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  • Infection Prevention Control (IPC) Specialist

    Infection Prevention Control (IPC) Specialist

    Job Overview / Summary:
    Sustaining IPC improvements in IRC’s supported health facilities is a major component of IRC’s Quality Improvement framework, prioritized by IRC through a global monitoring process that was developed in 2020. The IPC Specialist collaborates with others within IRC to ensure IPC improvements are rigorously assessed, gaps clearly identified, improvements made as well as monitored in all countries where IRC health programing occurs. This role provides strategic leadership for IRC’s IPC and Systems strengthening work – focused on IPC resilience, working closely with Health, EH and Nutrition Advisors and Senior Advisors, the HU MEAL team and the Measurement Unit. 
    Major Responsibilities
    The Global IPC Specialist will deliver technical assistance in-person and remotely to country programs in collaboration with the country facing Technical Advisors (TAs) in countries participating in the global IPC in Health Facility Project, focusing on program quality and ensuring that activities involved in medical service delivery meet and maintain internationally recognized IPC measures in targeted health facilities including mobile medical units where indicated to strengthening IPC preparedness and response to outbreaks.
    This position will sit under the Primary Health Care team within the Health Unit and work in close collaboration with HU Director- country Support, STAs for Health, Environmental Health (EH)/Governance, emergency health & MEAL,  as well as with Health/EH/Nutrition TAs, country Deputy Directors of Program (DDPs), Health Coordinators and Grant Coordinators, and regional leadership.
    The IPC specialist will also be responsible for representation, influence, advocacy and business development at the discretion of their supervisor. The IPC Specialist’s specific responsibilities are as follows:
    Supporting the implementation of the quality improvement framework with a focus on sustaining IPC improvements:

    Close collaboration with the STA Health to ensure that all roles and responsibilities of IPC implementation in participating countries are clear, understood and are being implemented in a timely manner, within the quality improvement framework.
    Close collaboration with the STA EH to ensure that IPC WASH support needs are clearly identified and resourced appropriately
    Support the Health Unit MEAL team and collaborate with the Measurement Unit, when required, on updating IPC data visualization on Power BI as well as any recommended changes to be made with the IPC CommCare Applications.
    Collaborate with the Health Unit MEAL team on the most suitable core IPC indicators, including special emphasis on WASH indicators to be included in IPC analysis reports.
    In close collaboration with country facing Health TAs ensure IPC assessment reports and progress are in line with required IPC outcomes, taking full responsibility on leading in IPC core indicator reporting.
    Work with country facing Health TAs to set up coordination meetings on IPC assessment results in their focus countries and fully support the Country Program (CP) and Health TAs in development of country specific action plans. This will incorporate, but not be limited to, inclusion of country facing Environmental Health TAs, Grant coordinators and DDPs
    Collaborate with the System strengthening STA and the HSS specialist to update and implement the IPC resilience framework across the relevant settings 
    Chair the IPC Working Group ensuring recording of minutes, agendas as well as progress with Action Points raised during these meetings.

    Supporting program design:

    In full collaboration with STA Health and the STA EH, update Health Facility Prioritization guidelines for CPs and support Health TAs to roll out to target country programs.
    In coordination with Health TAs review and analyze country specific IPC assessment results and provide guidance to incorporate recommendations in ongoing or new Business Development opportunities.
    Collaborate with EH TAs to support design of WASH IPC solutions and activities with their Health counterparts, ensuring activities are in line with international WASH standards for IPC. In countries with no EH programming, work with STA EH and Health TAs to find solutions to embed appropriate EH support in-country.

    Engaging in strategic business development:

    Review technical quality of TU-led proposals (Technical Unit), including review of technical activities and ensuring alignment to IRC’s IPC outcomes.
    Input into go / no go decisions on HU-led proposals (Health Unit).
    Provide guidance on budgets required for all aspects of IPC service delivery – this may include but not be limited to conducting regular reviews of IRCs web-based grant award management portal (OTIS) to advocate and lobby country programs to ensure IPC is budgeted for in all new business development.
    In coordination with HU Comms team, the Awards Management Unit and IRC private fundraising teams update and produce IPC briefing papers and concept notes for private and public funding opportunities

    Building technical capacity of health TAs and country program staff – when relevant – to ensure ongoing program quality and innovation:

    Work with health TAs to support country program teams analyze IPC PowerBI data that inform corrective solutions- needed.
    Participate in ongoing training courses and share knowledge and skill sets within the unit.
    Share cross-context learning with country program staff participating in the Global IPC project.
    Conduct technical training and ongoing technical coaching on IPC for country program staff when needed.
    Roll out of IRC’s WASH in Health Facilities Process Guide, 
    Through active participation in HU M&E research programs lead in rolling out all relevant IPC Lessons Learnt to target countries in coordination with Health TAs
    Actively update health TAs and country programs on new best practices around IPC in Health Facilities and support with inclusion in all IPC activities

