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Education Researcher Technical Data Program Manager

Job Overview/Summary:
We are seeking three researchers to join the Airbel Impact Lab and work closely with the Education Unit to advance the IRC’s research on education. The positions will provide technical research support to different education research projects. Currently, the education research portfolio has over 30 on-going studies in 15 countries affected by conflict and crisis, including:

FCDO’s Education Research in Contexts of Conflict and Crisis (ERICC) in Nigeria, Bangladesh, South Sudan, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Lego’s PlayMatters in Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania
Lego’s TeachWell in Kenay
USAID’s Accessible and Quality Basic Education in Afghanistan
The researchers will support field-based research on Education programs, backstop new and ongoing research projects across the IRC’s Education portfolio and partner with technical units and country teams to support evidence-based programming.

Major Responsibilities:

Support on the design, analysis and reporting of quantitative/qualitative research, including:
Needs assessments, learning assessments, and formative research studies to identify problems and existing practices.
Implementation research to identify quality and fidelity of implementation and the degree to which they moderate education outcomes.
Impact evaluations to explore the effects of education interventions on the literacy, numeracy, socio-emotional skills, transition outcomes of children in conflict and crsisi affected settings.
Measurement research to assess the reliability and validity of outcome and quality of implementation tools and establish protocols for improvement.
Research on how to improve coherence for access, quality and continuity of in systems of education
Work with an internal team focused on education research moving our education research priorities forward.
Contribute to dissemination of research findings by writing blogs, briefs, and publications in academic journals and practitioner-focused outlets.

Job Requirements:

PhD or MA in education, economics or related field.
Two researchers should be knowledgeable of statistics, and have the ability to accurately interpret research findings from studies using causal inference research and multi-level modeling, using software such as Stata or MPlus.
One researcher should be be knowledgeable and have experience with qualitative research, using software like NVivo, AtlasTi or Dedoose.
Minimum five years of progressive experience in education research and/or relevant practice.
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
Solid organizational skills: ability to be flexible and work well under pressure, dealing with competing priorities, in a fast-paced team environment.
Interest in and ability to think and plan at the ‘big picture’ level.
Fluency in English a must; fluency in French, Arabic, Spanish, or Swahili is highly desirable.

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November 12, 2024
Security Operations Senior Manager

We are seeking a highly skilled Information Security Senior Manager to join our SecOps team. This role is purely operational and involves monitoring security information and event management (SIEM) systems, investigating security events, running vulnerability scans, and supporting the service desk. The ideal candidate will have experience with Microsoft Sentinel, ServiceNow ticketing, Qualys, and ZeroFox.

Major Responsibilities:

Continuously monitor the SIEM to identify and analyze potential security incidents and threats.
Investigate security events escalated from the service desk or managed security service providers (MSSP), determining the root cause and implementing corrective actions.
Run regular vulnerability scans using tools such as Qualys, and work with relevant teams to remediate identified vulnerabilities.
Train the service desk on SecOps processes and procedures to ensure effective initial triage of security events.
Compile and report on operational metrics to provide insights into the security posture and the effectiveness of security controls.
Leverage Microsoft Sentinel for advanced threat detection and response, utilize ServiceNow for efficient ticket management, and employ ZeroFox for social media threat monitoring and protection.
Lead a team of highly capable Security engineering staff who maintain security for system environments
Ability to mentor and have the capability influencing the group.
Create and drive proactive monitoring and reporting for endpoint and system health including, patching, compliance, and other performance metrics.
Manage vulnerability remediation and incident handling across global resources
Implement new security technologies as required to support a dynamic/challenging business environment
Identify operational opportunities to implement security orchestration and automation capabilities
Support InfoSec-managed tools and enforcement of global security controls
Effectively provide general information security guidance & technology support to the business
Manage on call schedule and incident escalations
Maintain the day to day operations of configuration management platforms including application deployment and settings distribution
Work as the escalation point between various teams for Security related activities.
Drive client and system security model and best practices
Drive business decisions through data using tools like Splunk
Integrate with other internal systems and tools
Manage transition plans for major upgrades or patches
Diagnose and investigate unique and complex systemic problems
Work proficiently with minimal daily guidance and bring mature seasoned skills when working
Evaluate and communicate security risk to a wide and varying audience

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Director, Security Operations and Engineering Team
Position directly supervises: One or more analysts
Indirect Reporting: CISO, Senior Director Technology, Operations & Information Security
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal:IT leadership and staff across regions, HQ and Nairobi iHub, global Safety and Security Team, line personnel across all regions, emphasis on International Programs.
External:Participates in sector discussions of IT security-related issues.

