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Regional Gender, Equality and Inclusion Advisor – East Africa Regional Case Processing Coordinator

Job Overview/Summary:
Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director – East Africa, the Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEDI) Regional Advisor, will lead transformational activities and inspire change across the region by challenging existing practices, creating space for bottom-up learning, and influencing program work among the countries in East Africa with the aim of increasing IRC’s program impact on women, girls and most marginalized communities. You will collaborate with the GEDI senior advisor to inform the global learning on GEDI in programs work.
You will be responsible for working with the GEDI Unit in supporting IRC’s ambition towards meeting global standards on TRANSFORMATIVE quality programming. This will be achieved through in-depth analysis of gender inequalities, based on gender and other forms of exclusion, that affect our clients; and developing inclusive or transformative strategies; in collaboration with feminist, women, and other identified marginalized group-led organizations.
This exciting opportunity will work in collaboration with key stakeholders in the region in driving the overall DEI strategy and implementing the GEDI action plan. We are looking for a passionate, creative and GEDI leader to help move this organizational change.
Strategic Leadership
Provide thought leadership and direction on GEDI transformative programming at regional and country level by:

Developing and leading activities to strengthen the Gender Equitable, inclusive and transformative program design and delivery in line with the IRC TRANSFORMATIVE global standards that are core to the IRC global strategy (Strategy100).
Ensuring consistent delivery/implementation of selected transformative programs striving for equal outcomes for diverse populations while allowing for contextual adaptation at the region and country levels.
Working closely with technical advisors (TAs) in adapting or developing tools to support analysis and program design for country offices and support staff in applying these methods in their work.
Collaborating with the GEDI TechEx team in developing and reviewing GEDI program tools and support the pilot and utilization of new GEDI tools.
Adding value to the sector’s knowledge base about what works best on advancing GEDI transformative programming.
Technical support and quality programming
In collaboration with TAs and program design collaborators, get involved in program design stages to ensure GEDI is threaded throughout program proposals. Work with global and regional Technical Advisors (TAs) to ensure GEDI Integration into regional and country-level program development opportunities and implementation in alignment with IRC global quality frameworks.
Support embedding intersectional feminist lens in Program design & delivery at regional and country levels including but not limited to (1) the use of GEDI markers to ensure that project lifecycle decisions are rooted in the intersectional feminist lens (2) GEDI intersectional context analysis (3) key initiatives to strengthen client and partner engagement on program decision making.
Coordinate with Technical Advisors in the different technical units for the implementation of GEDI conceptual framework and supporting country staff in understanding and applying approaches to delivering more equitable and accessible programming for women, girls, and identified marginalized groups.
Serve as a resource, thought partner, and assessor of GEDI progress on regional program work and building consensus and support for changes needed to strengthen GEDI in programs.
Advise on GEDI integration into country-level strategy frameworks, including country strategy action plans (SAP) and SAP implementation plans and consolidating into the regional plans.
Work closely with TAs to support programmatic GEDI analyses to feed into improved program delivery for marginalized communities,
Work with regional TechEx senior technical advisors and sectoral technical advisors, including Safeguarding, to address context-specific GEDI gaps and challenges.
Serve as a hub of GEDI knowledge for the regional and country teams to provide technical knowledge and expertise, monitor new practices, and document the results.
Integrate GEDI priority in IRC Advocacy and external communication efforts as relevant.

Job Requirements
Education:

MA in Gender, Social work, Development studies, or other related course or bachelor’s degree with years of additional work experience

Work Experience:

8+ years of related experience that includes:

Direct experience leading and influencing organizational program work on gender equality, diversity, and inclusion processes as core to all programs and activities.
At least 2 years in the humanitarian and/or international development sector.
At least 2 years of experience in one or more countries in the assigned region.
Experience developing and implementing gender-transformative work. Experience working on specific areas of inclusion, such as disability, is an added advantage.
Experience in capacity building and training.

Demonstrated skills and competencies:

Deep commitment to and knowledge of strategies to advance diversity, equality, and inclusion; and proven experience in incorporating feminist and gender perspectives in the project cycle management.
Knowledge of and ability to speak fluently about existing and needed evidence about how to achieve meaningful change for women and girls and other historically under-represented groups in development and humanitarian contexts.
Ability to engage, inspire action, and influence people outside of direct reporting lines.
Strong, concise, and compelling written communication skills and excellent public speaking skills
Receptive and collaborative approach that contributes to a positive team environment; builds and maintains strong relationships with people from all backgrounds, genders, cultures, and viewpoints.
Ability to support implementing a cross-cutting strategy while actively incorporating multisectoral priorities and participatory learning by doing strategy.
Ability to work effectively and with impact through matrixed relationships.

