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  • Posted: Feb 11, 2020
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    The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.
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    Emergency Country Director

    Requisition ID: req7947

    Job Title: Emergency Country Director

    Sector: Emergency Response

    Employment Category: Regular

    Employment Type: Full-Time

    Open to Expatriates: Yes

    Location: IRC Global

    Job Description

    The IRCs Emergencies and Humanitarian Action Unit (EHAU) leads and oversees IRCs global emergency preparedness and response activities. The mission of the EHAU is to help meet the immediate survival needs and reduce suffering in conflict or disaster affected populations during the acute phase of an emergency. The EHAU also works in protracted emergencies, where the risk to life may be reduced but the population is still subjected to rights abuses and a lack of basic services.

    The EHAU is also charged with enhancing the IRCs global and country level emergency preparedness capacity. This is achieved by supporting the development and training of Country Emergency Teams, assisting in the development of emergency focused partnerships with local civil society organizations, maintaining regional and global capacity to rapidly identify and deploy qualified emergency response personnel and supporting country-level contingency planning.

    The IRC’s Emergency Response Team

    Members of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) are deployed to either support existing country programs in their emergency response, or to initiate a new program in the crisis zone. The overall responsibility of the team is to rapidly and effectively design, develop and manage the IRC’s on-site humanitarian response to meet the immediate needs of the affected population. The ERT is also responsible for supporting the transfer of responsibilities and knowledge to the long-term staff to ensure the continuity of IRC programming and operations.

    ERT staff (including Emergency Country Directors) is expected to be deployed in the field, either in an emergency or roving capacity, for up to 65% of the time and must be able to deploy to the site of an emergency within 72 hours of notification.

    Location: Remote, permanent home location.

    Job Overview/Summary

    The Emergency Country Director leads deployed Emergency Response Teams and is responsible for overall leadership and supervisory management of IRC offices and operations involved in emergency response. This includes stewardship of resources, staff safety and security, program quality and accountability, and performance management.

    The Emergency Country Director is IRC’s principal representative to the government, donors, international organizations, other NGOs and the media as it pertains to the emergency response. The Emergency Country Director is expected to respond effectively to a constantly changing environment with effective humanitarian programs. S/he will be directly responsible for the overall coordination and strategic direction of the emergency response; providing oversight and coaching for directly supervised ERT staff; leading teams to identify, design and deliver responsive, high-quality programs; ensuring efficient management of public grants and private funds for results, compliance and focused, timely reporting; and oversight of financial management and compliance systems.

    The Emergency Country Director will also deploy into existing IRC Country Programs to fulfil Program Director and Deputy Director functions as required. The Emergency Country Director will report to the IRC Country Director and present themselves to IRC teams using their deployed title, so as to avoid confusion as to reporting lines and decision-making rights, and therefore to assure collaborative and coordinated actions to address the emergency at hand.

    When not leading emergency responses, the Emergency Country Director will work on various projects assigned to them, additionally while working with the IRC’s Emergency Preparedness team to assess and build humanitarian response capacity within IRC’s network of high-risk existing country programs.

    Success in this position requires an individual with exemplary leadership abilities who deploys strong communications and interpersonal skills effectively, both internally and externally. The successful candidate will enjoy developing networks to build partnerships and diversify program resources. The candidate should have experience in complex and insecure operating environments, is expected to be attentive to risk management, and must have a proven track record in successfully managing emergency programming in a diverse range of locations and contexts.

    The Emergency Country Director will report to the Deputy Director of Emergency Response Management, and will work closely with the Associate Directors for Emergency Response, while maintaining working relationships with other EHAU Senior Management Team members as well.