Job Requirements:

Education:Bachelor’s degree in an information systems-related field required.
Work Experience:3-6 years in IT system design, implementation and operations in a global organization; 1-3 years with IT security systems

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November 8, 2024
Economic Recovery and Development Technical Advisor, and Regional Focal Point Unit Assistant

As the ERD Technical Advisor and Regional Focal Point for Asia, you are responsible for ensuring high quality ERD technical assistance to the IRC country offices and regional projects in the Asia region, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand. Additionally, the ERD TA and Regional Lead will support and line manage the regional technical advisors to deliver high quality, effective technical assistance to IRC Country and Regional programs. You will act as the regional focal point in Asia for the ERD TU and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence, data, and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and are safe, inclusive, and promote equal outcomes for clients.

Staff management, learning, and development

Line manage a high performing team of at least 2 ERD regional Technical Advisors, to design and support ERD programming across the region, and generate evidence and learning for local and global strategies
Responsible for ensuring TAs maintain core knowledge and expertise and apply global best practices to their work across health sub-sectors
Work closely with Regional and CRRD HQ People & Culture colleagues to devise strategies of attracting, onboarding, developing, and nurturing diverse regional technical staff at the Advisor and Coordinator levels, and ensuring an inclusive work environment. In collaboration with the DRD, Regional and CRRD HQ P&C, and Global Practice Leads, plan and implement professional development for staff ensuring targeted learning.
Program Design & Business Development:You will support and oversee regional business development in our technical domains, and ensure the design of winning submissions, to deepen donor understanding of IRC’s work in the region, and particularly single-country opportunities together with Technical Advisors and others as relevant
Substantially contribute to the development of proposal theories of change and log frames
Support the Asia regional and in-country technical lead in analyzing relevant information including available M&E and client responsiveness data, to prepare for design meetings/conversations
Advise on program modalities and strategic partnership development based on evidence, scale considerations, and how we can best support, complement, and reinforce local systems
Advise on and/or provide hands-on support on assessments, including application and contextualization of technical standards
Participate in project design meetings for all relevant proposals (remotely or in person)
Review and validate design meeting decisions around technical design quality, including alignment of narratives, log-frames, and budgets, to IRC standards and outcomes
Promote and support design collaboration with partners and clients
Promote and support gender equality and diversity inclusion throughout project design
Implementation Support:In conjunction with existing Technical Advisors, you will facilitate and 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 facilitate continuous sectoral learning and IRC technical leadership:
Increase quality of technical collaboration across the region by fostering cross-regional dialogue with other regional technical teams
Lift up program learning for sharing across the region and to inform global strategic direction of ERD Global Practice Areas
Share cross-contextual learnings with country program staff across the region
Collaborate with the Quality in Emergencies team and Emergencies and Humanitarian Action Unit (EHAU) counterparts during emergency classifications to support country programs to assess, design and implement high quality programming in acute emergency situations
Collaborate with other technical advisors within the region to promote integrated programming leadership
Refresh the sectoral evidence-base in collaboration with global and regional staff to influence approaches
Contribute to the delivery of the Economic Wellbeing 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 ERD 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 economic recovery and development programs, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required.
Progressive experience of managing multi-location technical programs and teams with strong management and leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, and performance management
Experience and familiarity with related donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian, post-crisis, or climate impacted contexts.
Demonstrated expertise in technical program design, monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.
Demonstrated experience in managing high performing technical advisory staff, fostering an inclusive working culture, and with strong people management skills

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November 7, 2024
Economic Recovery and Development Technical Advisor, and Regional Focal Point

As the ERD Technical Advisor and Regional Focal Point for Asia, you are responsible for ensuring high quality ERD technical assistance to the IRC country offices and regional projects in the Asia region, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand. Additionally, the ERD TA and Regional Lead will support and line manage the regional technical advisors to deliver high quality, effective technical assistance to IRC Country and Regional programs. You will act as the regional focal point in Asia for the ERD TU and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to achieve high quality, high impact interventions that are informed by evidence, data, and best practice, contextually appropriate, driven by client and partner voices, and are safe, inclusive, and promote equal outcomes for clients.

