Innovation Strategy Advisor at International Rescue Committee

Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to: Associate Director, Innovation Strategy Position directly supervises: N/A

Indirect Reporting: N/A

Other Internal And/or External Contacts

• Chief Research and Innovation Officer
• Health Technical Unit Directors and Team Members
• Technical Unit Directors and Team Members
• Country and Regional Directors
• Airbel Impact Lab Strategy Practice

Minimum Requirements

• You have a bachelor’s degree or with equivalent professional experience, including 5-6 years of experience in conducting strategic planning, leading on qualitative and quantitative analysis to define strategic pathways, and executing on plans.
• You’re great at solving complex-problems, bringing together quantitative modeling and qualitative analysis, and can distill data into actionable insights.
• You’re able to engage and align an interdisciplinary team, communicate with senior leaders, and facilitate a group to make effective decisions
• You work well in a distributed, multicultural, fast paced environment

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in a strategy role at either a top tier strategy consulting firm, in the strategy development function of a global organization, or in a strategy role at a startup
• Fluency in French and/or Arabic
• Previous work in either humanitarian or development contexts
• Familiarity with quantitative and qualitative research methodologies applied in medicine and social science
• Experience/familiarity with NGO setting
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time