    Influencing the IRC, peer agencies and donors to use proven interventions and generate new evidence:

    Lead on the global analysis, the development and sharing of learning and communicating IPC documented lessons and findings internally, across contexts and externally in relevant conferences.
    Lobby Regions and Country program SMTs (Senior Management Teams) for inclusion of IPC dedicated staff in Health organograms and budgets.
    Actively participate in global workstreams such as the WHO IPC working group, 
    Fully engage with global and regional partners like Africa CDC, ICAN, etc. 

    PERSON SPECIFICATION
    Skills, Knowledge, and Qualifications

    Master’s/post-graduate degree in public health, nursing and/or environmental health (WASH) or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. 
    Demonstrated expertise in program design, monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.
    Strong verbal and written communication skills.
    Demonstrated commitment to renewing and maintaining currency with best practices.
    Fluency in English, knowledge of French/Arabic would be an added advantage.

    Experience

    A minimum of 6-8 years of professional experience in implementing and/or managing Infection Prevention and Control programs in health facility settings is required, preferably also within a humanitarian and/or international development contexts.
    Experience implementing behavior change communication programs and supporting health system strengthening approaches 
    Experience in technical tools and materials development, monitoring and evaluation, and research in relation to IPC is highly desired.
    A broad understanding/knowledge of technical water, sanitation and hygiene in health settings is highly desired
    Experience in strategy development and working across sectors or disciplines is highly desired.
    Experience providing remote technical support to program teams is important.

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  • INEE Coordinator, Psychosocial Support and Social Emotional Learning Compliance Officer

    INEE Coordinator, Psychosocial Support and Social Emotional Learning Compliance Officer

    Position Summary

    This position will serve each of INEE’s Strategic Priorities, with a primary focus on Strategic Priority 1 and 3. Psychosocial Support and Social and Emotional Learning (PSS-SEL) is a key priority area for the network. This position will coordinate the work within INEE’s network spaces on mental health and wellbeing, including coordinating and facilitating all activities within the PSS-SEL Working Group, ensuring delivery of the work plan, budget management, reporting, and communication. As well, the person in this position will be responsible for engaging with others within the education in emergencies and child protection sectors for the purposes of identifying and enhancing synergies, convening, advocating, facilitating learning, community building, and sharing tools and resources (per INEE’s core functions).

    Responsibilities

    In alignment with INEE’s core functions, and the Strategic Priorities outlined in INEE’s Strategic Framework this role is responsible for the following:

    INEE Strategic Priority I: Thought leadership and advocacy

    Promote and sustain the values of INEE.
    In collaboration with the Team Lead for Thematic Areas, represent INEE in various events and partnerships, and build relationships with key stakeholders. Liaise with INEE Working Groups, INEE Secretariat, and INEE Steering Group to ensure collaboration and shared goals are reached.

    INEE Strategic Priority II: Strengthen capacities

    Coordinate activities and events prioritized by the PSS-SEL Working Group members to promote resources (e.g., webinars and meet-ups)
    Support the INEE Secretariat in the roll-out of capacity building initiatives as they relate to PSS-SEL.

    INEE Strategic Priority III: Provide, curate and organize knowledge and resources

    Ensure quality communications and consistent follow-up internally within the PSS-SEL Working Group and INEE Secretariat, and externally with relevant INEE constituents related to PSS-SEL thematic areas of work
    Identify and enhance synergies and partnerships across relevant humanitarian and development sectors working in the MHPSS, PSS, and SEL thematic areas of work. This involves acquiring, filtering, organizing, synthesizing, and disseminating relevant PSS-SEL information for the network.
    Maintain regular communication with INEE members to provide information on PSS-SEL learning and opportunities through INEE communication channels; develop, manage, and share a calendar of INEE training events.
    Create, update and maintain relevant information and pages on the INEE website.
    Provide technical inputs to and review PSS-SEL Working Group products and deliverables. Assist with compilation of edits and feedback on related INEE tools and resources, editing and reviewing documents as needed. Where applicable, the position may be required to oversee consultants or advise on other work being carried out by consultants, interns, reference groups and working groups.