Staff management, learning, and development

Line manage a high performing team of at least 2 ERD regional Technical Advisors, to design and support ERD programming across the region, and generate evidence and learning for local and global strategies
Responsible for ensuring TAs maintain core knowledge and expertise and apply global best practices to their work across health sub-sectors
Work closely with Regional and CRRD HQ People & Culture colleagues to devise strategies of attracting, onboarding, developing, and nurturing diverse regional technical staff at the Advisor and Coordinator levels, and ensuring an inclusive work environment. In collaboration with the DRD, Regional and CRRD HQ P&C, and Global Practice Leads, plan and implement professional development for staff ensuring targeted learning.
Program Design & Business Development:You will support and oversee regional business development in our technical domains, and ensure the design of winning submissions, to deepen donor understanding of IRC’s work in the region, and particularly single-country opportunities together with Technical Advisors and others as relevant
Substantially contribute to the development of proposal theories of change and log frames
Support the Asia regional and in-country technical lead in analyzing relevant information including available M&E and client responsiveness data, to prepare for design meetings/conversations
Advise on program modalities and strategic partnership development based on evidence, scale considerations, and how we can best support, complement, and reinforce local systems
Advise on and/or provide hands-on support on assessments, including application and contextualization of technical standards
Participate in project design meetings for all relevant proposals (remotely or in person)
Review and validate design meeting decisions around technical design quality, including alignment of narratives, log-frames, and budgets, to IRC standards and outcomes
Promote and support design collaboration with partners and clients
Promote and support gender equality and diversity inclusion throughout project design
Implementation Support:In conjunction with existing Technical Advisors, you will facilitate and 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 facilitate continuous sectoral learning and IRC technical leadership:
Increase quality of technical collaboration across the region by fostering cross-regional dialogue with other regional technical teams
Lift up program learning for sharing across the region and to inform global strategic direction of ERD Global Practice Areas
Share cross-contextual learnings with country program staff across the region
Collaborate with the Quality in Emergencies team and Emergencies and Humanitarian Action Unit (EHAU) counterparts during emergency classifications to support country programs to assess, design and implement high quality programming in acute emergency situations
Collaborate with other technical advisors within the region to promote integrated programming leadership
Refresh the sectoral evidence-base in collaboration with global and regional staff to influence approaches
Contribute to the delivery of the Economic Wellbeing 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 ERD 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 economic recovery and development programs, with on the ground programmatic experience in a service delivery organization, NGO or comparable international agency required.
Progressive experience of managing multi-location technical programs and teams with strong management and leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, and performance management
Experience and familiarity with related donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian, post-crisis, or climate impacted contexts.
Demonstrated expertise in technical program design, monitoring and evaluation, with the ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.
Demonstrated experience in managing high performing technical advisory staff, fostering an inclusive working culture, and with strong people management skills

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November 7, 2024
Regional Lead, Central Africa ERD Technical Advisor Subcontracting Compliance Officer MEAL Senior Officer (1 Year Non Renewable Contract)

Functional Leadership, Coordination and Implementation Support:

Provide technical leadership across the region, including by contextualizing the Economic Wellbeing at the regional level in partnership with Technical Advisors, DRD, + Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) and in line with Country Program Strategic Action Plans
Promote programming coherence and strategic direction of the ERD programming portfolio including identifying opportunities for intra and cross-sectoral integration
Closely coordinate with Global Practice Leads and HQ functions to facilitate translation of global standards to the region and of country-generated innovation and learning to global practice
Support regional Technical Advisors to address implementation bottlenecks and critical quality concerns in the region’s programming portfolio, in partnership with the Deputy Regional Director (DRD)
Increase quality of technical collaboration across the region by fostering cross-regional dialogue with other regional technical teams
Provide technical oversight of regional strategic projects in collaboration with the Global Practice Leads as appropriate and/or budgeted, escalating quality assurance challenges as needed
Foster relationships with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders to make strategic connections and identify opportunities
Provide stop-gap direct implementation support as/if appropriate and budgeted on CP-grants

Staff management, learning, and development

Lead and line manage a high performing team of ERD Technical Advisors to design and support ERD programming across the region, and generate evidence and learning for local and global strategies
Accountable for ensuring TAs maintain core knowledge and expertise and apply global best practices to their work across health sub-sectors
Work closely with Regional and CRRD HQ People & Culture colleagues to devise strategies of attracting, onboarding, developing, and nurturing diverse regional technical staff at the Advisor and Coordinator levels, and ensuring an inclusive work environment. In collaboration with the DRD, Regional and CRRD HQ P&C, and Global Practice Leads, plan and implement professional development for staff ensuring targeted learning.

