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Senior Reproductive Health Manager

Program Development.

Provide technical assistance in the design and review of all concept notes, proposals, budget, and donor reports for all IRC Kenya reproductive health projects.
Coordinate all reproductive health activities across IRC programs by leading the development and monitoring of periodic work plans to ensure delivery within donor timelines
Lead in the development, review, dissemination and monitoring implementation of standards operating procedures and protocols for RH service delivery to all staff in IRC operated health facilities,
Conduct program needs assessments in reproductive health and advise IRC accordingly
Be abreast with all technical updates in SRH guidelines at national level and keep IRC staff always updated
Take lead in conducting periodic health provider skills assessments, organizing and conducting relevant capacity building initiatives in line with identified gaps i.e. trainings and other skills building activities for IRC program staff in reproductive health.
Coordinate with field team to ensure program quality assurance through periodic technical support supervision and quality improvement activities.
Strengthen the linkage between the Ministry of health division of reproductive health, County department of health and IRC RH programs through representation in various forums.
Making Follow up visits to the field sites to ensure concurrence and implementation of agreed upon action plans and recommendations
Conduct RH Capacity building activities and guidance to IRC RH staff to ensure RH programming meets best practical standards and priorities.
Support Field health Managers/officers supervise RH data collection and recording in the IRC supported Maternity/MCH units and ensure the compilation of data and generation of quality RH reports on a regular and timely manner.
Design and lead regular technical health program assessments and support supervision to collect data on key RH indicators such as maternal mortality ratios, contraceptive prevalence rates, perinatal mortality ratios, work with the MEALS to analyses and use data to inform RH program design.
Promoting a culture of learning whereby lessons-learned and good practices are documented and shared for institutional memory.

Grants

Participate in establishing funding requirements for reproductive health activities and contribute to the development of proposals for RH programming.
Review regular field BvAs related and together with program managers realign budget lines to ensure proper budget spending on RH activity lines.
Support Health program Managers prepare budgets with RH specific outputs that reflect activity needs to ensure sustainability of RH resources throughout the grants.
Participate in Grants Opening, Mid-Term and Closing meetings when possible.
Prepare internal and external reports within agreed deadlines using IRC and donor formats, as required.
Support the health teams in ensuring appropriate and timely spending of grants to achieve program goals, grant reporting contributions, use and distribution of supplies and resources.

Human Resources Management

Support recruitment of program staff to (RH) positions as per the program demand and needs.
Maintain updated job descriptions, conduct interviews, orient new staff to the IRC’s RH best practices and the program.
Undertake RH capacity-development activities/training for RH and clinical health staff.

Coordination and Representation

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders – including community leaders, NGOs, UN agencies, community-based organizations, and other IRC sectors to enhance cooperation and coordination.
Ensure that information from coordination meetings is shared internally and with other sectors, as appropriate.
Represent the IRC in RH coordination mechanisms and meetings with other agencies, including the Ministry of Health, SRH Working groups, WHO, UNFPA and other UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, or donors.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Supporting the RH field teams and working with the MEAL to ensure proper RH data recording in the IRC supported health facilities, support the compilation of data and generation of quality RH reports on a regular and timely manner
Undertake regular field monitoring visits to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation issues. Provide solutions and implement modifications as required.
Ensure all monitoring activities are fully documented, including systematic and timely data collection as required under the grant and for IRC M&E purposes.

Administrative Duties

Support the Health Coordinator to oversee administrative aspects of the program including, but not limited to, writing job descriptions, interviewing and hiring staff.
Follow up with field teams to ensure that all internal (IRC) reporting requirements are met and that reports are of a high quality and submitted on time.
Other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing, Midwifery or Medicine
Discipline/ Specialization: Clinical service delivery.
Professional Certification/regulation: 1. Medicine and Surgery / 2. Nursing.
Years – Experience: 9 to 10 years
Years – Supervision: 3 to 4 years
Skills and Competencies: 1. Sexual Reproductive health / 2. Emergency obstetric and neo-natal care / 3. Health care providers capacity building 4. Project management / 5. proposal writing / 6. Grants management / 7. SRC capacity handling.
Additional training in Sexual reproductive health a MUST have
Experience implementing Sexual reproductive health service delivery in complex emergency settings and health services for displaced populations.
Excellent skills in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
Excellent organizing, facilitating, presentation, and communication skills, including good report writing in English.
Experience of working with Govt., communities, INGOs, and donor agencies. Strong understanding of relevant networks and consortiums.
Strong understanding of budget development and management.

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November 5, 2024
Supply Chain Volunteer

Job Purpose:
Supply chain volunteer will work under the direct supervision of respective supply chain Lead(s) in Procurement, Administration, Warehouse and Travel departments.
Specific Responsibilities:
Procurement

Understand, implement and maintain IRC standard procurement policies and procedures.
Acquire quotations from suppliers by preparing and submitting Request for Quotations (RFQs).
Supervise supplier performance and follow-up with suppliers on quality issues and timely delivery of goods.
Utilise the online Integra system for Procurement tracking and documentation through workflow.
On biweekly basis, update
Uploading procurement documents in Supply chain back up folder.
Participate in tender meetings & evaluations for learning purposes.
Prepare bids analysis and other bidding documents for approval.
Conduct negotiations with suppliers that are transparent, documented and for the best interest of IRC.
Support in Conducting diligence for suppliers, this includes conducting reference checks, supplier visits etc.