    INEE Strategic Priority IV: Strengthen and diversity membership

    Encourage substantive participation from diverse stakeholders, especially under-represented members and organizations, for collaboration and communication related to PSS-SEL on behalf of the network.
    Foster collective action to support members to develop capacities on PSS-SEL that support their work implementing education in emergencies programming (prevention, preparedness, response and/or recovery) more efficiently and effectively.
    Facilitate multilingual global sharing and promotion of best practices related to PSS-SEL by collaborating with INEE’s language communities and supporting INEE’s multilingual web platforms.

    Requirements

    Essential

    Minimum university degree in a related field. Advanced degree in a related field preferred.
    Minimum 3 years of directly relevant professional experience
    Strong theoretical and practical background in the field of education, including and understanding of education in humanitarian and development contexts
    Strong technical knowledge and field experience related to PSS-SEL (mental health, child protection, psychosocial wellbeing, social and emotional learning) and education in emergencies
    In-depth understanding of INEE’s role in the EiE sector
    Strong communication skills, both verbal and written in English
    Flexible work attitude, with the ability to follow direction, and work independently across a virtual work environment
    Willingness to travel up to 4 weeks/year as needed
    Strong organizational skills, with the ability to track and follow-up on various tasks
    Strong analytical and writing skills, with the ability to draft briefs, reports, proposals and syntheses
    Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to successfully interact with a variety of people

    As a Member Of The INEE Secretariat, The Person In This Position Will Also Support And Contribute To Core Secretariat Functions And Will Uphold The Below Core Values And Competencies

    Commitment
    Diversity and inclusion
    Integrity
    Communication skills (spoken, written)
    Working with others and teamwork
    Results-orientation
    Formulating strategies/concepts and analyzing
    Risk analysis and coordination skills (participatory)
    Cooperation
    Collaborative approach

    Desired

    Knowledge of INEE languages in addition to English highly valued (Arabic, French, Spanish and Portuguese)
    Understanding of networks and network theory highly valued
    Familiarity and experience utilizing INEE resources and tools; experience facilitating INEE related workshops highly valued

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  • Contracts Finance Manager Program & Awards Advisor, Central Africa Product Administrator, Signpost

    Contracts Finance Manager Program & Awards Advisor, Central Africa Product Administrator, Signpost

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

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

    Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

    Bachelor’s degree International Affairs, Public Administration, Economics, Business Studies, Accounting, Commerce, or equivalent professional experience.
    At least 3-4 years of related work experience, preferably for an International Non-Governmental Organization managing FCDO grants and contracts.
    Demonstrated experience managing complex grants and projects throughout implementation, including financial compliance and reporting processes.
    Excellent budget and financial management skills, including experience tracking expenses, developing spending plans and forecasts, and high proficiency in Excel.
    Experience working on FCDO grants or contracts preferred, with good working knowledge of FCDO Terms & Conditions.
    Experience working with subcontractors and partners, including partner financial monitoring and reporting.
    Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to successfully and effectively liaise with a variety of people in a multi-cultural environment and work on a virtual team
    The ability to work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment – pro-activity and initiative to problem solve within the job parameters is essential; strong analytical problem-solving skills.
    Fluent in English; French language proficiency is desirable

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  • Budget & Operations Manager

    Budget & Operations Manager

    Job Overview: 
    The Budget & Operations Manager is responsible for providing finance and administrative support to the Grant Operations and Analytics Team (GOAT) within the Technical Excellence (TE) department, working under the supervision of the Deputy Director, Business Operations and in partnership with the Sr. Finance Officer. Responsibilities include day-to-day operations of GOAT, administrative support for management, and financial and budgetary support Technical Excellence. The Budget & Operations Manager will also provide operational support to the Grant Operations and Analytics Team (GOAT), and work closely with other HQ units and departments, including but not limited to other Technical Excellence units, Finance/Accounts Payable, Grants staff, and liaising with IRC Europe and Washington offices as needed, as well as Country Program offices.
    Major Responsibilities:
    Operations & Knowledge Management (40%) – 2 days

    Coordinate the GOAT Bi-Weekly Meetings, ensuring that agendas are created, notes are taken, and presenters are scheduled and prepared
    Lead the maintenance of the GOAT intranet site (RescueNet), including updating the organogram with staffing changes in a timely manner and posting new documents as requested
    Work with GOAT management team on internal communications, such as email blasts or newsletter dissemination
    Respond to day-to-day interdepartmental, Country Program and external requests for information.
    Review and continuously maintain GOAT’s internal resources and documents.
    Review, facilitate and/or disseminate appropriate resources to Country Programs.
    Work with Crisis Response, Recovery & Development (CRRD) finance and operations staff, Technical Excellence administrative staff, and GOAT staff to streamline and harmonize IRC processes
    Spearhead and implement new ways to work more efficiently within GOAT