Program Design and Business Development

Provide technical leadership and oversight to region-led (multi-country) business development, as well as particularly large single-country opportunities, together with the Technical Advisors, Global Practice Leads and others as relevant.
Support and promote technical and programmatic innovation in the region, based on technically-sound and contextually-grounded creativity and/or insights
Collaborate with other technical area Regional Leads and Technical Advisors to promote regional uptake of solutions that are proven to increase scale and deepen impact, with close attention to where integrated programming would multiply efficacy and efficiency
Work with DRD, Director of Awards Management and DDPs for country programs to understand the region’s donors for the ERD sectors, the donors’ priorities in the region, and the regional funding priorities of Country Programs for the Economic Wellbeing Outcomes
Support regional donor engagement to deepen donor understanding of IRC’s work the region, strategically foster and develop new donor relationships in close coordination with the regional team, and support the development of regional business development opportunities
Support the development and growth of strategic partnerships with mission-aligned organizations at the regional level who share commitments towards scale and impact and have complementary areas of expertise for collaboration towards delivering better outcomes for clients
Accountable for coordinating across expert staff to better integrate cross-cutting issues into ERD programs (e.g., gender equality, diversity and inclusion, climate adaptation, etc.).
Knowledge Management, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
Lift up program learning for sharing across the region and to inform global strategic direction of (relevant) Global Practice Areas
Facilitate interpretation and use of sector data in regional learning routines and put in place routines and accountability mechanisms to encourage uptake of data-driven recommendations made by TAs
Collaborate with Regional Measurement Advisors to ensure that Regional Technical Advisors support good MEAL practice for ERD programming in Central Africa, including the use of high-quality indicators, the use of IRC standard data tools, and the inclusion of MEAL activities in project plans
External Influence and Representation
Engage in regional sector coordination groups and bilateral relationships as appropriate, to represent IRC, showcase learning from our client-centered program implementation, and support priority policy and practice shifts
Support regions in addressing policy & practice shifts needed to enable program impact and scale
In close collaboration and partnership with the DRD, regional Awards Management and Advocacy focal points, ensure effective networking and representation in relation to Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion through mobilizing input from global practice leads.

Key External Relationships:

Regional Cash, Food Security, and Economic Inclusion coordination clusters, INGOs, donors and policy makers, counterparts in relevant UN agencies.

Desired Experience and Skills

Highly seasoned professional with at least 8+ years of progressive technical and management experience leading and managing technical teams
Established technical expertise in at least one of the ERD Global Practice Areas relevant to Central Africa. Professional and/or lived experience in Central Africa context and sound understanding of the region is a huge advantage.
Excellent management and leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, and performance management
Strong track record of leading multi-location technical programs
Strong track record of driving uptake of evidence-based practice
Experience managing multiple projects with multi-disciplinary collaborators
Demonstrated ability to influence across a wide range of diverse stakeholders internally and externally
Strong track record of identifying and converting business development opportunities (when leading and managing the leader)
Knowledge and understanding of the respective regional context
Ability to work, manage, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; outstanding business acumen, critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills required
Superb inter-personal, written and verbal communication skills with ability to collaborate across countries, cultures, and departments
Fluency in English and French is required. Additional regionally spoken language is a huge advantage.
Ability to travel regionally and globally up to 35% of the time, occasionally on short notice
Education: Masters’ degree in economics, business management, international development, agriculture or any other relevant fields or an equivalent professional experience of background is required. Sound training on the use of data and research evidence for programmatic decision making and rigorous analytic skills are an advantage.

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November 6, 2024
Transform Inclusion Specialist

Job Overview/Summary
The Inclusion Specialist will support with ensuring the successful delivery of TRANSFORM, including the implementation of all key activities and deliverables.
The Inclusion Specialist will be based within the Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU)’s Inclusion Team, which promotes more inclusive humanitarian programming at the IRC, rooted in a strong analysis of context, power, gender and how intersecting aspects of identity may result in discrimination, oppression and exclusion. The Inclusion Specialist will be based in a sub-team responsible for the delivery of TRANSFORM and may have opportunities to support with other diverse SOGIESC inclusion initiatives.
Major Responsibilities

In collaboration with the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM, the Inclusion Specialist will play a leading role in the implementation of all aspects of TRANSFORM until the end of the project, with a focus on technical programmatic components linked to diverse SOGIESC inclusion. Responsibilities include:

Project Management And Initiative Oversight And Coordination

Support with the management of all programmatic activities and deliverables within TRANSFORM.
Actively work with relevant IRC country and headquarters staff and support project partners in delivery of project activities in all three pilot locations, ensuring effective implementation and with particular oversight of activities and deliverables in Ukraine and a disaster risk reduction (DRR) context.
Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM and grant management focal point to produce programmatic donor reports, communications, and participate in meetings/calls as needed to keep the donor apprised of program progress.
Coordinate with a wide range of project stakeholders, including the project team at IRC and the project partners, but also with IRC staff from pilot country locations to ensure timely implementation of project deliverables.