Warehousing

Ensure that the warehouses are well maintained.
Ensure that updating stock records is done every day.
Ensure that the filing system for stores is well maintained.
Ensure that an updated assets inventory sheets are well maintained
Ensure that all assets that allocated to individuals are signed off equipment issue form

Travel and Logistics

Support the logistics officer in processing of payments on timely manner including Taxis, Flights and Accommodation.
Ensure the Travel payment tracker is up to date for flights, and taxi bookings.
Liaise with Logistics officer in timely communication and assist in coordination with the requesting staff/programs regarding their travel requests.
Ensure Staff Travel Schedule is updated every 2 weeks with all details of staff booked on flight and taxi.
Book and track cargo shipments whilst coordinating with the warehouse teams.

Administration

Support in timely payment of all office and IRC leased houses rentals and utilities.
Support in ensuring timely payment of utilities (water, electricity, telephone, security) for the IRC office and IRC leased houses for Kenya program international staff
Maintain and update tracking system for utilities and deposits and update on monthly basis.
Support in Management of stationary store and monitor the insurance of stationeries and monitor the level of items that need replacement.
Support in Restocking of basic items for use in the office.
Perform other duties, as appropriate or requested by Supply Chain Coordinator.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Recently graduated in 2023/2024 with Degree in procurement, Supply Chain/Logistics management or any other relevant field in Supply Chain.
Membership of Kenya Institute of supplies Management (KISM) is highly recommended.

Personal Characteristics:

Strong sense of personal integrity
Attention to detail, commitment to punctuality
Ability to multi-task.
Team spirit and problem solving abilities.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Remains productive when under pressure.
Demonstrates a detailed and efficient approach to work.
Relates and works well with people of different cultures, gender and backgrounds

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November 5, 2024
Consultancy-Qualitative Facilitators

Job Overview/Summary

The International Rescue Committee is seeking Qualitative Research Facilitators to work in Nairobi on the second wave of the Re:BUiLD Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The facilitators will support the qualitative evaluation of the Wave 2 RCT intervention that will commence in July 2024. Re:BUiLD, is a five-year, multi-stakeholder urban livelihoods program implemented in Kampala and Nairobi providing livelihood interventions to urban refugees and vulnerable host community members to enhance their economic self-reliance. The facilitators will be part of the Re:BUiLD project team under the IRC for a fixed period of time.

Qualified urban refugees from all nationalities possessing a refugee ID are strongly encouraged to apply.
Statement Of Work
The qualitative facilitators will be expected to perform the following roles (not limited to):

Conduct key informant interviews with clients to learn about their experience in the program, their business, and their business habits
Translation and transcription as required by the research team.
To carry out other duties as assigned and agreed upon with the supervisor.

Additional Information
Research Objectives and Questions

The qualitative research component for Wave 2 of Re:Build will serve two objectives. The first is a descriptive research objective to provide information on network structure, development, and economic and social dynamics. We will pair this with our quantitative survey data to identify differences between, and characteristics of, business networks in different areas of Kampala and Nairobi and among different population groups. While our survey data collects information about egocentric network size, numbers and types of ties, and centrality of connections, the qualitative component will gather information about the meaning of these ties, along with process-related aspects of network develop-ment and maintenance.
Second, this research will serve an impact evaluation objective by helping us interpret the quantitative findings from the RCT, unpack the mechanisms driving our results, and interrogate the underlying theory and assumptions of the Re:Build program. This will also help us to understand the quality of program implementation, particularly the networking component.

Our Primary Research Questions Are

What do business networks look like in mixed and homogeneous refugee and host communities in urban developing cities?
How do refugees, compared to urban hosts, develop their business networks? How does this differ across characteristics such as gender, nationality, industry, and business experience?
How do refugee and host participants in Re:Build perceive the quality and utility of the program, particularly the networking interventions?
How and why did Re:Build interventions contribute to improvements, or lack thereof, in economic and social outcomes for participants?
What were the intended and unintended consequences of the interventions, according to participants?