    Administrative Assistance (10%) – 0.5 day

    Oversee and manage onboarding of new GOAT staff by working with hiring managers to ensure that all necessary hiring forms are submitted, equipment is ordered and set up and orientation meetings are scheduled. Provide close assistance to hiring managers and new staff during initial period of employment.
    Attend all INTEGRA meetings and serve as the INTEGRA superuser for GOAT
    Plan and coordinate staff retreats and meetings, ensuring that all travel and other logistics are in place

    Timesheet Management, & Grant Revenue Tracking (40%) – 2 days

    Manage submission of all Technical Excellence (TE) staff timesheets via the online Time & Effort Tracking & Reporting Application (TETRA), ensuring that timesheets are submitted by the payroll deadlines monthly.
    Support the Sr. Finance Officer in tracking Technical Excellence staff salary allocations from multiple funding sources, such as grants (TU2% funds), endowment funds, unrestricted budgets, etc.
    Run reports on the IRC online grants management system from OTIS (Opportunity Tracking Information System) to ensure that all salary revenue from grants is captured on a quarterly basis.
    Support the Sr. Finance Officer in tracking expenses and maintaining a BvA on all TE funding streams by reviewing the general ledger in Integra (IRC’s financial management system), liaising with Country Program office finance and grant staff, and reviewing budgets on OTIS.   
    Coordinate with contracts management staff to ensure that invoiced billable time correlates with timesheets in the TETRA system.
    Coordinate with CRRD, finance, IT, and HR to troubleshoot and improve on timekeeping systems and software.
    Train new TE staff on how to use IRC’s time and effort system, and serve as TETRA system focal point for all TE staff.

    Finance Management & Budget Support (10%) – 0.5 day

    Provide surge support in prepare journal entry forms for finance recodes/reclassifications (JV) as needed.
    Support GOAT staff in reviewing and submitting for approval travel expense reports, purchase requisitions/orders, contract payments and other finance transactions via Integra, coordinating with Accounts Payable (AP) as needed.
    Assist in reviewing and drafting budgets for grant proposals as needed.
    Other Finance & Budget duties as assigned

    Job Requirements:
    Work Experience: 

    Minimum 2 years related non-profit administration and/or budgeting experience required.

    Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: 

    Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite: intermediate proficiency in Excel
    Solid organizational and administrative skills, with a proven ability to prioritize projects with an extremely keen attention to detail.
    The ability to work independently and productively in a fast-paced environment – pro-activity and initiative to problem solve within the job parameters is essential.
    Dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion and a strong passion for our mission
    Preferred experience & skills: 
    Experience in reviewing general ledger transactions and basic bookkeeping/accounting
    Experience in budget management, purchasing (

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  • Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator Business Systems Analyst

    Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Coordinator Business Systems Analyst

    Working under the supervision and guidance of the Deputy Director Programs (IRC Kenya), and technical support from WPE Technical Advisor, the WPE Coordinator will be part of the country management. The Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program Coordinator is the senior most technical and program expert on WPE within the Kenya program. The position is responsible for providing overall leadership in advancing the implementation of Strategic Action Plan (SAP), guidance, coordination, and technical support to IRC’s WPE and gender programs throughout Kenya.
    The WPE Coordinator will provide regular technical support and field-based monitoring visits to WPE teams to ensure that all interventions are technically sound, consider international best practices, and are appropriately meeting the needs of survivors in target communities. S/He will be required to work in collaboration with other technical coordinators, the Grants, Operations and Finance teams and field teams to ensure that the program activities are implemented according to approved plans, the IRC Kenya WPE sector strategy, the country program strategic plan and in accordance with the IRC program framework. The WPE coordinator is responsible for ensuring a robust program that is evidence driven through research and reflection and continuously exploring opportunities for growth and sustenance of women protection and advancement programs.
    Key Responsibilities
    Program Management:

    Lead the WPE team in program design and implementation process and effectively translate program objectives and strategies into high quality inputs and activities in IRC current and future programme operations.
    In collaboration with program managers, revise plans and budgets to maintain program quality and progress; work with the Deputy Director of Grants and Accountability to ensure all program activities are implemented in compliance with donor requirements and meet the measurement requirements of IRC and donors.
    Provide leadership and direction on integration of WPE activities with other sectors including, but not limited to, Nutrition, Health, Livelihoods, Child Protection; work with relevant stakeholders to conduct operational research and document and disseminate lessons learnt.
    Work with the program teams to ensure that field experiences are documented and used to advocate on behalf of the communities with which we work.