Learning And Impact

Document evidence and learning from TRANSFORM at the global level as well as from the pilot countries, in partnership with the MEAL focal point.
Collaborate with IRC staff and project partners on the development of all knowledge management aspects (including but not limited to case studies, resource package and training materials) of the TRANSFORM project. This will include taking a leading role in the writing of substantial parts of the resources package and training materials.
Support with documenting and sharing learning internally to support better diverse SOGIESC inclusion in programming – linking learning to IRC frameworks and strategies, and working with colleagues from across the organization as appropriate.
Convene – with the support of the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM – an internal learning exchange / regularized discussion space to link together counterparts across the IRC and share learning from the TRANSFORM initiative. This may include colleagues from VPRU and other Technical Units, as well as from Policy and Solutions (P&S), People and Culture (P&C), Resettlement, Asylum and Integration (RAI), Country Programs, and employee resource groups (ERGs).

Dissemination And External Representation

Support with the ongoing running of the project’s advisory group and ensure ongoing coordination between the advisory group and all project team members.
Package and disseminate the growing evidence base, learning, and good practices around diverse SOGIESC inclusion on relevant internal and external platforms.
Ensure dissemination of key project resources and learnings.
Play a key role in IRC’s external representation for the project, including ensuring continued coordination and collaboration with external stakeholders within the relevant global humanitarian architecture, as well as representative organizations and local and national partners.
Lead the development of communications materials linked to TRANSFORM.

Capacity Strengthening

Support the Technical Lead for TRANSFORM to develop capacity building resources and materials related to diverse SOGIESC inclusion.
Support the Inclusion Team to provide capacity-strengthening opportunities to IRC staff (both within the Technical Units and in Country Programs).

Key Working Relationships

Position reports to: VPRU’s Senior Inclusion Specialist
Position directly supervises: N/A
Regular internal (IRC) contact with: Fellow members of the Inclusion and Transformative Programming pillar; VPRU’s Deputy Director and Global Practice Leads, Regional Leads and Technical Advisors for Protection & Rule of Law (PRoL), Women’s Protection & Empowerment (WPE), and Child Protection; MEAL and Policy colleagues; and the VPRU Operations Team.
Regular external contact with: Project partners, and representatives from LGBTIQ+ partner organizations.

Personal Specification
Skills and Experience:

Extensive experience within the humanitarian and/or development sector, related to the inclusion of people with diverse SOGIESC.
Strong understanding of the existing external policy and practice landscape around diverse SOGIESC inclusion, including humanitarian architecture structures for representation at an Inter-Agency level.
Experience of implementing projects in diverse humanitarian settings/contexts at both the field and global level.
Experience coordinating multi-country and multi-stakeholder initiatives.
Proven experience of knowledge management and development of diverse learning products.
Excellent communication skills and experience representing an organization and building strong relationships at the local, national, and international level.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multicultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
Experience developing capacity-strengthening resources, preferably including toolkits for use in humanitarian contexts.
Experience of writing technical documents (an enjoyment of writing is an added benefit).
Excellent attention to detail and ability to synthesize complex information into written documents in English.
Previous experience working in communications is an advantage.

Job Qualifications

Education: A relevant combination of academic qualifications and extensive experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
Language: For this position, strong working proficiency in English is essential and additional languages are an advantage (particularly French, Spanish, or Arabic).
Ability to manage a complex and varied workload, work under pressure, and travel to insecure environments;
Excellent IT skills (i.e. Word, Outlook, Excel).

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November 5, 2024
Regional Lead, East Africa Regional Lead, Central Africa Program Development & Award Advisor

Job Overview

Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) East Africa Regional Lead provides coherence and direction to the provision of technical support for Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion programming in East Africa. As a member of both the regional team and the technical unit senior management team, the ERD East Africa Regional Lead has accountability for technical quality and responsibility for assuring the advice from Technical Advisors is taken into appropriate action by the country office.
The ERD East Africa Regional Lead will lead a highly effective, strategic ERD regional team to ensure the East Africa Region has high quality, sound technical support needed to deliver on global program goals and effectively serve our clients. The role will serve as a functional leader, advisor, and a thought partner to both TU leadership and regional leadership, with a particular focus on leading the operationalization of the Economic Wellbeing strategy in East Africa, multi-sector and sub-sector program integration, mainstreaming of Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion across programming, evidence-based design, business development, and quality assurance for high-impact and scale strategic projects. The ERD East Africa Regional Lead will coordinate across individuals and projects, ensuring clear priorities are set and communicated, and navigating the challenges inherent in being an advisory function. They will be excellent people managers, with great team building/animation skills, able to help technical staff succeed and grow in their careers. The ERD East Africa Regional Lead will invest deeply in understanding the context and dynamics of the country and regional teams and the challenges they face. They will ensure coherent ways of working within and across the regional technical team, as well as within the wider ERD TU, to align high quality technical support with the operational realities of the country offices. The Regional Lead will champion technical external representation in regional fora for promoting learning, advocacy and showcasing IRC’s programming as well as engage with regional colleagues on donor facing engagement. By doing so, the Regional Lead will ensure high quality programming across the Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion practice areas in East Africa, high quality coordination and partnership with regional teams, effective team performance, and efficiency and impact of technical excellence service offering to the East Africa region and country programs. In East Africa, ERD programming operates in all IRC’s EA countries (Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan) with at least 3 technical advisors working across the 3 practice areas.