Approach
In-depth Interviews with Re:Build Participants
To Answer Research Questions 2-4 Above, We Will Interview 50-60 Participants In Each City. We Will Include People In All Four Treatment Groups, Men And Women, And Refugees And Hosts. This Will Be Split Into Two Groups

30-40 participants in each city interviewed at both baseline and endline (1 year apart).
Participants will be selected to ensure a diverse sample based on key characteristics, e.g. gender, nationality, location, business experience.
Participants will initially be interviewed after the baseline survey and before the program begins.
The focus of these interviews will be on providing descriptive data about business networks which will complement our quantitative analysis. We aim to understand how refugees and host communities with different characteristics (gender, age, nationality) build their business networks, and how and why an intervention like Re:Build might have shifted their networking behavior over time, in ways that may not be captured in our survey data.
At baseline, participants will be asked questions about how they developed their professional networks (including through social interactions and pre-existing networks) since they arrived in the city, what strategies they used to build ties, and how these networks have developed over time and contributed to their work (business or otherwise). At endline, participants will be asked about how their networks and approaches to networking have changed during the course of the intervention and in the year since.
20 participants in each city interviewed only at endline. Participants will be selected based on their response to the intervention, including 10 “high performers” (people whose economic and social outcomes and/or business networks saw marked improvements at the end of the intervention compared to the beginning, according to our survey data) and 10 “low performers” (people who didn’t see improvements in their economic and social outcomes). This is essentially a “most-similar” case selection design, if we can compare pairs with similar characteristics.
The focus of these interviews will be on the participants’ experience of the intervention. We will aim to understand why some participants fared better than others and to diagnose reasons why some participants benefited less.

Estimated LOE

The team of local qualitative researchers (outside of IRC) are to complete the in-depth inter-views/qualitative survey. We will consider getting in touch with local universities and outreach to teams of sociology/anthropology graduate students with help from Annet and Alex.

The In-depth Interviews Will Entail

Repeated 30 interviews: two teams of researchers for two weeks after baseline & end-line.

Minimum Qualifications:

Pull clients from first two weeks of baseline survey to start.
Incentives for interviewees.
Training, piloting, and oversight of researchers.
Certificate or Diploma in Social Sciences or Humanities or any other related field.
Experience in leading key informant interviews and qualitative research. Data collection experience is an added advantage
Experience working with vulnerable communities.
Strong communication and report-writing skills.
Flexible approach to the changing nature of work.
Ability to work effectively both independently and within a multicultural team.
Computer skills, especially Ms. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Applicants able to communicate in Swahili, French, Oromo, Somali, Amharic, Arabic, Congolese, Rwandese are encouraged to apply.
All applicants should have Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) PIN.
Availability: – (1st – 30th August 2024)

Policies

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

Deliverables

Qualitative transcripts.

Cover letter containing:

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November 5, 2024
Crisis Modifier Partnerships Officer Nutrition Researcher

Job Purpose/Objective

The Crisis Modifier Partnership Officer will provide support to IRC programs implemented through partnerships in Turkana and Garissa Counties. The position will assist in managing day-to-day partnership management of local partners in Turkana and Garissa Counties. They will assist to coordinate and manage the sub-award lifecycle in accordance with the IRC’s Partnership for Excellence and Equality System (PEERS), including conducting due diligence, ensuring partners understand applicable donor regulations, and managing receipt and review of partners’ deliverables. They will also contribute to overall grants and partnership management efforts and work to ensure adherence donor regulations and compliance across the sites. The Crisis Modifier Partnerships Officer reports to the Emergency Response Manager and Partnership Manager and will work closely with the technical coordinators, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E), and the finance and operations teams.

Partner Vetting

Contribute towards identification of local partners/organizations, and maintain clear, accessible documentation of identified organizations.
Support in the partner vetting process through implementation of PEERs framework including carrying out partner capacity review, partner identity and background checks.

Partnership Management

Contribute towards drafting of agreements, populating monitoring visit and reporting schedule and review of partner proposals, budgets and workplan documents.
Support to draft and process sub-awards modifications in a timely manner ensuring that they are relevant to the project.
Ensure timely submission of partners narrative and financial reports as the per agreed schedule.
Promote and apply the IRC’s Partnership Excellence for Equality and Results system (PEERS). Contribute to building a strong understanding of PEERS throughout the project and to ensuring that IRC’s partnership principles, skills and approaches are applied the local partners.
Ensure all partner report submissions are filed in the Grants Unit’s Box folder system, and maintain hard copy files of report submissions, as appropriate.
Lead on all partnership agreement closeout processes.

Support Program Delivery

Support and co-lead Partnership Project Opening, Review and Closing Meetings, together with the relevant team members.
Assist in the close-out of partnership agreements, including in relation to financial verification and asset confirmation.
Participate in the review of the financial performance of the partner, of the IRC, and of the partnership, including successes, challenges and lessons learned.
Support in the review of draft partnership agreement terms relating to advances, reporting and any special conditions relating to finance.
Collaborate with Finance, Partnership Unit and partners to ensure completeness, correctness and accuracy of financial reports, inventory report, tax report and cash requests.
Review partner financial reports (and narrative reports for consistency) and supporting documents to ensure compliance with the partnership agreement, donor regulations and IRC policy and provide feedback to the partner as appropriate.
Coordinate with Finance to ensure timely transfer of payments to partners.

Partner Capacity Building

Provide finance and accounting training and mentoring support to Local partners in accordance with partner project support plans, with a focus on supporting the partner to strengthen financial management systems and capacities that are responsive to the needs of the partner.

