Senior Director of Leadership Development at International Rescue Committee

Job Overview/Summary

Are you passionate about IRC's mission, making a positive impact on engagement and seeing an improvement in people’s work lives? Then join us!The mission of the Learning and Development (L&D) team is to take the IRC’s people to the next level. We improve the capability of IRC staff by providing language, culture and technology-appropriate processes, tools, training, and guidance for individuals to advance their performance, capabilities and contributions.

The Senior Director, Leadership Development strengthens management and leadership practices across the IRC. By identifying, directing, and evaluating offerings that further our Strategy 100 and inclusion aims, the successful candidate will mentor our leaders and managers and impact how they engage with staff at every level and in every geography. They will also serve as advisor to senior leaders for improving and modeling our leadership principles.

Major Responsibilities

• Design and implement the global strategy, principles, program and processes for leadership development at the IRC.
• Engage with organizational, People & Culture, and Learning & Development colleagues to impact broader efforts to influence leadership behavior, design development programs and meet our organizational goals.
• Serve as a member of the L&D senior management team (SMT) and contribute to team-wide strategy, operational planning, and budget efforts.
• Direct a team of program leads, specialists and support staff to implement leadership development offerings.
• Closely collaborate with Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) team members to build inclusive programs that help drive GEDI goals through leadership action.
• Collaborate with L&D leadership and regional focal points to address gaps in programming and to adapt global tools and processes to fit language and contextual needs.
• Continuously measure success and seek options to strengthen our management practices and management pipeline.
• Cultivate a diverse and strong network of internal and external partners from around the globe in order to craft and deliver leadership programs that meet the organization’s needs.

Development Value

• Opportunity to shape and impact leadership behavior on a global scale, impacting downward teams and in turn, engagement, turnover, and strategic and DEI goals.
• Lead the design of flagship and foundational programs to inspire and engage leaders to model IRC’s leadership standards.
• Exposure to and collaboration with senior leaders across a highly matrixed, global humanitarian organization.

Job Requirements

• Minimum of 10-15 years of proven experience in scaling and implementing leadership development programs
• Experience achieving strong results through management of others
• Strong communication, project management, and organizational skills
• Global approach, culturally curious and emotionally intelligent
• Ability to interact within a multi-cultural environment and with all levels of the organization
• English fluency required. French, Spanish and/or Arabic a plus.