Major Responsibilities

Functional Leadership, Coordination and Implementation Support:

Provide technical leadership across the region, including by contextualizing the Economic Wellbeing at the regional level in partnership with Technical Advisors, DRD, + Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) and in line with Country Program Strategic Action Plans
Promote programming coherence and strategic direction of the ERD programming portfolio including identifying opportunities for intra and cross-sectoral integration
Closely coordinate with Global Practice Leads and HQ functions to facilitate translation of global standards to the region and of country-generated innovation and learning to global practice
Support regional Technical Advisors to address implementation bottlenecks and critical quality concerns in the region’s programming portfolio, in partnership with the Deputy Regional Director (DRD)
Increase quality of technical collaboration across the region by fostering cross-regional dialogue with other regional technical teams
Provide technical oversight of regional strategic projects in collaboration with the Global Practice Leads as appropriate and/or budgeted, escalating quality assurance challenges as needed
Foster relationships with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders to make strategic connections and identify opportunities
Provide stop-gap direct implementation support as/if appropriate and budgeted on CP-grants

Staff management, learning, and development

Lead and line manage a high performing team of ERD Technical Advisors to design and support ERD programming across the region, and generate evidence and learning for local and global strategies
Accountable for ensuring TAs maintain core knowledge and expertise and apply global best practices to their work across health sub-sectors
Work closely with Regional and CRRD HQ People & Culture colleagues to devise strategies of attracting, onboarding, developing, and nurturing diverse regional technical staff at the Advisor and Coordinator levels, and ensuring an inclusive work environment. In collaboration with the DRD, Regional and CRRD HQ P&C, and Global Practice Leads, plan and implement professional development for staff ensuring targeted learning.

Program Design and Business Development

Provide technical leadership and oversight to region-led (multi-country) business development, as well as particularly large single-country opportunities, together with the Technical Advisors, Global Practice Leads and others as relevant.
Support and promote technical and programmatic innovation in the region, based on technically-sound and contextually-grounded creativity and/or insights
Collaborate with other technical area Regional Leads and Technical Advisors to promote regional uptake of solutions that are proven to increase scale and deepen impact, with close attention to where integrated programming would multiply efficacy and efficiency
Work with DRD, Director of Awards Management and DDPs for country programs to understand the region’s donors for the ERD sectors, the donors’ priorities in the region, and the regional funding priorities of Country Programs for the Economic Wellbeing Outcomes
Support regional donor engagement to deepen donor understanding of IRC’s work the region, strategically foster and develop new donor relationships in close coordination with the regional team, and support the development of regional business development opportunities
Support the development and growth of strategic partnerships with mission-aligned organizations at the regional level who share commitments towards scale and impact and have complementary areas of expertise for collaboration towards delivering better outcomes for clients
Accountable for coordinating across expert staff to better integrate cross-cutting issues into ERD programs (e.g., gender equality, diversity and inclusion, climate adaptation, etc.).

Knowledge Management, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

Lift up program learning for sharing across the region and to inform global strategic direction of (relevant) Global Practice Areas
Facilitate interpretation and use of sector data in regional learning routines and put in place routines and accountability mechanisms to encourage uptake of data-driven recommendations made by TAs
Collaborate with Regional Measurement Advisors to ensure that Regional Technical Advisors support good MEAL practice for ERD programming in East Africa, including the use of high-quality indicators, the use of IRC standard data tools, and the inclusion of MEAL activities in project plans

External Influence and Representation

Engage in regional sector coordination groups and bilateral relationships as appropriate, to represent IRC, showcase learning from our client-centered program implementation, and support priority policy and practice shifts
Support regions in addressing policy & practice shifts needed to enable program impact and scale
In close collaboration and partnership with the DRD, regional Awards Management and Advocacy focal points, ensure effective networking and representation in relation to Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion through mobilizing input from global practice leads.

Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to:Dual reporting line to Deputy Director, ERD TU and DRD, East Africa
Direct Reports:

Cash & Markets Technical Advisor
Livelihood Technical Advisors

Key Internal Relationships:

ERD Deputy Director
Global Practice Leads for Cash & Markets; Resilient Food Systems; and Economic Inclusion
ERD Regional Leads and Regional Focal Points across 5 other regions
Regional Measurement Advisor
Regional Leadership Team, Country Directors, DDPs, CRRD colleagues across multiple roles
Regional Advocacy and Comms leads
Regional Safety & Security lead
East Africa Awards Management Unit team
CRRD Senior Management Team and Leadership Group; Regional Leadership Teams
Global HQ and AMU focal points

Key External Relationships:

Regional Cash, Food Security, and Economic Inclusion coordination clusters, INGOs, donors and policy makers, counterparts in relevant UN agencies.

Desired Experience and Skills

Highly seasoned professional with at least 8+ years of progressive technical and management experience leading and managing technical teams
Established technical expertise in at least one of the ERD Global Practice Areas relevant to East Africa. Professional and/or lived experience in East Africa context and sound understanding of the region is a huge advantage.
Excellent management and leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, and performance management
Strong track record of leading multi-location technical programs
Strong track record of driving uptake of evidence-based practice
Experience managing multiple projects with multi-disciplinary collaborators
Demonstrated ability to influence across a wide range of diverse stakeholders internally and externally
Strong track record of identifying and converting business development opportunities (when leading and managing the leader)
Knowledge and understanding of the respective regional context
Ability to work, manage, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; outstanding business acumen, critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills required
Superb inter-personal, written and verbal communication skills with ability to collaborate across countries, cultures, and departments
Fluency in English required. Additional regionally spoken language is a huge advantage.
Ability to travel regionally and globally up to 35% of the time, occasionally on short notice
Education:Masters’ degree in economics, business management, international development, agriculture or any other relevant fields or an equivalent professional experience of background is required. Sound training on the use of data and research evidence for programmatic decision making and rigorous analytic skills are an advantage.

Compensation:

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

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November 5, 2024
Grants and Finance Coordinator

Job Overview
The Grants and Finance Coordinator will have a commercial contract management focus responsible for providing grants and budget leadership across the WISH 2 project in Somalia and South Sudan. S/he will play a critical role in ensuring transparency, accountability, effective grant management, and compliance in all aspects of the WISH2 Project. S/he is the focal point for donor reporting, information management, grants management, and capacity-building efforts within the WISH program. S/he will also support the Project Lead in programmatic and budgetary monitoring, compliance with donor and internal IRC rules and regulations, and other key functions as required.
Major Responsibilities
Grants and Budget Management
Budget Management and Monitoring

Oversees the preparation and realignment of the project budget, supporting the Country Offices and with guidance on costing and inputs as per donor requirements.
Responsible for consolidation of all Country office Budgets into the donor Master budget ready for submission.
Hold knowledge base of donor rules and regulations and advise other team members on financial compliance
Develop and update financial management systems for the WISH project, including reporting templates and monitoring procedures
Oversee the financial management of the project in accordance with donor regulations.
Review individual Country Office spending and provide monthly budget versus actual reports to budget holders in country offices highlighting areas of possible under/overspending
Regularly revisit Program Budgets to ensure that they address programmatic areas of greatest priority and deliver maximum value for money and high absorption.
Identify and manage all financial and operational risks in collaboration with relevant country and technical unit staff.

Project Financial Reporting

Verify financial reports of the project prepared by the country Office Finance staff, ensuring compliance with donors’ and internal rules and providing Feedback to the Country offices.
Consolidating all financial reports from the Country offices and partners into the overall Donor Financial Report as per donor financial reporting template ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
Addressing any feedback from the donor relating to the financial reports.
Pro-actively identify any areas of financial risk to the project and notify the Project Lead and applicable country program leads for action.
Ensure project expenses are reasonable, allocable, and prudent and spent in accordance with the donor’s rules and regulations
Create accurate forecasts and manage expenses according to spending plans

General

Demonstrate and maintain an in-depth understanding of the contract award, donor compliance, and budget conditions and status.
Review narrative donor reports, coordinating with the necessary technical staff.
Review and process sub-grants to country programs for grant activities
Develop guidance, templates, and toolkits to ensure timely submission of narrative and financial donor reports
Assist in donor relations; participate in donor and project consortium calls, represent the project at donor meetings as required.
Liaise between donors and project teams on matters of financial and award compliance
Apply existing IRC standard grant management processes (OTIS, project cycle meetings, etc.) and develop new tools or reporting formats, agreements, and amendments to enhance grants management.
Coordinate internal and external approval of agreements, amendments, cost extension, and no-cost extension processes.
Support revising this awards proposal narrative ensuring donor and IRC compliance.
Support Project Cycle Meetings (PCMs) and the country programs in maintaining adequate standards and relevant systems for enhanced coordination between the various units.