    Technical monitoring and Program Quality:

    Promote the quality of the IRC’s WPE programs by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and providing technical supervision of prograrm staff, and technical support to IRC Kenya programming activities.
    Ensure that all activities are consistent with established best practices and utilize standardized protocols, policies, and guidelines, as outlined by relevant health institutions and statutory bodies.
    Ensure that the stated goals and objectives of all WPE programme are met with strong monitoring and evaluation (M&E) follow up, including any required operational research, with technical support from the Country Technical Advisors for health and nutrition as needed.
    Participate in the design of robust M&E plans, lead technical assessments, design/adapt health information systems including surveillance systems as a basis for primary health care program development.
    Contributes to the development of any revision of the WPE strategy planning and documentation, in consultation with the technical unit.
    Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place with associated information sharing protocols for GBV analysis, planning, evaluation, and advocacy. Provides technical guidance on confidential and safe data collection, case identification, safe information sharing and referral mechanisms in line with internationally recognized best practices..
    Support to improve quality of specialized services available in country in addition to contributing to the standardization of WPE protocols, referral pathways and SOP’s.

    Strategy and Business Development

    Proactively look for funding opportunities for WPE and Gender related programming in Kenya, lead in development of quality proposals and review donor reports in collaboration with Program Managers, other Technical Coordinators, and the Technical Advisors.
    Develop strategic partnerships with local and international organizations to support positioning to pursue new funding opportunities to deliver on the program strategy and scale up different implementation modalities that are cost-efficient and sustainable.
    Advance IRC SAP 100 ambitions within WPE programming and contribute to the achievement of the articulated SA ambitions. Specific emphasis is placed on gender integration and mainstreaming within IRC programming.
    Support partnerships on GBV and gender programming with Local Non-Governmental Organizations.

    Systems Strengthening

    Support IRC programs to fully reflect and where required transition their approach to system strengthening as an essential component of WPE programming.
    Work at the policy level with key decision makers from various county governments and donors, participating in strategy development and technical discussions relating to future direction of gender and protection program and influence policy reforms/development across all sectors.

    Emergency Preparedness and Response

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

    Staff and Partner Capacity Development:

    Participate in recruitment and design of staff development plans based on performance reviews in collaboration with the human resources department and contribute to the training of health staff (mentoring, as well as formal training). This includes staff training in program management areas such as reporting, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, and supervision.
    Develop/organize training and other capacity strengthening opportunities to build the capacity of local partners where relevant/ required.

    Coordination, Representation and Advocacy:

    Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders in Kenya including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
    Lead and advise on advocacy activities for the sector also ensuring the integration of Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion objectives in IRC and partner programming.
    Represent IRC Kenya in external forums and actively participate in coordination mechanisms at the county, national and regional level. These include but are not limited to GBV, Gender, child protection coordination mechanisms and position the IRC as a leader in coordination spaces.

    Qualifications

    Advanced degree strongly preferred in gender, women’s studies, child development, protection, humanitarian response, social work, psychology, human rights, international law, social science or related field.
    At least six years of experience implementing, technical assistance, and managing women’s protection programming in an emergency or complex security contexts, with demonstrable understanding of the relevance of humanitarian action; professional experience in Kenya and the Horn of Africa is strongly preferred. An experience in child protection, and/or general protection programming is an added advantage. 
    Solid knowledge and understanding of international child protection and women’s protection standards and best practices in humanitarian response and development contexts.
    Applied experience in mental health and psychosocial support programming.
    Demonstrated experience and capacity in the transfer of technical knowledge and management skills through technical training, coaching and mentoring of staff, as well as identified partner organizations.
    Demonstrates strong understanding of integrated programming and has experience in managing multiyear and multisector programing.
    Must be capable of applying skills and knowledge in a range of capacities, including direct implementation and advisory functions,
    Demonstrated experience and success working in partnership models particularly with women led or right based organizations and with remote management.
    Demonstrated experience working with new program start up..
    Demonstrated capacity to work with innovative systems and creative approaches to programming.
    Experience working with new technologies and/or hotlines is an asset.
    Strong program/technical and budget management skills, budgeting, planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills across multiple grants and countries.
    Demonstrates strong relationship building skills with a strong presence in coordination bodies and advocacy processes
    Proven practical experience in program design, implementation, and M&E and experience in developing and using community participatory approaches.
    Experience working with community groups, community engagement and negotiation.
    Highly diplomatic with excellent political awareness and advanced negotiation skills.
    Experience of working on issues related to human trafficking and smuggling desirable.
    Experience of working with forced migrants is required.
    Proven experience in governance programming such as working with GOK, county governments, devolution processes for increased demand and improved service delivery is desirable. Experience of working on government policies and laws.
    Proven practical experience in partnership/stakeholder engagement and management
    Strong written and oral communication skills, effective in representation and liaison with external parties
    Strong people management skills with cross-cultural exposure and comfortable working as part of a diverse team. Sensitive to interpersonal differences and a range of viewpoints.
    Demonstrated advance planning and organizational skills. Able to effectively prioritize and follow multiple activities and deadlines simultaneously.
    Flexible and innovative. Able to adapt plans and pivot approaches in response to changes in context.
    Proactive, reliable, and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
    Fluency in English and Swahili, spoken and written- a must.