    Major Responsibilities

    Emergency Response

    • Identify and lead deployment of initial emergency response team formation under the direction of the EHAU Deputy Director, Emergency Response Management. Lead, oversee and coordinate IRC assessments of emergency needs and develop a response strategy in collaboration with Host Country Government, other humanitarian organizations and the ERT, Regional and Country management teams as appropriate.
    • Design, resource (people and funds) and implement emergency response programs that meet the near and longer-term program objectives needs of an affected community. Ensure IRC’s response is implemented in adherence to the IRC’s Emergency Roadmap, and build toward compliance with the IRC Outcome and Evidence Framework.
      • Oversee IRC’s on-site humanitarian response including management of programs, operations, budgets, fundraising, external representation and transition planning.
    • Advocate with and/or advise peer agencies, local governments, donors and other stakeholders to influence responses to promote delivery of inclusive and high quality humanitarian services.
    • Oversee and ensure compliance with IRC policy, procedures and practices throughout the ERT and program; contribute to HQ led efforts to refine emergency specific standard operating procedures and policies.
    • Ensure appropriate time, resources, and engagement is set-aside for Real-Time Evaluations in relevant responses.

      Leadership and Representation
    • Lead a response team by establishing open and professional relations with colleagues, promoting a strong team spirit, oversight and resources to enable staff to perform successfully.
    • Develop strong relationships with: government ministries at various levels; UNOCHA; donors including OFDA, USAID, DFID, BPRM, ECHO, UNHCR, UNICEF and other international organizations; international and local NGOs; and networks.
      • Ensure that IRC remains a partner of choice for major international donors.
      • Develop and maintain a high level of understanding of donor priorities and planned funding streams.
    • Execute the EHAU’s resource mobilization strategy to ensure appropriate level of visibility and support for IRC emergency initiatives. This will include giving face-to-face briefings to government, foundation and private donors about the IRC’s emergency response capacity and unmet humanitarian needs around the world.
    • Seek out and pursue opportunities to raise the profile of the work of IRC and its partners, as well as the lives and the needs of the people IRC seeks to serve.
    • Play a leadership role in efforts to improve humanitarian coordination.
    • When applicable, play a leadership role in training sessions for IRC Emergency Roster, ERT, as well as Emergency Preparedness efforts for high-risk country programs on IRC emergency program management systems and protocols.
    • Model and drive active practice of the principles of the ‘IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct’ throughout the response team.

    Safety and Security Management

    • Take primary responsibility for overall management of safety and security for all staff and assets involved in the emergency response.
    • Oversee the management of all security issues, including appropriate response to emergency situations as they arise.
    • Create and maintain a culture of safety and security throughout the response, including rapid establishment, regular updating, and dissemination of security, evacuation, and contingency plans, trainings and briefings that prepare all response staff for security incident prevention and response.
    • Maintain close coordination and communication with the Regional Safety and Security Advisor on relevant concerns and evolving issues that could adversely affect IRC staff or operations.

    Staff Management, Learning and Development

    • Supervise deployed ERT staff and support performance management by communicating clear expectations, providing regular and timely positive and constructive feedback, and providing documented performance reviews.
    • Oversee the management, coaching and development of staff to build a team of skilled, committed and motivated professionals according to IRC’s Leadership Standards in responses.
    • Initiate high-quality meetings with each direct report on a regular and predictable basis.
    • Cultivate and maintain a positive, collaborative, safe and protective work environment, while additionally setting an example of ‘One IRC’-way of working within responses and the wider organization.
    • Promote and monitor staff care and well-being. Model healthy work-life balance practices. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs of both national and international staff.
    • Collaborate with ERT HR staff to identify and implement recruitment and on-boarding strategies.
    • Ensure regular reviews of labour and salary markets in the area are completed for the purpose of enhancing the competitiveness of the IRC’s overall compensation package for national staff, when establishing a new country program.

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    Qualifications

    • University degree in related field or equivalent experience.
    • 8 years experience leading complex on site emergency response projects and/or programs requiring extensive judgment and interpretation. Diverse geographical professional experience preferred.
    • Demonstrated ability to influence peer agencies, local government and community leaders to work effectively towards a common and agreed upon result.
    • Demonstrated ability to evaluate and implement best practices and processes affecting multiple technical specialties to achieve rapid, consistent and high quality outcomes.
    • Experience developing, resourcing and leading large budget, complex projects spanning multiple technical specialties.
    • Ability to travel up to 65% of the time.
    • Excellent verbal and written skills in English and a second language (preferably: French, Spanish, or Arabic).

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to International Rescue Committee on rescue.csod.com to apply

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