Career Opportunities at International Rescue Committee

Major Responsibilities:

Program implementation and quality: Reinforcing adherence to the CP guiding principles throughout all CP, IRC Other sector and partners activities, specifically:

• Plan, supervise and oversee provision of prevention and response activities for children and their families.
• Oversee the referral mechanisms by leading the maintenance and regular/timely updating of the service mapping, referral pathways, training of service providers on the referral pathway and appropriate referral.
• Assess implementation progress and identify technical quality issues or other concerns, to be flagged to the CP Manager, and propose solutions.
• Identify material needs together with CP Officers / CP Social Workers or assistants and work with CP Manager and Protection Program Officers to make the necessary procurements, in consideration of budget limits.
• Provide daily advice on case management activities to social workers and outreach workers in the location, in accordance with standard tools and procedures.
• Facilitate the program activities with the partner staff.

Budget management: Ensuring the adherence to the IRC and donor’s financial policy and regulations maintained accordingly. And:

• Ensure PRs for the grants are timely raised, procurement of supplies and services carried out in discussion with the SC and finance.
• Ensure healthy budget utilization progress and as per the spending plan through conducting regular and periodic budget review session with the CP manager, Cp officers, assistants, finance, and the SC and manage the under and overspending timely.

Program monitoring and reporting: Ensure all program activities and services are fully documented using agreed monitoring tools for systematic and timely data collection on activities, specifically:

• Support the maintenance of the IRC’s Information Management System(s) in line with data protection, collection and sharing standards, and CP guiding principles.
• Submit the updated weekly, monthly, and quarterly report and tracker on activities led, success stories, lessons learned, etc. to the designated IRC CP focal point on agreed-upon deadlines.

Staff supervision and development: Directly supervise CP staff by providing regular supervision, coaching, and guidance on CP prevention and response activities, specifically:

• Directly supervise Protection assistant- CP and (case workers/social workers) where applicable by providing regular supervision, coaching, and guidance on prevention, risk mitigation, and response activities in the field of child protection
• Mentor and support staff’s professional development and foster a positive team spirit to encourage innovative and quality programming.
• In collaboration with the CP Manager, identify capacity building needs and support the organization and facilitation of training to meet those needs.
• Monitor field work to ensure staff meet program goals and utilize appropriate time management.

Coordination & representation: Work closely with CP Manager, IRC programs and partner(s), CP AoR, protection and other clusters, and other service providers on the provision of CP prevention and response activities, specifically:

• Identify concerns related to and support adherence to CP referral protocols by all service providers and relevant stakeholders.
• Advocate with peer agencies and other stakeholders to promote timely and quality responses for at-risk children and their families.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other service providers and relevant stakeholders including community members and other implementing partners.

Other: The post holder will also work on other duties such as

• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the CP team, promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC Security department and management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the environment for IRC programs.
• Perform any other tasks as requested by his/her supervisor to ensure the smooth running of the program.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BSC or MA or Diploma in Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Social anthropology, Human Rights, Humanities, and other related Social Science field.

Preferred experience & skills:

• Required Worker experience for BA/BSC 2 years, for MA 1 year, and for diploma holder 5 years of work experience in implementing child protection programs in humanitarian or development settings.
• Understanding of case management and PSS to promote healing and recovery.
• Demonstrated understanding of and ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients/beneficiaries.
• Previous experience leading teams on CP response strategies and demonstrated understanding of working with children, particularly vulnerable children.
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive and professional attitude, including ability to lead and work well in a team setting.
• High degree of flexibility and strong ability to organize work, meet deadlines, maintain composure, prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Computer literate, including Microsoft Word and Excel

Language Skills: 

• Language: Fluent in English required
• Any Local language spoken in Turkana /Kakuma is plus.

Certificates or Licenses:

• Trained on CP topics and certified will be preferred.

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Major Responsibilities: 

The post holder will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities.