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  • Director, Safety and Security Learning and Operations Talent Management Sr. Coordinator – Onboarding

    Director, Safety and Security Learning and Operations Talent Management Sr. Coordinator – Onboarding

    Job Overview/Summary
    The Director of Security Learning and Operations (DSLO) will work with IRC’s staff and partners to identify, design, develop, and implement learning interventions, coaching/mentoring, and other types of capability-building support to enhance humanitarian access and security management. The DSLO will, in close collaboration with Regional Safety and Security Directors (RSSDs) and Deputy Chief Safety & Security Officer (DCSSO), identify capacity gaps and surge support needs and deploy appropriate and adequate resources. In support of this effort, the DSLO will work in partnership with the custodians of the Global Surge Team maintaining a talented and diverse team of Safety & Security professionals deployable in service of RAI and CRRD program needs.
    A key objective for the IRC’s safety and security unit is to continue the shift from S&S being perceived as a separate silo’ed responsibility towards the development of a shared security risk culture across the entire organization. A foundation for this shift is building S&S competencies for all staff and for those individuals who have specific responsibilities for the safety and security of others. With a growing workforce and IRC working in more insecure environments, it is becoming vital that IRC matures from ad hoc training for S&S, to develop and implement an intentional vision and strategic plan for learning and development.
    Key Responsibilities

    Lead and facilitate strategic and operational learning and development interventions with a focus on: S&S performance management and S&S budget planning and management;
    Facilitate the identification, design, development and delivery of learning interventions in a manner consistent with modern instructional design and adult learning theory and which enhance the retention of safety and security personnel;
    Prioritize, implement and evaluate learning initiatives for safety and security while maintaining clear responsibilities for management and resourcing.
    Provides expertise and support in the design and implementation of talent management processes including succession planning for safety and security positions.
    Develop insights into learning efficiency, partnering with performance management to provide S&S managers and program leadership teams with insights into effectiveness of learning and development programs.
    Identify human resource needs within the safety and security unit across the organization by supporting S&S representation in the Global Surge Roster and managing the deployment of (10) S&S roster members when and where needed.

    Key Working Relationships

    Reports to: Chief Safety and Security Officer

    Collaborates With

    Regional Safety and Security Directors for CRRD (6) and RAI (1). These relationships will be key – the Director will collaborate with RSSDs to identify needs and tailor training programs which are fit for purpose.
    Deputy Chief Safety and Security Officer (DCSSO). This relationship will be key – the Director will collaborate with DCSSO to identify and prioritize training needs identified by RSSDs.

    Coordinates With

    IRC Deputy Director for Talent Management, People & Culture
    IRC Learning Manager
    Deployment Support Team for the Global Surge Roster, People & Culture,

    Manages

    Senior Safety Training Coordinator
    Roving Safety & Security Coordinator
    Up to 10 deployed S&S members from the Global Surge Roster

    Job Requirements

    Experience in facilitating the learning of others and supporting training initiatives
    Experience in crisis and critical incident management for INGOs
    Understanding of issues related to security and risk management.
    Experience in coordinating learning and development activities for international humanitarian organization, including contribution to learning strategies.
    Demonstrable skills in diplomacy and coordination within integrated teams
    Self-motivated and able to work independently
    Able to multi-task concurrent needs under duress; the ability to handle significant workload and stress
    Excellent and persuasive communicator
    Ability to travel up to 25% of time
    Proficiency in French and/or Arabic preferred

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  • Education Technical Adviser, East African Region

    Education Technical Adviser, East African Region

    Major Responsibilities:
    Core Functions:

    Support country program staff to design programs and projects, ensuring that they are:

    Aligned with the IRC’s strategy 2020 which includes contextualizing education outcomes, the theories of change and include interventions chosen based on best available evidence;
    Responsive to client needs and preferences based on sound context and gender analysis