Sub-grant Tracking & Monitoring

Maintain a sub-grants tracker for all partnership/sub-grant agreements including. basic sub-grant details, funds disbursed, and liquidations received.
Maintain up to date Partnership Tracker/Monitoring Schedule
Contribute sub-grant updates to the Field Management monthly internal financial report template and provide analysis of all current local Partnerships, as required.
Monitor local partner budgets and actual spending in collaboration with the Emergency Response Manager, identifying issues and working proactively and collaboratively with partners to resolve them.
Lead timely and effective finance review and reflection (monitoring), identifying appropriate follow-up actions and providing completed reports to the Partnership Lead.

Key Result Areas

Strengthen and maintain the integrity of Funds allocated across the Local sub-awardees, ensuring effective grants, partnership and financial management for supporting program work, updating and generating timely partners activities and financial information to the management and producing Quality reports.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in relevant course.
At least two years’ experience working in Grants and partnership within the humanitarian sector.
Familiar with program design, budgeting, grants, and report writing.
Demonstrated strong writing skills in English (both in terms of content structuring and copy-editing).
Demonstrated strong computer skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), Outlook,
Highly organized and detail-oriented.
Able and willing to learn and work with teams based in Nairobi, Kakuma, Lodwar, and Dadaab.
Able and willing to work with tight deadlines.
Able and willing to work in a multicultural context as a respectful team player.

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November 5, 2024
Health Technical Advisor, East Africa

POSITION OVERVIEW
As the health Technical Advisor for East Africa, you are responsible for ensuring high quality technical assistance to the following country programs: Somalia, Ethiopia and South Sudan. You will collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence, data, and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and are safe, inclusive, and promote equal outcomes for clients.
Program Design & Business Development:
You will support country programs to design winning submissions and generally position IRC for continued success in our technical domains:

Substantially contribute to the development of proposal theories of change and log frames, and ensure country programs have access and the trainings to the relevant resources, such as the health outcomes, evidence frameworks, global and regional capacity statements, as well as the IMPACT standards
Support the in-country technical lead in analyzing relevant information including available M&E and client responsiveness data, to prepare for design meetings/conversations.
Review and advise on use of core indicators, including alignment of donor indicators, and guidance on indicator targets and disaggregation.
Advise on program modalities and strategic partnership development based on evidence, scale considerations, and how we can best support, complement, and reinforce local systems.
Advise on and/or provide hands-on support on health assessments, including application and contextualization of technical standards and tools.
Participate in project design meetings for all relevant health proposals (remotely or in person)
Review and validate design meeting decisions around technical design quality, including alignment of narratives, log-frames, and budgets, to IRC standards and health outcomes.
Promote and support design collaboration with health partners and clients.
Review and advice on program and project level indicator selection and target setting and support data driven decision making.
Promote and support gender equality and diversity inclusion throughout project design, field visits, and through the process of health need assessments.

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, specialists, as well as health project leads.
Assess program quality and inform improvements, quality of care, including infection prevention and control, providing follow-up support to country programs as needed.
Collaborate with country program colleagues to monitor and analyze key indicators to inform periodic data review, program adaptation, and course-correction as needed.
Provide mentorship to Technical Coordinators on the interpretation of data, including monitoring data, annual statistics data, quality data, client feedback and evaluations. Participate in data review meetings, particularly technical data review meetings.
Provide technical capacity strengthening through ongoing mentoring, coaching, and trainings with country program focal points, while ensure the country programs have regularly assess the needs of capacity building and develop the adapted capacity building plans.
As requested and guided by the region and the country programs, attend internal meetings with the IRC health local partners, other sectors, in addition to other external representations and meetings as requested by the supervisor, such as donors, health clusters academic fora, donor meetings, inter-agency working groups, technical working groups and various global/regional fora as assigned by the supervisor.
Participate in coordination efforts within the health unit and with other technical units and departments in IRC as required.
Contribute and support the health technical unit globally to achieve and implement different work streams as informed by the IRC health strategy such as immunization, nutrition, contraception, Infectious disease prevention and control, and last mile delivery, etc.
Collaborate with Quality in Emergencies STAs and Emergencies and Humanitarian Action Unit (EHAU) counterparts during emergency classifications to support country programs to assess, design and implement high quality programming in acute emergency situations, in line with QiE TA Model

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

Document learnings from health program activities and share takeaways and opportunities.
Share cross-contextual learnings with country program staff across the region, and health unit.
Collaborate with other technical advisors within the region to promote integrated programming leadership at different stages of program design, implementation, and evaluation.
Refresh the sectoral evidence-base in collaboration with global and regional staff to influence approaches.
Contribute to the delivery of health unit strategic priorities, and support the process do developing different case studies, identify areas for future research and end of health project evaluation,
Maintain currency with sectoral best practices through continual learning and development.
Provide mentorship to technical coordinators to identify projects/ interventions that should be evaluated, and review and approve evaluation methodologies, analysis plan and final reports.
Support high quality program and project evaluations
With Technical Coordinators, co-draft the development of learning agenda and learning questions for projects or sector portfolios.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Success in this position requires an individual with expertise in designing and delivering technical assistance to primary health care 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 6-8 years of relevant experience in implementing and/or managing big health programs, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, INGO or comparable international agency required.
Experience in the matter related the public health programs, humanitarian health response, and system development and strengthening.
Experience in specified technical areas including comprehensive primary healthcare, technical tools and materials development and monitoring and evaluation is highly desired. Experience in strategy development and working across sectors or disciplines is highly desired.
Experience and familiarity with related donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian, post-crisis, or climate impacted 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:

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

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November 5, 2024
MEAL Officer

Major responsibilities:
Supervision of M&E Systems and Tools in use.