Language Skills

Excellent spoken and written English.
Knowledge/proficiency of at least one other language spoken in the region (French, Arabic, Spanish, Swahili, etc.) is desirable.

Working Environment

Combination of standard office working environment and working remotely (i.e., telecommuting). Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace from which they can effectively complete their work during regularly scheduled work hours.
Some travel as needed up to 30%

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November 2, 2024
Senior Regional GEDI Advisor- People and Culture

Job Overview/Summary:

Reporting to the Regional People and Culture Director, the Sr GEDI Advisor will lead transformational activities and inspire change across the region by challenging existing practices, creating space for bottom-up learning and influence. As GEDI advisor, you will be responsible for supporting the P&C team, regional and country teams in implementing the IRC GEDI action plan, guiding regional colleagues and country offices in applying intersectional feminist principle in all operational policies and practices. You will lead the implementation of GEDI learning strategy in the region and leading office-wide initiatives to spark internal culture change and a universal understanding of equal practices for the workplace.
This is an exciting opportunity to advance IRC feminist commitments across our people, operation, and program delivery efforts by supporting our staff and leaders to embed feminist practices in their roles, the workplace, and within their teams.
We are looking for a creative, solution-driven gender equality, diversity, and inclusion expert with deep experience in translating feminist principles into organizational practices and policies to reach impact at scale.

Strategic leadership

Serve as the thought partner, to regional and country leaders to ensure we deliver on the GEDI Action Plan and ensure the same is reflected and resourced in country SAP and SAP IP.
Ensure feminist principles are embed in IRC core regional people and culture policies and process.
Lead on piloting and scaling up GEDI flagship programs that have proven impact on IRC staff and provide technical support to strategic GEDI initiatives as needed.

Technical support

Provide technical support to regional P&C functions in the development and implementation of more equitable people policies and practices.
Partner with Country and Regional Leaders to devise and implement the best contextually relevant solution to drive achievement of IRC’s Leadership Diversity Goals.
Partner with Regional teams to provide ongoing support to the Country program offices in developing and leading activities to strengthen inclusion and belonging of underrepresented and marginalized staff.
Collaborate with regional and country Safety and Operations teams to develop and deploy GEDI sensitive initiatives within their respective sectorial areas (e.g.: inclusive Safety and security Risk Assessment; facilities, IT, etc..) and build adequate GEDI capacities withing their team.
Work with regional and –where needed- country People and Culture , Safety and Security, Safeguarding partners to address context-specific GEDI gaps and challenges.
Experience in crafting and implementing regional and sub regional strategies according to organizational priorities, considering a variety of country contexts.
Provide technical support and ongoing coaching to country GEDI staff.

Learning and staff engagement

Lead all aspects of the delivery of the GEDI learning strategy and curriculum in the region including creating and or adapting and delivering GEDI learning.
Mobilize and support Employee groups (including Women at work groups) and community of practice (including GEDI Champions) as agents of change in the cultural transformation.
Work with Employee group to strengthen their role and their representation in the Global GEDI Council.

Key Working Relationships

Direct Reporting: Director GEDI global policy
Co supervision/ Management in Partnership: Regionnal People and Culture Director
Internal: People and culture Partners, safety and security, country Directors,
External: IRC Organizational Partners, Feminist network. Gender and D&I focused organizations.

Job Requirements

Education: Graduate degree or years in additional work experience

Work Experience: 6 + years of related experience that includes:

Direct experience leading and influencing organizational partners to adopt feminist principles as core to all organizational processes, policies, programs, and activities.
Experience in leading and supporting change management to embed an inclusive work culture.
At least 3 years in the humanitarian and/or international development sector.
At least 3 years of experience in one or more countries in the East Africa Region and a good understanding of the country context .
Experience in building communities of practice.

Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

Deep commitment to and knowledge of strategies to advance gender equality diversity and inclusion in different organizational contexts and equal participation in the workplace.
Demonstrated experience in applying intersectional feminist lenses to one or more of the following areas: Employee life cycle, Safety, and security, Learning and development, leadership development, HR operations, workplace infrastructure, workplace culture.
Demonstrable understanding of how power dynamics affect organizations and the ability to amplify the voices of individuals from under-represented groups.
Experience in designing and delivering GEDI training.
Excellent communication skills, and ability to engage all levels of staff and leaders.
Able to work independently and efficiently in a dynamic and fast-paced multifaced environment.
Ability to work effectively and with impact through matrixed relationship and to engage, inspire to action, and influence people outside of direct reporting lines.
Understands the importance of operating with a regional mentality and models cultural sensitivity.

