Regional Duty of Care Advisor at International Rescue Committee

Major Responsibilities:

• Meet regularly with HR and office leaders to develop and advance office level DOC plan
• Develop and support delivery of special events and activities in the region
• Support implementation of site level health and safety standards
• Deliver core trainings on a rotating basis and by request
• Promote staff wellbeing and staff health content through a wide variety of creative methods
• Coordinate with vendors on training delivery, translation, and materials development
• Ensure excellent knowledge management for DOC products across languages
• Travel to field sites to deliver training and engage with staff on their needs
• Support the relevant goals of Employee Resource Groups through training and activity support
• Partner with office leaders, S&S, and HR Leaders after critical incidents to support their development of comprehensive support plans for affected staff and managers
• Facilitate requests for group counseling sessions made by site level leaders with counseling vendor
• Orient and support leadership in interpreting IRC policies related to infectious disease exposures, outbreak, and natural disasters
• Support offices to navigate risks related to COVID-19 in their workplaces according to organizational models and policies
• Meet with employees who wish to have support with staff health or staff wellbeing matters and provide orientation to the ways in which IRC services, benefits, resources can assist them
• Develop DOC policy and training materials
• Collaborate with other People & Culture and Organizational partners on shared objectives (Ex: GEDI, Safeguarding, S&S, HR Fundamentals, Learning & Development, etc.)
• Liaise with local vendors
• Other duties as assigned
• Key Working Relationships:

Job Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor degree in Human Resources, Psychology/mental health; nursing or other clinical health professions, Public Health, or other relevant field. Masters preferred
• Work Experience: Experience working in international development or humanitarian assistance organizations. Significant leadership experience in programs (Ex: health, public health, MHPSS) or administration (Ex: Human Resources, Staff Care).
• Excellence in training development, facilitation, and crisis response
• Highly developed interpersonal skills including active listening, emotional de-escalation, and compassion
• Service-orientation
• Excellent project management and knowledge management
• Strong organizational and time-management skills; ability to prioritize and deliver on time
• Ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional team structure
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to handle and work through change in a proactive and positive manner.

Language Skills: Fluency in English required; proficiency in another regional language is helpful