Liaise with the Kakuma west Sub County Monitoring and Evaluation team to avail all the MOH tools required for data collection and reporting in the facilities.
Conduct continuous on job trainings to the program staff on the MOH and IRC tools utilization on an ongoing basis to ensure data collected meets the quality requirements.
Conduct support supervisory visits to the facilities to ensure the data management systems are used effectively and take part in meetings aimed to improve the systems in place.
Document any challenges reported by the users in regard to the usage of the data collection tools and share with the M&E manager.

Monitoring and Evaluation

Work closely with the MEAL manager to ensure presence of a robust monitoring plan in, developing monitoring and evaluation guidelines, frameworks and indicators for the projects action plan.
Take lead in conducting regular data review meetings at the field office noting the actionable points and lessons learnt.
Update data in the respective databases in use and provide information to the program staff on request.
Participating actively in enforcing of quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement measures for all field programs intervention.
Conduct routine data quality audits to identify and resolve systemic problems affecting data quality; and document findings from data quality audits and store in project files to ensure collective and sustainable access.
Support the program staff in their routine activities by participating in facilitating and documentation.
Design data collection tools and databases required by the program staff for aggregation and analysis of information.
Conduct field monitoring visits and document findings and share lessons.
Work with partners staff to ensure that data is collected and entered into databases and/or tracking sheets, and/or the data platform on a regular basis.
Data management of KHIS data, HIV & TB data, Nutrition reports, Knowledge and attitude surveys and Disease surveillance.

Grant Management and Compliance:

Work with the field teams to ensure that program indicators are tracked through regular field visits
Review all reports to ensure that data provided is reliable and accurate and that target indicators are met and explanations provided where indicators are not met;
Ensure that programs are on track through keeping and updating indicators tracking matrix.

Staff Capacity Building

Train staff on data management procedures, quantitative and/or qualitative data (support on; Cleaning, sorting, categorizing and organizing data)
Provide consistent, supportive supervision to strengthen program staff performance as necessary to meet monitoring objectives.

Administrative Duties

Administratively manage the M&E Assistant.

Client Responsiveness and Accountability

Lead and coordinate processes to collect, review and respond to client feedback at the field level.
Set up feedback mechanisms to collect and respond to client feedback – both proactive and reactive (technological improvements to existing mechanisms), with support from the CR Manager.
Conduct regular FGDs and meetings with different stakeholders to solicit feedback on IRC’s work.
In health facilities, establish a help desk/information table for the community members to answer beneficiary comments/questions.
Prepare help desk reports from the CFR and share with the managers.
Prepare CRA reports based on consolidated analysis of client feedback recorded via proactive and reactive channels, to be discussed at field meetings, project review meetings for analysis and decision making at the field level

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science degree in Health Information management or equivalent.
Computer literacy with possible advanced Ms Word, Ms Excel, Ms PowerPoint and Ms access.
Knowledge in computer statistical packages (EPI INFO, SPSS and Stata).

Required Experience & Competencies:

At least 3 years’ experience in M&E and Managing Health Information System
Strong data interpretation skills, report writing and presentation skills
Demonstrated experience in capacity building and mentoring of staff
Knowledge, skills and experience in participatory methods
Experience in use of data to inform decision-making, planning, and performance monitoring
Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation skills.
Strong management skills(Managing, motivating and developing staff)
Team player.
Ready to work in difficult environmental conditions
Must be flexible and culturally sensitive

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November 5, 2024
Researcher, Education

Job Overview/Summary:
As a member of the Airbel Impact Lab Unit, and working closely with the Education Unit, this position will advance research on education, including analyzing data from impact evaluations, writing reports, providing support for business development proposals, and implementing and publishing high-quality research.
This position will provide technical support to the Accessible and Quality Basic Education (AQBE) in Afghanistan project, a 5-year basic education project funded by USAID and led by the IRC in Afghanistan. AQBE seeks to improve safe access for schooling for Afghan children, especially marginalized groups of children through four key result areas: 1) Quality improvements in teaching and wellbeing for teachers and learners; 2) Community engagement and accountability for safe learning; 3) Supported transitions for CBE learners into public education; and 4) safe and equitable access for all learners. AQBE will undertake numerous research studies over the 5-year period which will seek to generate evidence to inform programming and policy in Afghanistan. As part of the initiative, AQBE will conduct a series of studies, including a “Household and School-Level Assessment on Learning in Afghanistan”, which will assess the current learning environment for Afghan children in both formal and out-of-school contexts. The project will also evaluate the interventions under implementation by AQBE to provide early insights on their potential impact on children’s learning outcomes and social-emotional outcomes as well as teachers’ wellbeing and professional development outcomes.
The position will lead on designing studies, analyzing data and writing reports for the household and school assessments, and for impact evaluation of the AQBE project. The role reports to the Director of Research for Education, and will work closely with the education researchers and the Education Technical Unit.
Key Responsibilities:

Lead on designing studies, analyzing data, and writing reports for the household and school assessments and impact evaluation of the AQBE project.
Work in the analysis and reporting of research conducted as part of DFID’s EiE project in Nigeria

Quantitative/ qualitative research to explore the effects of different education interventions on the literacy, numeracy, socio-emotional skills and transition outcomes of children in Afghanistan.
Implementation research to look at how different aspects related to the quality of the implementation affect different learning and transition outcomes for different types of students
Measurement research to assess the reliability and validity of outcome and quality of implementation tools and establish protocols for improvement
Provide technical input for M&E team to ensure that the project obtains high quality data for the purposes of research

Advise and assist M&E teams on calculating indicators and setting up processes for high quality data collection
Work with an internal team focused on education research moving our education research priorities forward.
Contribute to dissemination of research findings by writing blogs, briefs, and publications in academic journals and practitioner-focused outlets.
Provide support in business development processes for research, including gathering information and proposals.
Collaborate with colleagues within the education team, research team and R&D team, and within other IRC departments, in pursuit of the tasks above

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

PhD or MA in education, social sciences, economics, or related field.
Knowledge of causal inference methods and strong statistical skills are expected.
Strong qualitative skills and use of software for qualitative data analysis.
Minimum five years of progressive experience in education research and/or relevant practice.
Demonstrated experience with business development.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
Solid organizational skills: the ability to be flexible and work well under pressure, dealing with competing priorities, in a fast-paced team environment.
Fluency in English required; Dari, Pashto, French or Arabic language a plus.

Working Environment:

Standard office working environment or remote work.
Some travel may be required for project activities.

Compensation:
Posted pay ranges apply to UK-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

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November 5, 2024
Regional Executive Support Manager Human Resources Assistant Regional Executive Support Manager Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Assistant

The Regional Executive Support Manager (RESM) is a critical member of both the EAST & Central AFRICA Regional Teams, responsible for providing top-notch administrative and office support services for the EAST & Central AFRICA Regional Leadership Teams to ensure seamless operations and high-level performance. This role requires excellent management, organization, and communication skills to partner with the Regional Vice Presidents, Regional Leads, and Country Directors. The position reports to the 2 Regional Vice Presidents and works closely with Regional Leads and Country Directors.

Responsibilities
General Administration for Regional Team 60%
Administration

Provide senior-level office management support to both EAST & Central AFRICA Regional teams including managing diverse and complex office logistics, calendaring, and archiving.
Organize all inter-departmental meetings inclusive of developing and distributing comprehensive agendas, taking notes, preparing any presentations or related documentation, room booking, etc. and following up on action plans as required.

IT Support

Provide support in IT coordination and troubleshooting, liaising with the IT service desk as necessary for the Regional Vice Presidents, Deputy Regional Directors, and Country Directors.
Take the lead in developing and maintaining East & Central Africa’s RescueNet intranet space, including uploading data/ updates.

Communication

Handle daily incoming calls, inquiries, and emails and process them accordingly.

Financial Support

In collaboration with Global Real Estate and Workplace Solutions (GREWS) I-HUB finance and procurement team raise Purchase requests.
Tracking Technical Advisor visits to country programs: Maintain a schedule and tracker for advisors to the region.
Maintain Integra-related expense management procedures for East& Central Africa teams.

Travel Support

Follow up on travel details, visas, and accommodations, and coordinate schedules for visitors to the region as required.
Follow-up on onboarding needs for new regional team members.
Gracefully and diplomatically represent IRC internally and externally.

Event Planning and Delivery

Develop and manage comprehensive EAST and Central AFRICA Regional calendars, including internal and external events.
Contribute to the flawless execution of critical engagements/events in the regions run by IRC, ensuring seamless logistics and stakeholder support. Organize and execute regional conferences and workshops as assigned, inclusive of arranging suitable dates, times, venues, travel, catering, and reconciliation of expenses against approved budgets.
Capture key takeaways from events and follow up on action items.

Analysis support for the region 20%

Collating related information from seminars, conferences, and workshops, desk research, and creating data for Regional SMT decision-making.
Creating data dashboards as directed by the Regional Vice Presidents and Deputy Regional Directors.

Communications 20%

Provide high-level communication support to the Regional Vice Presidents and Deputy Regional Directors for both regions- inclusive of managing the calendar, management of meetings/ appointments providing support in email management, managing travel, and tracking key initiatives.
Maintain and update the region’s external contact list as well as the internal regional mailing lists.
Under the direction of the Regional Vice Presidents and or the Deputy Regional Directors, produce polished written communication in English & French.
Support in the preparation of internal communication as requested by Regional Vice Presidents, Deputy Regional Directors, and

Regional Management Teams.
Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to East & Central AFRICA Regional Vice Presidents (Management in Partnership)
Position directly supervises: N/A

Internal
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

East & Central AFRICA Deputy Regional Directors
East & Central AFRICA Regional Leads
Country Programs Teams: Country Directors and Senior Management Teams
Global Real Estate and Workplace solutions (GREWS) team at I-HUB
Frequent contact with HQ & Global Staff

External

INGO Counterparts, Legal Counsel, Governmental & official entities.