Language Skills

Excellent spoken and written English.
Proficiency in at least one other language spoken in the region (French, Arabic, Spanish, Swahili, etc.)

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November 2, 2024
Learning & Development Associate

Job Overview/Summary:

The Learning and Development Team is responsible for improving the engagement and productivity of IRC staff by providing tools, processes, and guidance for effective performance management, onboarding and orientation, staff and leadership development, and quality individual and team learning.
The L&D Associate primarily supports the Online Learning & Innovation Team with a variety of administrative activities to keep programs running smoothly. The Associate also supports the broader L&D Team in specific administrative needs, such as vendor and program management.

Major Responsibilities:
L&D Program Support

Maintain program participant registration, rosters and evaluation records
Collaborate with program leads to conduct course enrollments and administer participation surveys
Monitor learning team email inbox and address support requests
Support program leads by creating and maintaining relevant work plans
Support L&D team members with supply orders as needed

Vendor and Event Management

Collaborate with Global Supply Chain colleagues to manage contracts, vendor agreements and relationships; keep all documents current and up-to-date
Coordinate with L&D Specialist and other team members to process purchase requests and vendor payments in Integra
Maintain all vendor records for the L&D Team
Work closely with L&D budget focal point to ensure budget and actuals are up-to-date related to vendor contracts and expenses
Instruct and support the L&D Unit in relation to event planning, contracting and vendor management
Identify and implement improvements to vendor management processes
Direct requests for instructional design to either internal or external instructional design resources as needed
Manage L&D Team accounts/seats to shared tools, such as SurveyMonkey, Vyond, Articulate360, Zoom, etc

Knowledge Management and Communications

Collect weekly updates from L&D Unit program leads and email HR team members
Work with team to organize Box folders
Regularly review L&D Unit intranet pages to flag updates needed to program leads
Support L&D Unit in the development of annual reports, program overviews, and other communication needs
Maintain pipeline of RescueNet Round-Up features for Global Communications team
Serve as L&D Unit contact for IRC Global Communications team

Produce Virtual Trainings

Support the facilitation team with key aspects of multi-session virtual trainings to create a smooth and interactive learning environment
Comfortably handle all aspects of interactive trainings, including screen-sharing, pasting instruction into the chat, monitoring participant comments in the chat, setting up breakout rooms, troubleshooting participant issues, etc.
Prioritize multiple tasks, easily switching among activities to support the learner experience
Interact with participants and facilitators to create casual and conversational interactivity
Conduct live demos of content as needed

Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Director of Online Learning & Development
Position directly supervises: N/A
Indirect Reporting: Learning & Development Directors
Other Internal and/or external contacts: N/A
Job Requirements:

2-3 years of experience managing multiple projects
Excellent command of Microsoft applications
A high degree of professionalism and strong work ethic coupled with a sense of responsibility and integrity

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
Excellent interpersonal skills and dependability
Knowledge of HTML or making basic web pages a plus
Fluency in French highly preferred

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November 2, 2024
Innovative Finance Project and Communications Officer Grants and Partnerships Manager: Re:Build

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 behavioral 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 innovative finance practice is designing and piloting new ways of working between humanitarians and the development and private sectors. The work of the practice is centered on building out pipeline projects of the ‘advisory model,’ an innovative approach to impact investing that brings together investors from the development and private sector, with experts from the humanitarian sector at the investment transaction level. This is a cutting-edge approach to blended finance, with the goal outcome of driving more investment and funding to the communities on the frontline of conflict and climate change. This role will be integral to the practice’s success.
Key Responsibilities

The Innovative Finance Project and Communications Officer supports overall grants management, business development, and development of internal and external materials. The role involves working closely with the innovative finance team, as well as experts in humanitarian systems change, senior leadership, and external and investment partners. This role will collect project learnings and deliver high-quality reporting to communicate key data from investment pilots with partners, and enable the replication and scaling of successful humanitarian-investor partnerships.

Support to Innovative Finance Lead

Draft business development materials and liaise with IRC business development colleagues to raise necessary grant funding for blended finance transactions.
Support with organizing internal and external meetings and events; maintain robust notetaking and database of conversations.
Identify action items from meetings for follow-up and track progress and completion.