Program implementation and quality: Reinforcing adherence to the child protection (CP) guiding principles throughout all CP and partners activities, specifically:

• Conduct assessment of the living conditions of children in the camp/ host community where applicable and participate in the development of appropriate response to the needs of children.
• Facilitate the involvement of children and the community (leaders, caregivers, and parents) in the Safe Healing and Learning Space (SHLS) and document the progress made.
• Supervise and coach community facilitators in the SHLS.
• Organize and lead psychosocial support activities at SHLS.
•  Work with the  nutrition and health teams in the identification, monitoring, verification, documentation and referral of cases of children and abuse.
• Follow-up the preparation and implementation of case action plan and home visit conducted by the social workers.
• Carry out data entry into the Child Protection Information System (CP IMS) database.
• Assist the child protection officer in facilitating and organizing appropriate care arrangement, and suitable alternative care system with close supervision and attention to the individual needs of children.
• Through working with the child protection committees identify potential foster families for unaccompanied and separated children in collaboration with social workers and community leaders.
• Train and supervise the community facilitators leading positive parenting skills training (Family Make the Difference) weekly sessions.
• Assist the child rights clubs to demonstrate to the community and the concerning body about protection concerns that children are facing while living in the camp and promote the participation of children in all matters affecting their lives.
• Organize awareness-raising and advocacy activities in the community including the celebration of international calendar events days and other awareness raising sessions
•  Assist and participate in the preparation of budget, work and spending plans, and PR tracking to monitor the proper utilization of the budget and timely implementation of activities.
• Adhere and fully abide by the child protection code of conduct.
• Work closely with the other Child Protection teams within the IRC to provide an integrated response to the needs of children and their families.
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Other: The post holder will also work on other duties such as

The Child Protection Assistant will directly report to the senior Child Protection Officer based in Kakuma with additional oversight from PRoL Technical coordinator in Kenya.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• University Degree in Sociology or psychology preferred or any other social science fields.
• 3 years of working with children experience for diploma holders.
• 1 year of working with children experience with the first degree.
• Ability to speak the local language (Turkana) is an added advantage.
• Computer literate, data entry (database management) skills
• Trained on CP topics and certified will be preferred.

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Key Responsibilities

Technical Coordination and support:

• Participate in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of community-based surveillance, routine immunization, and supplemental immunization activities throughout the county, and provide project oversight in accordance with project deliverables. Participate in the development of work plans, budgets, and reports for the implementation of CBS activities.
• Supervise the implementation of CBS in the CGP_GHS project in county, with close monitoring for quality control in the field.
• Support the health staff, animal health assistants, and community mobilizers in working as a team, managing CBS alerts, and coordinating with authorities for investigation and response.
• Participate and provide support as guided by the project priorities in AFP surveillance, Priority zoonotic diseases outbreak investigation, polio outbreak investigation, case, and contact tracing.
• S/he is expected to work hand in hand with the county disease surveillance coordinator and County Veterinary officer in organizing for and training health facility staff at the facility level on CBS surveillance on polio and Zoonotic diseases.
• S/he will be training and building capacity within the county and with MOH/Partners as relevant and timely actions to CBS alerts raised by community mobilizers and community disease reporters.
• Take part in Cross border meetings and implementation of cross border polio eradication activities.
• Analyze CBS data on a daily and weekly basis to act on critical alerts and summarize alerts and zero report performance.

Finance and Grant Management:

• Lead the Core Group Polio- Global Health Security Project (CGP-GHS) budget management, ensuring spending is maintained within appropriate margins.
• Identify and respond to project needs, implement activities, and conduct follow-up to ensure project success.
• Monitor timeliness, quality, and progress of project deliverables as per the work plans and implementation plans in place.
• Ensure timely documentation and use of information to continuously improve the quality and performance of the project.

Communication and Documentation:

• Craft and maintain project related record-keeping system and provide accurate documentation of all reporting forms.
• Provide material related to project progress and update both internal and external use.
• Assist in the development of publications, success stories and communication materials wherever possible.