Key Working Relationships
Position Reports to : Project Lead
Other Internal And/or External Contacts

Internal: Regular contact with Technical Unit teams. Liaise with country program staff. Interact regularly with internal IRC departments, especially budget, finance, human resources, and procurement.
External: Interact with donors, consortium partners, vendors, contractors, and consultants.

Job Requirements

5+ years of progressive work experience including awards management, budget management, and systems and procedure development in complex contexts
Successful experience managing complex awards, particularly commercial contracts funded by FCDO or USAID
Highly collaborative and pro-active colleague with talent for teaming with cross-functional groups
Skills for and interest in providing creative solutions for challenging organizational systems and procedures
Strong Microsoft Office skills and experience with organizational information and financial systems
Previous management experience and/or training
Proven acuity to thrive in a fast-paced team environment and continuously adapt to new challenges and dynamic priorities, while maintaining professional grace and a sense of humor
Dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion and a strong passion for our mission
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a multi-cultural environment
University degree in Business Administration, Finance; International Development or a related field or equivalent work experience
Travel about 10%, conditions allowing

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November 5, 2024
Research Lead

Major Responsibilities

Lead IRC’s cost research portfolio, identifying key questions about the cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the IRC’s activities and developing research strategies to answer these questions.
Develop a research agenda, scoping and coordinating new analyses and work plans to answer key stakeholder research questions. Lead ad hoc strategic analyses that feed into organizational decision making.
Partner with research and technical counterparts to ensure the design of studies is appropriately targeted to our programs, targets, and learning priorities.
Supervise Best Use of Resources staff, provide oversight of deliverables, conduct quality assurance on all analyses, and ensure projects are on track and following appropriate guidance.
Develop evidence synthesis and lead strategic projects to inform organizational learning, and apply lessons from cost analysis to decisions about scaling and replicating effective interventions.
Consult on evidence recommendations and support project leads to decide how cost research should be included in proposals.
Collaborate on advocacy, identifying and scoping strategic partnerships, reviewing collateral, and building relationships.
Contribute to fundraising for BUR team, including proposal writing for projects led by other teams.
Serve as focal point in conversations with external stakeholders on costing methodology and results, and connect IRC teams with external sectoral researchers and technical experts for cross collaboration and learning.
Create guidance and templates to improve overall research and methodology, including scenario tools, cost-efficiency models, methodology guidance, etc.
Oversee research project reporting, including writing reports, delivering presentations, supporting communications staff, and contributing to broader BUR/IRC reports.
Oversee portfolio contracting, budget, and finances, including leading the budgeting and planning for BUR staffing on cost research.
For given focus area(s), lead research and technical assistance in the same capacity as a BUR advisor.

Job Requirements
Work Experience

Master’s degree in economics, public policy, or a related field required; PhD strongly preferred;
4+ years of similar work experience; preference for 1+ years in LMICs strongly preferred.

Demonstrated Skills And Competencies

One or more years of experience managing individuals and/or teams;
Experience managing fifteen or more projects and/or projects in excess of $200k;
Knowledge of evaluation methods, applications, and cost-evidence literature in LMICs;
Demonstrated proficiency in spreadsheet-based data cleaning and analysis, data visualization, evidence interpretation; and statistical analysis software;
Strong writing skills including demonstrated ability to write for non-technical audiences with an advocacy focus;
Excellent speaking and presentation skills;
Ability to work as part of a remote team across time zones, cultures, and contexts;
Excellence communication skills, cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player;
Commitment to IRC’s core values.

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November 5, 2024
Costing Consortia Manager Priority Interventions Analyst

Project management

Create and track contracts, purchase orders, invoices, payments, and funds transfers.
Track project revenue/spending against budgets.
Schedule and coordinate meetings (e.g., monthly and quarterly Dioptra consortium working group, BUR team weekly meetings), including notetaking, follow-up engagements, and tracking action points.
Maintain consortium folders, coordinate with consortium partners to migrate all folders to a secure workspace.
Ensure users adhere to project and knowledge management guidance and, as needed, revise guidance.

Software management

Support consortium partners with software configuration, troubleshooting, and user queries.
Manage software sprints according to budgets and timelines.
Coordinate with consortium partners and software developers to test software features, issues, and fixes.
Facilitate communication of software technical details between consortium partners and software developers.
Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure data accuracy and data protection within the software.
Update software documentation with new release notes and help pages.
Update the BUR and Dioptra websites.

Communications and reporting

Track reporting requirements
Draft reports and communications collateral
Copy-edit public-facing collateral (e.g., research reports)

Job Requirements
Work Experience

Bachelor’s degree in related field, or one or more of the positions’ focus areas, or equivalent professional experience;
2-3 years of similar work experience.

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