Project and Knowledge Management, Internal Communications

Build systems to collect information and track deliverables across donor-related projects.
Manage and update donor-specific workplans; meet regularly with internal/external project stakeholders from IRC to collect data on lessons learned and develop analyses for donor reporting and pipeline development.
Create decks, briefs, and other materials to ensure internal and external partners are regularly briefed on progress, strengthen buy-in and accountability, and to support external engagement.
Work closely with IRC business development teams to socialize achievements of innovative finance and solicit new donor and philanthropist support for the practice.

Donor partner subcontract management, coordination, and compliance

Develop workplans and monitoring plans for all donor-related investment pilots.
Lead communication with investor partners to ensure deliverable implementation against workplans, subcontracts, reporting, and regular meetings.
Support with due diligence, compliance checks, subcontract amendments, and other subcontract management processes according to guidance from IRC’s Awards Management Unit.

Reporting

Lead coordination for drafting final reports, including but not limited to drafting all report inputs, communicating deadlines, and providing timely feedback for IRC and partner teams.
Prepare annual reports and documents according to contract requirements for government donors; coordinate response to other donor and private philanthropist inquiries.

Job Requirements
Education and Work Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
3-5 years of professional experience with demonstrated project management skills, including developing project management documents and tools such as workplans.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Demonstrated experience in partner and stakeholder management.
Work experience in, and ability to write clearly about, financial concepts.
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.
Dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion and a passion for IRC’s mission.
Excellent written English, including the ability to synthesize information and draft high-quality reports. The ability to translate financial concepts into crisp, clear prose will be crucial to all work.

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November 2, 2024
Project Manager, P&C Strategy and Planning Senior Director CRRD People & Culture Scaling and System Senior Specialist

The Project Manager will be responsible for special projects, the first of which will be focused on the change management and implementation process of the new P&C team. They will partner with the Senior P&C Director and other key colleagues by providing high quality project management and support of organizational development. In addition to their responsibilities within the P&C launch, they will also support other strategic projects across P&C’s remit, as needed.

Key Areas of Focus:
Project Management

Provide project management leadership and support to the People & Culture team on a variety of global projects, initially focusing on the P&C Implementation team throughout FY24.
Drive project prioritization, design, timelines, and delivery. Particular focus on problem solving issues including applying a “roll up the sleeves and fix it” attitude.
Facilitate effective collaboration of project contributors across partner functions to deliver efficient and timely project delivery.
Document internal interviews, focus groups and stakeholder engagement.
Integrate and manage the program timeline by identifying all project internal & external interdependencies.
Develop decision logs for project sponsors throughout the duration of projects.
Create and maintain budget analysis and reporting, including budget proposals, funding models, and scenario planning for the P&C implementation.
Use established criteria and tools to effectively and efficiently facilitate and report against program execution with measurable results.
Perform risk and issue management at the program level: Collaborate with all project leadership to identify risks and issues that are not visible at the task level but impact the overall project or broader program/portfolio.
Schedule and deliver regular updates to project sponsors and IRC leadership.
Clearly demonstrate the ability to be a project’s subject matter expert and central, trusted source of all critical information.

Organizational Design & Development

Support in the organization development, culture design, and change management of various P&C strategic projects.
Ensure the execution of transformation projects are delivered on time and on budget, ensuring employees are well-prepared for the changes to achieve desired outcomes.
Design organizational charts for various organizational design scenarios, analyzing the cost benefit of each scenario
Draft communications that explain proposals, decisions, and supporting data in a clear, compelling and visually appealing manner.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Excellent project leadership, management and organizational skills including creation of and execution on detailed work plans, close attention to detail, and superior time management
Experience in change management and/or organizational development is preferred
A commitment to IRC’s mission, vision, values, and IRC Way – Professional Code of Conduct
“Client-first” approach: ability to listen and understand the needs of office, units and country teams and incorporate them into processes, tools, and approaches
Experience interacting and communicating effectively with members of a complex organization at multiple levels
Ability to develop insight and well-supported opinions based on varying feedback from wide range of stakeholders and independent research
Ability to anticipate and assess situations accurately and recommend/implement effective courses of action required.
Highly collaborative, inclusive, consultative, and resourceful work style
Outstanding interpersonal, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
Exceptional discretion and confidentiality in dealing with sensitive material
Excellent judgment, tact, initiative, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and self-motivation
Strong skills in MS Office including exceptional PowerPoint and Excel skills; Internet Research; Collaboration Platforms such as MS Teams and Zoom
Knowledge of spoken and written French, Arabic or Spanish a strong plus