    Support selection of indicators for country programs based on available and emerging indicator testing;
    Lead and facilitate as needed technical design of proposals; write technical narrative as needed; review technical quality of proposals, including providing input on budgets required for project delivery, technical activities, ensuring alignment to IRC’s education and cross-sectoral outcomes;
    Input into go / no go decisions and pre-positioning on upcoming proposals;
    Help analyze data to inform periodic review and course correction to ensure that IRC’s programs are based on evidence and are evidence-generating;
    Conduct technical training and ongoing technical coaching for country program staff, including on outcomes, theories of change, evidence and indicators;
    Provide specific guidance to IRC education programs in Latin America in efforts to integrate best practices into standard IRC Teacher Professional Development
    Share cross-context learning with country program staff across the region;
    Review and share program-specific tools / resources / curricula working with IRC education specialist to contextualize and adapt global and country-specific materials;
    Support planning and implementation of partnership activities, including research initiatives with academic partners
    Support senior technical country program recruitment;

    Additional Functions:

    Engage with donors and do outreach in support of country programs, especially in relation to program start up;
    Help define approach to teaming / partnering with regional and national organizations, including youth led organizations;
    Present IRC research findings across contexts and relevant conferences;
    Support senior country program staff onboarding;
    Support as requested education projects that need additional support in education in emergencies. This includes liaising with the Senior Education Technical Advisor for Emergency Response to build preparedness and response plans for the continuity of education services during new acute crisis.
    Work across sectors, particularly our Economic Recovery and Development team as well as our Women’s Protection and Empowerment team to develop integrated and holistic approaches to youth development; expand our youth portfolio

    Job Qualifications:
    Education: 

    Master’s/post-graduate degree in education, education psychology, social work, human development or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
    Participate in ongoing training courses and share knowledge and skill sets within the unit.

    Work Experience: 

    A minimum of 6-8 years’ experience of implementing and/or managing large Education programs and teams is required, within a humanitarian or international development setting, as are at least 2-3 years acting in an advisory capacity on education programming.
    Education work experience in East Africa is required. Experience in technical tools and materials development, monitoring and evaluation, and research in relation to education is highly desired. Experience in strategy development and working across sectors or disciplines is highly desired.

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  • Regional Vice President, Central Africa Safe Programming Officer

    Regional Vice President, Central Africa Safe Programming Officer

    You will collaborate closely with the RVPs of the other regions and the full range of HQ partners across the technical support, operations, finance, fundraising, awards management, advocacy, communications, compliance and legal functions. As part of the Senior Leaders Group, you will have an important voice in organizational leadership discussions. 
    Responsibilities include:

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

     
    Work experience/ Required skills

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

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  • Project Lead, Maternal and Newborn Health

    Project Lead, Maternal and Newborn Health

    Job Overview

    In today’s reality, where hundreds of people are impacted by disaster and conflict, there is an urgent need to invest in uninterrupted, life-saving sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health care. The International Rescue Committee and the Airbel Impact Lab is helping to lead the global humanitarian community in rethinking how we can reach more women and girls with simple, cost-effective, proven solutions. To generate these solutions, we are focused on three core pillars:

    Strengthening community health systems for delivery of essential maternal and newborn care;
    Developing self-care models that increase safe abortion choices and contraceptive options; and
    Advocating for supportive changes in national and global policy.

    A major focus area of this work is community-based maternal and newborn care (CBMNC). The Project Lead, Maternal and Newborn Health, will play a major leadership role and be accountable for achieving the vision and goal of a currently ~3 year workplan of CBMNC projects in two countries (Somalia, South Sudan), with potential to expand into other locations.

    The projects aim to effectively design, implement, and evaluate multi-year CBMNC programs. The lead will also be tasked to explore new innovations and ideas of how services can be delivered in areas where facility-based services are sparse. The projects involve multiple internal and external teams working on different components of those aims, working toward the shared goal of reducing maternal and newborn deaths in areas with the highest mortality rates in the world.

    Major Responsibilities

    Develop and drive the vision and strategy of the CBMNC portfolio of projects, including stewarding the overall vision and clearly defining the role each project plays in the larger portfolio. As time allows, the role will also be tasked to explore other opportunities to introduce self-care strategies for maternal and newborn health.
    Lead discussions on next steps of the larger portfolio as projects/sub-projects complete and lead resourcing for new areas of work.
    Be responsible for successful end-to-end delivery of projects and developing and refreshing the strategy and roadmap to get there, including the implementation of project management tools, such as budgets, workplans, procurement plans, staffing plans.
    Identify key portfolio objectives and success metrics, strive for improvement, and communicate progress.
    Work with relevant leads of individual CBMNC projects to anticipate and meet resourcing and staffing needs across a growing portfolio.
    Drive business development and fundraising, including finding opportunities, assigning project lead roles, and supporting proposal development.
    Hold project leads accountable for timelines and achieving project goals and deliverables, supporting troubleshooting of issues and overall quality assurance.
    Develop and maintain effective mechanisms of communicating across various parties to identify areas of synergy. Communicate project shifts, successes and challenges to other project leads within the portfolio to ensure cross-learning and management of risks and impacts.
    Explore opportunities to develop new projects and nimbly integrate into the portfolio.
    Manage project relationships, creating alignment and support for the vision both internally within the organization and with key external collaborators.
    Create opportunities for team members to communicate research and innovation findings with the broader humanitarian sector to support uptake of programs based on best-available evidence.