Coordination, Representation and Advocacy:

• Implement effective communication strategies to maintain strong correspondence among partners.
• Create and maintain relationships with key project counterparts and partners.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in public health, nursing, clinical medicine, or medicine.
• Advanced degree in public health is an added advantage.
• At least 5 years’ experience with community-based surveillance, Community health programs, public health surveillance, IDSR, or epidemic response operations with at least 2 years ‘experience at project management level.
• Experience working closely with Ministry of Health and Directorate of Veterinary Services on disease surveillance and immunization programs/activities at county or national level.
• Ability to regularly collaborate with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, and partners in technical working groups, one health forum, and CBS-related forums, while maintaining positive professional relationships.
• Familiarity with diseases of epidemic potential, and One Health principles.
• Experience participating in forums with Ministry officials and partners, as a representative of the organization.
• A team-oriented and collaborative approach; flexible and responsive when working with other departments and teams.
• Experience in supporting a team of staff, especially the staffs working in borders areas.
• Competent in Windows, MS office programs, email, and database (HMIS, EPI-Info) experience.
• Strong assessment, project planning, organizational, interpersonal and presentation skills (Written and Spoken).
• Ability to multitask, handle pressure and flexibility.

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Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and supervise all construction activities for IRC in Hagadera
• Assist in identifying the right contractors for construction work.
• Assist in reviewing contractors’ performance as per contracts awarded by IRC.
• Keeping track of all construction IRC tools and equipment.
• Supervising of all incentive staff (maintenance team) and casuals working under him at any given time
• Assist estimating bills of quantity/ quotation for constructions and maintenance repairs.
• Assist in identifying and procurement of construction materials.
• Making sure that programs construction materials are received on site, kept safely, and always maintain track of the same.
• Supervise the construction, maintenance and repair works around IRC facilities in the field.
• Supervise contractors on site and report on progress frequently.
• Assist in preparing and submit monthly reports on repairs and constructions to the Construction Manager.
• Undertake any other responsibility assigned by the supervisor.
• Supervise water supply to the facilities.
• Work with Admin personnel and Partners (UNHCR/PWJ) to ensure fuel supply is maintained.

Key Result Areas.

• Supervising all construction on field sites.
• Attending to Maintenance requests.
• Performing routine maintenance checks
• Supervising all maintenances incentive staff.
• Tracking all IRC tools
• Adhere to the IRC policy and procedures.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Diploma/Degree in building, Construction Management, civil engineering or any other equivalent.
• Basic Computer skills
• AutoCAD computer skills added advantage.
• Good communication in English and Swahili.

Required Experience & Competencies:

• Thorough method of working with ability to work under pressure to pursue multiple tasks simultaneously to successful conclusions.
• Positive attitude with good sense of humor.
• Committed team player.
• Ability to live and work in an isolated area and in conditions of limited comfort.
• At least three years’ experience working in any equivalent position.
• The following experience will all be advantageous: previously worked with an NGO.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Payment processing, Cash and Bank Management
• Ensure that all cash payments are fully supported and are authorized at set limits as per IRC Kenya delineation chart before disbursement.
• Prepare the Invoice Journal and payment journal and submit to workflow for approval and ensure the same are posted into integra system after approval.
• Manage integra data entry for accounts payable and accounts receivable by ensuring the information is accurate and the correct financial dimensions are used before processing.
• Responsible for preparation of taxation schedule for per-diem paid to staff every Month and submit to Finance Officer for review and approval.
• Monitor and track all vendor invoices submitted to Finance and ensure they meet the 3-way match before processing the invoice journal. Ensure that the vendor invoices are processed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for preparation of Journal for all cash received or deposited into bank account and submit to the workflow for approval.
• Ensuring that vendors payments journals are settled in a timely manner.
• Maintain an organized and well documented Filing folder for invoice journals and payments journals in sequential filing system for easy retrieval and ensure that Invoice / Payment Journals are well supported with relevant original documentations.
• Support in retrieval of documentation during the auditing and verification of financial documents as requested by Donor/auditors.
• Carrying out finance officer duties in absence of finance assistant.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by supervisor.