Closing date
3 Jun 2024

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November 2, 2024
M&E Technology Specialist

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

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

Technology Support

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

Quality Assurance

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

Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Required Skills

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

Preferred Skills

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

Working Environment:

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

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November 2, 2024
WPE Technical Advisor

POSITION OVERVIEW
As the WPE Technical Advisor for Asia, alongside another WPE TA, you are responsible for ensuring high quality technical assistance to one IRC region comprised of 6 country programs. You will promote and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and widely inclusive.
Program Design & Business Development:

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

Implementation Support:

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

Knowledge & Learning:

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

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Success in this position requires an individual with expertise in designing and delivering technical assistance to GBV 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 GBV programs, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required.
Experience and familiarity with related donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts.
Demonstrated expertise in technical program design, monitoring, and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

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

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in GBV, gender, public health, social work, humanities, or a relevant field required. Master’s Degree preferred.
Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English.

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November 2, 2024
WPE Technical Advisor, Asia

As the WPE Technical Advisor for Asia, alongside another WPE TA, you are responsible for ensuring high quality technical assistance to one IRC region comprised of 6 country programs. You will promote and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and widely inclusive.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Success in this position requires an individual with expertise in designing and delivering technical assistance to GBV 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 GBV programs, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required.
Experience and familiarity with related donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts.
Demonstrated expertise in technical program design, monitoring, and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven ability to prioritize and deliver projects on time and independently.
Demonstrated ability to navigate a dynamic, cross-functional, global team structure in a large multi-national organization.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
Strong analytic problem-solving skills.
Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
Ability to manage and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in GBV, gender, public health, social work, humanities, or a relevant field required. Master’s Degree preferred.

Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English.
Key Working Relationships: This position reports to the WPE Senior Technical Adviser in VPRU, based in London. This position may potentially supervise occasional consultants and/or interns. Regular communication with other VPRU colleagues, Economic Recovery and Development, Education, Governance and Health Technical Unit staff, regional and country program teams, awards management and grants management staff, and other internal stakeholders.

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November 2, 2024
Research Uptake Coordinator

Job Overview:

The Research Uptake Coordinator works within the Data & Evidence Team with oversight from the INEE Director to build upon and strengthen the EiE evidence base and data ecosystem.
The Research Uptake Coordinator, who is hired and hosted by the International Rescue Committee, works as a member of the INEE Secretariat. All core functions (e.g. communications, advocacy, promotion and fundraising) will be coordinated with the Secretariat staff in order to ensure coherence and harmonization across activities.

Major Responsibilities:
In alignment with INEE’s core functions, INEE’s Strategic Framework, Annual Workplan and in close collaboration with all of the INEE Secretariat, major responsibilities for this role include:

Assist and support the Data & Evidence Team to handle complex projects, meet their objectives, and successfully collaborate with network members, partners, and key stakeholders
Contribute to the strategic direction of INEE’s data, measurement, and evidence work particularly in relation to the democratization of knowledge production, dissemination, and use – linking regional and global INEE network spaces
Contribute to a positive team dynamic by engaging and working in the spirit of collaboration.
Support multi-directional flows of information between the Data & Evidence Team and all of the Secretariat
Serve as the Secretariat focal point to coordinate with the FCDO-funded Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crises (ERICC) Research Team including:

Support the ERICC annual conference
Manage the INEE-hosted ERICC webpage
Support the dissemination and uptake of ERICC research outputs including drafting blogs, briefs etc.
Ensure INEE teams are learning from and integrating ERICC research findings into existing work

Support INEE in further developing the INEE Evidence Platform specifically in terms of furthering joined-up knowledge management in the EiE sector and ensuring alignment with other existing or planned knowledge platforms.
Develop communication pieces to highlight INEE’s work through Blogs, Social Media, Emails etc.
Feed into a quarterly Data & Evidence Newsletter

Internal: IRC Education Unit, HR, Admin, Finance, Legal, Procurement
External: Mid-level to senior-level representatives of UN agencies, international and national NGOs, donor agencies, education authorities (Ministries of Education, relevant Ministries), academic institutions, etc.
Job Requirements:
Work Experience:

Minimum 5 years of directly relevant professional experience.
Strong theoretical and practical background in the field of education, including in development and humanitarian contexts.
Strong technical knowledge and field experience related to education in emergencies and refugee education.
In-depth understanding of INEE’s ways of working and role in the EiE sector.
Experience working with networks and employing network approaches.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Understanding and experience in the areas of research, and evidence;
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English;
Excellent analytical and writing skills: the ability to draft briefs, reports, and syntheses;
Strong technical knowledge of the field of education in emergencies and familiarity with INEE required;
Ability to be flexible and work well independently, virtually and under pressure, and in a fast-paced environment;
Excellent organizational skills: the ability to track and follow-up on various tasks;
Willingness to travel 30% to challenging field locations;
Excellent interpersonal skills: the ability to successfully interact with a variety of people;
Flexible work attitude: the ability to follow direction and effectively learn and work within an inter-agency framework and approach.

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November 2, 2024
Senior Director, Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning Deputy Director, Performance Enablement Data Privacy & Protection Officer Psychological Counsellor

Position Overview
As the Senior Director MEAL, you will provide leadership in several critical capacities:

TECHNICAL LEADER: Lead the development, deployment and ongoing ownership of all MEAL technical standards and tools, for use by program and MEAL staff across 40 country programs and regional offices. Ensure high quality technical support is provided to regional and country leaders and to five Technical Units (Health, Education, Governance, Economic Recovery & Development and Violence Prevention & Response)
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADER: Own and implement IRC’s MEAL Strategy. Ensure that the Measurement Unit and its partners in other technical, regional and country teams have a clear vision for how data about our clients, programs and outcomes can be defined, collected, shared and used leveraged to improve planning, implementation, adaptation and learning. Generate buy-in and commitment to the strategy from inside and outside the Measurement Unit.
Develop and oversee two of IRC’s Strategy 100 Ambitions – Data and Clients.
Promote purposeful intra and inter departmental collaborations with colleagues as a key member of the Technical Excellence leadership team, the Crisis Response, Recover & Development Leadership Group, and as a member of the IRC’s cross-departmental Senior Leadership Group.
TECHNOLOGY LEADER: Own and deliver the MEAL technology strategy to develop and deploy electronic data collection, harmonized database systems and interactive data visualization across all IRC country programs. Lead a team of specialist staff including business analysts, solution architects, technical developers and quality assurance analysts.
MANAGER: As the leader of a large dedicated group of technical and program quality specialists you will bring vision, cohesion, experience, and knowledge to cultivate a strong and inclusive culture of performance and collaboration. You will proactively invest time and care in the support and development of IRC staff within the Measurement Unit. You will be responsible for the recruitment, engagement, and retention of a diverse team of individuals and help them to deliver in their various functions. You will oversee a departmental budget of approximately $2.5m USD.

Key Working Relationships

Report to the Vice President of Technical Excellence;
Lead the teams across data, monitoring and systems, client responsiveness, country support, data product development, and departmental operations functions.
Oversee the health and performance of wider team;
Collaborate with other Senior Directors; Deputy Regional Directors, CRRD Leaders; IT leadership; S100 Ambition Leads; Country Program leaders and other leaders from other departments.

Professional Profile

Success in this position requires an individual with outstanding leadership abilities, and deep expertise in MEAL across multiple humanitarian and development sectors.

Work Experience:

A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience, with on the ground MEAL experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required
Experience with significant data and technology accountability;
Experience in building and leading teams, collaborations and strategic partnerships;
Experience in leading and managing within a complex global organization;
Experience in leading innovation and/or change management processes for program quality improvements;
Experience of managing budgets in excess of $2m

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

Very strong leadership and management proficiencies including the ability to build a diverse team, foster an inclusive team culture, encourage confidence and trust and lead a team in a unified vision and strategy;
Capacity to communicate effectively with IRC program leadership and to lead cross-departmental collaborations for strategic initiatives;
Highly effective strategic planning and execution and decision making ability
Understanding of the program life cycle and effective practices used by aid organizations to design, implement and measure the progress of interventions;
Expertise in a range of cross cutting program quality approaches
Excellent public speaking and writing skills are essential
Committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for clients, being courageously collaborative with colleagues and continually adapting to a dynamic working environment;
Demonstrated flexibility, creativity and enthusiasm, as well as a willingness to learn and to be continually adaptive within a dynamic and often self-directed working environment.

Education: Master’s in relevant field required
Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English essential. Proficiency in additional IRC relevant languages (Arabic, French, Spanish, Kiswahili, etc.) strongly preferred.

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