    Job Requirements

    Education: Master’s/post-graduate degree in Public Health or related field.

    Work Experience

    At least 7 years of experience in maternal and newborn health or community health, including leading at least one strategic program in those areas.
    Expertise in community-based maternal and newborn care programs and demonstrated experience and competency in evidence-based strategies for maternal and newborn health and community health.
    Has demonstrated leadership capacity in leading complex teams / projects.
    Experience in strategy development and working across sectors or disciplines is highly desired.

    Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

    Ability to think and plan at the “big picture” level. Must have strong experience developing and leading complex teams and managing strategic partnerships.
    Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills and ability to facilitate collaboration.
    Outstanding capacity to understand the country context, portfolio, and overall programmatic needs of community-based approaches.
    Able to work with remote, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams.
    Ability and passion to train others and transfer technical knowledge and skills.

    Language Skills: Fluency in English required; proficiency in French is a plus.

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  • GBV Data Assistant Volunteer Finance Assistant

    GBV Data Assistant Volunteer Finance Assistant

    Under the supervision of IRC WPE Senior Program Officer, and based in Hagadera, Dadaab the Data (GBVIMS) Assistant, will be responsible for collecting and analyzing data of activities done by WPE response team in the Support Centre , Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) and/or mobile team and activities done by Prevention & GBV risk reduction team in WPE Field Sites.
    Responsibilities:
    Monitoring and Information Management:

    Directly oversee all WPE data collection and management with the support and supervision of the Senior WPE Officer and Coordinator.
    Ensure data received from the field teams is correctly entered into the program trackers on a regular weekly basis – gather, consolidate, clarify errors, and clear the program data.
    Ensure accurate and regular data entry and review, including robust analysis and identification of trends, following the WPE information management protocols and standards set out by the GBVIMS.
    Maintain and ensure safe, ethical, and accurate documentation, filing, storing and usage of information.
    Share weekly the updated Program Data and Indicator tracker with the WPE PSS Officers, Outreach Officer and the Senior WPE Officer.
    Share monthly GBV brief trends analysis report on cases documented to guide GBV prevention activities and advise programming with both Snr. WPE officers
    Ensure all hard copy of case management and WPE activities files are securely stored (i.e. in strong lockable file cabinets where appropriate)
    Contribute to project monitoring and evaluation, including leading on or supporting the team with focus group discussions, community consultations, and carrying out feedback surveys with women and adolescent girls.
    Analyze and share results of safety audits, focus groups, and community consultations, including identifying trends and context changes.
    Regularly visit program activities to ensure that all data is correctly collected and stored and shared in a timely manner.
    Use project indicator data to monitor achievement towards objectives; report any projected shortcomings or gaps in timely manner.
    In coordination with the MEAL team, develop online database forms and other tools to facilitate the collection of data from field-based staff.
    Train and offer needed support to WPE staff to use GBVIMS tools correctly and effectively and WPE case trackers and other program activity and indicator trackers.
    Support proposal development as necessary.

    Reporting:

    Submit accurate monthly indicator tracking reports and analysis, in-line with safety and ethical standards.
    Compile, edit, and write weekly, monthly, and quarterly WPE quantitative program reports using assigned template, including collecting reports from field staff and producing final information products.
    Ensure timely submission of data on the online/offline M&E box.
    Act as focal point for Activity Info and other quantitative donor reporting.

    Qualifications

    Bachelor’s Degree in information technology, computer science or other relevant training
    Good working knowledge of English language.
    Minimum one-year professional experience in implementing GBV response programs.
    Knowledge of GBVIMS or confidential data entry as an added advantage.
    Deep understanding of gender-based violence, women’s protection, and empowerment in the context of Dadaab refugee camp.
    Excellent computer skills and abilities in Excel, Word, and web-based platforms/databases, and the ability to train others in these systems

    Personal Qualities:

    Works well in and promotes teamwork,
    Comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible, able to handle pressure well, and strong communication skills.
    Strong ability to work independently, meet deadlines, prioritize work under pressure, and maintain attention to detail.
    Willing to work as a member of a diverse team and maintain a positive attitude and good communication under pressure.

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