Job Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration or any related field.
Work Experience: 4 to 5 years of experience in a similar role, preferably working in INGO environment.

Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

To be effective Regional Executive support managers should possess proactive qualities and demonstrate foresight in their work.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills: demonstrated ability to work effectively across and within a large, complex non-profit organization, both laterally and vertically, and diplomatically communicate with a variety of people in a multicultural environment.
Excellent organizational skills: the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment and efficiently organize the workflow of a fast-paced team;
Proven attention to detail: the ability to track and process multiple details simultaneously and accurately;
Strong visual skills: the ability to assist with the preparation of charts and graphs in Excel and PowerPoint;
Flexible work attitude: the ability to work productively in a team environment and independently;
Trustworthy with an ability to maintain confidential information;
Solid writing and editing skills: the ability to draft and edit professional documents and correspondence in English and French, and Swahili as an added benefit
Strong computer skills: ability to work effectively and accurately with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and to adapt to new applications.

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November 5, 2024
Consultant – East Africa Regional Communications Officer

Scope of work

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) operates in regions globally, responding to humanitarian crises and providing aid to those in need. In recent times, East Africa has been plagued by a series of climate crises, beginning with severe drought followed by massive flooding due to El Nino weather patterns, and now compounded by the escalat-ing situation in Sudan, number one on the IRC’s emergency Watchlist.
To effectively ad-dress these challenges and elevate awareness and response and as the requirement for high quality content and digital assets rise, IRC urgently requires a consultant dedicated to collecting, collating, and producing high quality content from East Africa.
The East Africa Regional Content and Digital consultant scope of work will be focused on identifying, gathering and packaging powerful digital content from the East Africa region to connect audiences to IRC’s work around the world and support IRC’s goals of building income, profile and influence.
The role calls for a sharp reporter with outstanding storytell-ing skills that bring the IRC’s life-saving work in response to the multiple crises across the East Africa region to life for external audiences and donors.
They develop information and content assets that showcase the IRC’s on the ground impact. This position will work closely with frontline programming colleagues to gather critical programming information, spot stories, train programming colleagues, and collect content.
They will give up to 20% of their time towards regional communications and advocacy objectives. This role calls for a very organized, savvy journalist/content gatherer who has experience operating in fluid and complex humanitarian emergency situations.
You should have a solid under-standing of the humanitarian sector, experience working with frontline programs to spot outstanding subjects and a gift for identifying compelling angles and creative ways of tell-ing stories in difficult circumstances.
We are looking for a strong multimedia producer who brings solid writing and digital engagement skills. You’ll gather content yourself, priori-tize information about IRC programs, and manage the East Africa regional social media page including collecting, collating, and writing content for it and relevant global social media channels.

Deliverables
During the consultancy period, the consultant is expected to:

Serve as a lead storyteller for the East Africa region: Work with frontline programs, partners and country communications officers to continuously gather programming information, spot outstanding stories, and deliver high quality content to communicate to multiple audiences, including the general public in IRC’s target markets , media outlets, and major institutional and corporate donors.
Complete a 6 month editorial content calendar for east Africa with creation of multiple high-quality posts a week on the East Africa regional Instagram page
Implement content-gathering trips in the East Africa region:
Work with communications, marketing and program colleagues to shape trip requirements and resolve as feasible.
Then work independently and/or with freelance staff to gather rich case stud-ies and high-quality assets (interviews, videos, photos, etc.).
Produce a broad range of compelling multimedia content designed to engage IRC’s audience targets, including short-form videos, text-based explainers, social media posts, data-based features, live event’s programming, and more.
Have fluency in all elements of post-production—backing up data, building and organizing Adobe Premiere project files, color correction and grading, sound design, motion graphics, editing music tracks, building engaging and coherent sequences, exporting, compression, sharing out results in different formats, preservation of completed projects for archiving

Minimum Qualifications:Requirements:

Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience producing multimedia digital content for an international news outlet or nonprofit organization. Strong interest in internation-al affairs and humanitarian issues.
Demonstrated ability to develop compelling multi-media packages (with some combi-nation of photo, video, and graphic skills); some comfort with degree of comfort and proficiency with multimedia and film production tools (Large “ENG” video cameras, DSLR & Mirrorless cameras, smartphones, GoPros, Drones, basic lighting, grip gear, location and studio sound setups, Adobe Creative Cloud products)
Demonstrated ability managing social media pages including Instagram and Twitter
Sharp written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work well independently and as part of a team; comfortable collaborating with and channeling the multiple collaborators involved in NGO communications pro-jects.
Eager to travel widely and willing to work unusual hours.
Able to think quickly and creatively under pressure.
Education: BA degree in journalism, communications, media production or related field.