Other Tasks

• Ensure that all statutory deduction is remitted by the due date.
• Maintain an organized and well-documented (all files must be labeled properly and visibly) and sequential filing system for all processed payments.
• Support during audit by retrieving any requested document.
• Supporting the Project office assigned to you.
• Any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Excel and ERP system an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of accounting software such as Microsoft 365 a plus
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines and be well organized.
• Ability to carry out work with a high degree of integrity and maintain confidentiality.
• Strong communication skills.
• Be adaptable and flexible with a view to taking on board new tasks and new assignments in due course.

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Job Overview: 

The mission of the Learning and Development team is to take the IRC’s people to the next level. The team is responsible for improving the productivity and engagement of IRC staff by providing tools, processes, and guidance for enabling performance, effective onboarding and orientation, staff and leadership development, and quality individual and team learning. 

Reporting to the Director of Leadership Development, the Deputy Director will design, refine and implement L&D programs with a focus on identifying, retaining, engaging and developing future IRC leaders.  The Deputy Director will provide expertise in designing learning and development programs that work toward building a diverse workforce that is treated fairly and equitably and feels a sense of inclusion and belonging.

Major Responsibilities: 

 Designs, develops and supports the implementation of the Talent Dialogue process including:

• Developing a strategy for the roll out and implementation of Talent Dialogues – with the intent of identifying historically under-represented talent for leadership pipelines. Maintaining an overview of progress, challenges and identifying ways to address them
• Using pilots to refine and evolve the process in multiple geographies and functions
• Developing supporting materials to help managers successfully navigate the conversation
• Acting as internal consultant to regional and local focal points launching Talent Dialogues
• Maintaining global standards/terminology with local flexibility
• Oversee a database of strengths, experience, aspirations, growth areas (to be created)

 Connects the Talent Dialogue process to development opportunities, including:

• Advising high potential designees on development planning to maximize their contribution and opportunities
• Highlighting internal programs (Compass, Navigator) and external (2U, eCornell, LEADx)
• Ensuring the regions/offices/units are following up with top talent to provide experiences and opportunities
• Connecting talent to high profile recruitment needs
• Working closely with the Global Recruitment Team to ensure that we are using an inclusive process to attract diverse candidates and creating a meaningful pipeline of internal and external candidates. 
• Develop and maintain the internal pipeline of diverse candidates and work closely with Recruiters to ensure that high potential staff are considered for  vacancies that they are interested and qualified for.
• Develops global workforce planning tools that can help anticipate openings, candidates, etc. to encourage more internal hires and the achievement of S100/DEI aims
• Supports Succession Planning programs through the identification of critical roles, and providing guidance to Country Programs, offices and departments on the process
• Liaises with the DEI team on strategic metrics and status

 Facilitates Talent Development Workshops:

• Becoming a certified TDW internal facilitator and running multiple cohorts a year
• Independently run training sessions, especially for top talent
• Follow the development planning wherever possible
• Act as a coach to top talent about projects, career path, direction and next steps
• Manages New Leader Integration to effectively on-board and build team cohesion with new leaders and their teams globally

Skills and Experience:

 Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

 Work experience:

• 6-10 years
•  Experience designing and implementing leadership development programs
•  Talent review and succession planning program experience
•  Experience with implementing global learning solutions for a dispersed workforce
•  Global mindset, culturally curious and emotionally intelligent
•  Ability and flexibility to work across global time zones

 Demonstrated skills and competencies: 

• Strong communication, project management, and organizational skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Commitment to customer service and process improvement
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks and projects
• Ability to interact within a multi-cultural environment and with all levels of the organization

 Language Skills:

• Fluency in English and French required. Fluency in Spanish or Arabic a plus

 Technical skills:

• High proficiency with Zoom and MS Teams