Safe, Transformative and Inclusive Programming Global Practice Lead

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International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Hybrid
  • Location: United States , Kenya
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: $122,000 USD-$138,000 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Location: United States , Kenya
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. 

Major Responsibilities:
Lead and coordinate efforts to incorporate inclusive and transformative programming strategies into IRC’s program design, implementation, learning framework(s) and associated business processes.
• Provide strategic vision and direction to safe, inclusive and transformative programming across IRC’s programming areas 
• Collaborate with different technical staff across IRC’s Technical units in CRRD to promote and support coherent approaches to integrating GEDI principles in programs, in line with the IRC global Strategy (S100), GEDI Action Plan, and Safeguarding Minimum Standards

Leadership and representation
• Provide leadership to the GEDI in Programming workstream by establishing centralized approaches in line with the IRC TRANSFORM global standards.
• Provide internal representation in key IRC fora, and external representation in key inter-agency and other strategic humanitarian fora to contribute to, learn from and influence policy and practice.

Resource development and learning uptake
• Contribute to identifying priorities for resource development and ensure that they are responding effectively to the needs identified across field programs. 
• Collaborate with the Technical Units, Safeguarding Practice, and the Research & Innovation Unit to develop new or revise existing evidence reviews and advise on new research strategies to enable transformative change in humanitarian contexts. 

Team leadership and management 
• Provide regular supervision, guidance and mentoring to direct reports.
• Identify development needs of direct reports and support them to access professional growth opportunities appropriate to their needs and aspirations.

Support business development and grants management 
• Coordinate business development support as per strategic priorities and needs expressed across program units and country programs
• Build funding for new areas of investment in safe, inclusive and transformative humanitarian programming 


Job Qualifications: 
• Minimum eight years progressive protection experience in emergency and/or post-conflict contexts, including experience providing remote technical support
• Graduate degree or equivalent in international law, public health, social work, humanities or other related degree
• Specialised degree in Gender Studies, Social Anthropology, Community development a plus
• Demonstrated experience designing, managing, and implementing programs promoting gender equality and social inclusion.
• Strong understanding of how to address gender and social inclusion dynamics in conflict settings and how gender and social inclusion intersects with conflict sensitivity.
• Experience ensuring safety, inclusion and social transformation integration in project design, implementation and M&E required.
• Experience developing and delivering GEDI-themed content in training and education materials as well as focused assessments, training, and organizational capacity-building preferred.
• Ability to navigate politically sensitive subjects and maintain constructive relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and transmit her/his vision to partners and colleagues.
• Experience living and working in complex, conflict-affected environments.
• Professional level English is required.
• Ability to work under deadline pressure with diverse teams.

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