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November 5, 2024
Data Protection Officer

Job Overview/Summary:
The remote and pioneering nature of this project requires a Data Protection Officer who is able to create and enforce data protection policies, negotiate data sharing and protection agreements with partner organizations, and provide technical recommendations and user stories to product development team within the Signpost technology team to ensure actionable compliance to regulation. Signpost, a rapidly scaling community-led information service that uses technology to support clients in times of crisis, has built a system in Zendesk will equip VR&P case staff with digital tools, channels and social media. This role will begin with an assessment of the current state of data protection within Signpost’s digital infrastructure, develop policy for VR&P that is modular to the global program, and onboard new partner organizations to systems in compliant ways. This role will need to embed with technology development and product teams to ensure policies are being executed in development, offer suggested development interventions, and work alongside product management staff to design new data protection builds. While the candidate should have familiarity with data protection regulation in the United States and Europe, we will prioritize candidates with technical competency. This staff member will engage stakeholders within the 15 person technology team, IRC HQ Data and Data Protection leadership, and VR&P partner networks.
Major Responsibilities:
Technical Collaboration and Compliance (30%)

Work closely with the Signpost technology and product development teams to embed data protection principles into the design and build of new features and tools.
Provide technical guidance and recommendations to ensure that development efforts align with data protection policies and regulations.
Facilitate the integration of data protection considerations into the product development lifecycle, from planning to deployment.
Collaborate with technology team to implement risk mitigation measures.
Quality assurance of data anonymization and Routine review and audit of data security practices across all major platforms and data sources used by Signpost, including Meta Business
Suite, Zendesk Support, Azure SQL Server and Database, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks,
MySQL database, Google accounts, Google Analytics, among others. Regularly review account access & control for such platforms.
Audit user segmentation, account management, and data loss prevention implementation in Zendesk with Product support team

Data Protection and Policy Development (30%)

Conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats to state data and systems and develop appropriate strategies and implement necessary controls to mitigate identified risk. Lead the creation and implementation of comprehensive data protection policies tailored to the needs of the VR&P program and the Signpost-built technology architecture, ensuring alignment with global standards.
Collaborate with partner organizations to establish and negotiate data sharing and protection agreements that safeguard client information and comply with US regulations and PRM standards.
Regularly assess the data protection landscape of the Signpost system, identifying areas for improvement and developing strategic solutions.
Data Protection Compliance (20%) o Collaborate with IRC procurement and legal about Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management to perform due diligence, contract review, and ongoing security assessment of vendors.

Engage with General Counsel on service or business contracts under which personal data processing activities are performed.
Support management of any personal data breach if affecting clients under the control of CDPO.

Stakeholder Engagement and Training (10%) o Engage with various stakeholders, including IRC’s technology team, Data and Data Protection leadership, and external partners, to advocate for and ensure adherence to data protection standards.

Train technical and non-technical staff on principles, regulations, and practical implementation of Data Protection.
Audit caseworker processes to ensure security of client data.

Strategic Planning and Implementation (10%) o Contribute to the strategic planning of Signpost’s technology roadmap with a focus on enhancing data protection and security features.

Support the Product Lead and Product Manager in prioritizing and managing development tasks, ensuring that data protection is a key consideration in all project decisions.

Review for appropriateness any service or business contracts under which personal data processing activities are performed.

Work / Educational Experience:

Knowledge of the data protection and security policies of companies such as Meta and Google Analytics
3-7 years of experience in data protection, cybersecurity, or a related field, with a strong emphasis on creating and implementing data protection policies and negotiating data sharing agreements.
Experience in technical project management or product development within a technology-driven environment, preferably with a focus on service models that support clients in crisis situations.
Familiarity with conducting Data Protection Impact Assessments
Strong technical knowledge of managing data protection within digital/cloud environments and best practices for data security, such as within Azure Synapse and Databricks.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Data Protection Law, or related disciplines

Required Skills and Competencies:

Advanced knowledge in administering and securing CRM systems like Zendesk, with an understanding of user segmentation, account management, and data loss prevention techniques.
Working and implementing data security measures within cloud environments, including best practices for secure data processing and creating data anonymization within data pipelines.
Proficiency in Python or similar programming language
Experience in risk mitigation and implementing data protection measures within product development lifecycles, ensuring compliance with regulations and standards.
Strong collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams, including technology, legal, procurement, and product management, to embed data protection principles into all aspects of project and product development.
Excellent communication skills for training technical and non-technical staff on data protection principles, regulations, and practical implementation strategies.
Ability to train staff of varied technical abilities on principles of Data Protection
Ability to perform due diligence, contract review, and ongoing security assessments of vendors as part of Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management processes.

Preferred Experience & Skills:

Certifications in data protection or privacy (e.g., CIPP, CIPT, GDPR principles)
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Data Protection Law, or related disciplines Proficiency in SQL
Ability to work with multi-lingual data sets, specifically knowledge of Spanish, Arabic, Russian, or Pashto

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November 5, 2024