analysis and management skills, including project management.
Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills; commitment to open and transparent communication and top-notch diplomatic skills.
Deep commitment to and knowledge of strategies to advance diversity, equality and inclusion; proven experience in incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
Receptive and collaborative leadership approach that contributes to positive team environment, builds and maintains strong relationships with people from all backgrounds, genders, cultures and viewpoints.
Demonstrated experience undertaking strategic planning and leading teams through change.
Professional fluency in written and spoken English; other languages spoken in East Africa a definite advantage

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October 30, 2024
Program Associate

Scope of work:

The Program Associate position is a unique opportunity to take part in a two-year professional development program with the Emergencies and Humanitarian Action Unit. The program consists of; 1) on-the-job experience providing support to EHAU staff, combined with, 2) required and personalized training & mentorship components, 3) special project work, and 4)frontline deployments (remote or field-based) in a variety of contexts. The Program Associate will gain in-depth knowledge of the IRC and how emergency responses work. By gradually taking on more responsibilities and participating in all elements of the program, the Program Associate will gain exposure and skills related to international humanitarian and development work within the context of the IRC. The Program Associate will also have the opportunity to gain technical insight and experience in areas of particular interest to them whenever possible.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Administrative/Travel

Support travel and lodging arrangements for EHAU staff.
Visa application support including preparing visa letters, embassy runs etc. for EHAU staff
Provide support to all EHAU staff attending HEAT training including liaising with the Training Center to sign up staff and handle logistics/travel to and from the training.

Procurement and Payments

Provide support to field teams with INTEGRA, the IRCs ERP platform.
Carry out procurement of supplies and services on the INTEGRA platform and any other portals approved by our Global procurement team.
Process vendor invoices, travel reimbursements, contract payments, wire transfers, and donations to partner organizations for emergency unit operations using INTEGRA
Manage several corporate credit cards, record transactions, and properly file the receipts
Procure, track, and distribute assets to EHAU staff (laptops, mobile phones, satellite phones, etc.)
Manage monthly subscription services (phone plans, travel services, etc) and maintain an updated database at all times (add/delete staff as needed in a timely manner)
Collect and input into INTEGRA all bank and payment information for all new staff, vendors, consultants and subgrantees.

Events Management

Assist in planning EHAU annual conference
Provide scheduling and note-taking support to Senior Management Team meetings when requested
Assist in organizing speakers, logistics, technical support, and agenda for all Weekly calls
Occasionally manage calendars and high-level meetings for other Senior Management Team

HR & Orientation

Process HR, IT, and Finance paperwork related to on-boarding of new EHAU staff
Schedule orientation sessions for new Emergency Unit and External Emergency Roster staff and related logistics
Perform administrative tasks related to staff recruitment
Track and report on annual leave and sick leave balances for all Emergency Unit staff

General Tasks

Field general queries from deployed teams, aiming for rapid problem resolution and escalating issues as appropriate
Act as liaison between deployed field staff and HQ financial, administrative and operations departments

As part of the career development program, the PA must be willing to undertake the following:

Complete trainings (consisting of both mandatory and elective courses) either online or in person
Mentorship and coaching by a designated Mentor
Short term deployments to support emergency response activities overseas or remotely, either to launch new responses or support existing ones.
Complete work on special project(s) of interest with a team in the EHAU
Participate in regular performance evaluations, and receive/provide feedback on status/progress towards personal career advancement.
Presentations to select audiences of projects and reflections on their progress within the program

Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to: People and Operations Coordinator, EHAU
Works closely with: VP; Senior Director, People & Operations; Deployment Managers; Senior Director, Fundraising & Finance; Finance Officer, Unit & Events Officer.
Actively Supports: 80+ Emergency Unit staff (largely remotely)

Requirements

Strong interest in humanitarian aid and a desire to gain hands-on experience and exposure to the field
Attention to detail and ability to handle multiple, competing deadlines and priorities in a dynamic environment
Familiarity with basic budgeting and accounting helpful
Excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, within and across departments/functions and develop positive relationships with local and remote staff
Ability to work in high stress environment with multiple and competing demands
Ability to work independently as needed.
Ability to exercise good judgment and maintain confidential information
Customer service orientation with desire to find creative and timely solutions for field teams
Strong comfort level in standard PC office software such as Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint preferred
Excellent oral and written communications skills (English) required
Multi-lingual skills advantageous – with priority placed or French, Spanish, and Arabic

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rescue.csod.com

October 30, 2024