Current Opportunities at International Rescue Committee

Job Overview/Summary

• Focused on M&E technology support, the successful candidate will be a member of the team responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting IRC’s global technology tools. This includes CommCare, Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft SQL Server Azure based products. Working in partnership with staff at various levels and locations, the M&E Technology Specialist performs a key role in analyzing, developing, and improving tools and processes contributing to the successful rollout of the M&E Technology products.
• Specific tasks include development of applications in CommCare, dashboard development work in Power BI, software and data quality assurance, technical assistance including issue routing on helpdesk, second line support, and participation in setting standards for processes, security, and systems configurations.

Major Responsibilities

Application Development and Data Visualization.

• Develop and improve applications to support data collection tools using CommCare and ODK tools.
• Support the development and rollout of organization-wide and sector specific dashboard products using Excel and Power BI.
• Work with M&E, data teams, and other stakeholders in requirements gathering and analysis to inform development or improvement of M&E technology products.
• Develop documentation for M&E data collection tools and dashboard products. This includes user guides, setup manuals, training materials, and other communication materials.
• Provide technology training to the business teams, deployment teams and end users on various M&E products.
• Support standards for data protection, confidentiality and data security for the M&E systems and collaborate with key teams in IT security and protection teams for guidance as needed.

Technology Support

• Provide technical support and backstopping to field staff using M&E applications developed.
• In liaison with regional ICT and M&E teams, consolidate change requests, bugs and feature improvements.
• Address tier II technology support requests and/or triaging to the relevant lead developer for resolution.
• Administer helpdesk for the M&E Technology team in ensuring issues reported are resolved within the specified SLAs.

Quality Assurance

• Participate in the design, implementation, and operation of data quality processes as they apply to M&E data applications.
• Support on quality assurance efforts during product development including on setting up of test plans and executing those test cases.
• Support on developer code reviews and pair-programming as necessary.

Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Required Skills

• At least five years’ experience in developing and rolling out of M&E technology tools using CommCare or similar ODK-based data platforms.
• At least three years’ experience developing, implementing, and supporting M&E analytics and dashboard products using Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Excel or similar applications.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English both in verbal (i.e., day-to-day discussions, team meetings) and written (requirements and design specifications) form, as well as an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications.
• Strong analytic curiosity and innovative problem-solving skills using a system thinking approach.
• Demonstrable ability to work both independently and in a dynamic, cross-functional team structure.
• Demonstrable ability to establish and maintain working relationships across all departments and levels of the organization.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced level experience of CommCare application development and Power BI dashboard development.
• Advanced level experience of MS Excel including developing macros and consolidating data from multiple Excel spreadsheets.
• Experience working with SQL, DAX, Power Query and similar Microsoft data transformation and manipulation languages.
• Experience providing support for enterprise-level platforms with significant numbers of users across global time zones and varying IT infrastructure.
• Direct experience implementing programs or M&E in an international NGO context.
• Ability to speak, read and understand one other language including French, Spanish and/or Arabic is a strong advantage.

Working Environment:

• Standard office working environment or remote work.
• Some international travel may be required for capacity support visits.

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Position Overview

The Deputy Director, VPRU, will play a critical role in the VPRU Senior Management Team (SMT). Primary areas of responsibility include:

• Lead: Thought partner to the Senior Director (SD) and engaged member of SMT, cultivating a kind, supportive team culture that reduces bureaucracy and anchors strategic decisions in evidence and good practice.
• Manage: of a team of highly skilled regional leaders to ensure the delivery of high-quality VPR programming across IRC country programs.
• Oversee: the development and implementation of IRC processes and policies across the VPRU e.g. budget allocation, strategic workforce planning, wider people and culture goals and policies.
• Champion: and support the implementation of the VPR Unit’s strategic plan. Providing strategic leadership to the design of programs that are evidence-based and evidence-generating, supporting focused advocacy efforts in close collaboration with the Senior Director, and Global Practice Leads, as well as with key stakeholders within and outside of the VPR Unit.
• Resolve: operational problems to ensure program challenges are promptly addressed and staff are supported.
• Promote: cross-functional collaboration and a ‘One IRC’ way of working both within the VPR Unit and between the Technical Excellence, CRRD and the wider organization.
• Advise the Senior Director on strategic matters in support of sectoral and institutional priorities and contributing to increased positioning, performance and influence.
• Management of technical support functions: The Deputy Director will ensure that high quality, effective technical assistance is delivered to IRC’s Country and Regional programs by translating technical norms and standards to practice and elevating examples of good practice as accelerators of quality, scale and impact.

They will do this by:

• Providing excellent line management to VPRU Regional Leads in close collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director for each region, to enable colleagues succeed, feel supported and work well in a regionally aligned structure.
• Creating strong connections and communication between the Regional Leads and the Technical Unit, as well as across each other.
• Cultivating a strong and inclusive culture of performance, accountability, and collaboration, and ensuring high quality of technical support is provided by the team to IRC’s country programs.
• Ensuring Technical Assistance is fit for purpose and innovative, as a key bridge between regions and countries and global practice and technical leaders and amplifying the voices of our clients and frontline staff.
• Providing strategic leadership to the design of programs that are evidence-based where possible and evidence-generating where necessary, in close collaboration with the Senior Director, as well as with key stakeholders within and outside of the VPR Unit.
• Representing the Senior Director as required.
• Technical Unit strategy and operations: The Deputy Director, in close collaboration with the Senior Director, will foster operational and strategic excellence by cultivating a culture of data-driven decision making and leading on the operationalization and delivery of both the strategy of the Technical Unit and the application of IRC’s overall strategy (“Strategy 100”) to VPRU programming.

They will do this by:

• Overseeing the implementation of IRC strategic processes and policies across the VPR Technical Unit e.g. budget allocation, Strategic Workforce planning, wider people issues and policies.
• Taking forward strategic initiatives and change management processes as appropriate, contributing to the implementation of the IRC Safety strategy, unit-wide ways of working, setting direction and workplans, as well as performance and knowledge management.
• Ensure the responsible management of the VPR Unit funds, partnering with technical and finance colleagues to harmonize planning, budgeting, and reporting. Driving improvements in ways of working across the TU.
• Providing strategic oversight and quality assurance of portfolio, including quality and performance of programs, staff capability and management of delivery risks.
• Building a strong network and collaborative relationships with other TUs, Regional and Country Leadership, Finance, People and Culture and other central teams to support the delivery of VPR Technical Unit objectives.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: Senior Director, VPRU, CRRD Technical Excellence
• Direct Reports: Overall responsible for leading a team of 30+ technical regional & country teams
• Direct manages a regional leadership team across 6 CRRD regions

Key Internal Relationships:

• VPRU Leadership Team
• VPRU Global Practice functions
• CRRD Senior Management Team and Leadership Group; Regional Leadership Teams
• Global leaders in the areas of Health, Education, ERD, Governance
• Global HQ, Awards Management and External Relations teams
• Key External Relationships: INGO counterparts; United Nations Agencies, Foundations and Donors

Professional Profile

• Success in this position requires an individual with outstanding leadership abilities and deep expertise in designing, operationalizing, and delivering high-quality VPR programming across geographies and contexts. Extensive lived experience and deep understanding of cultural, societal, and political context in at least one of the regions where IRC operates is desired. A people-centered leadership style, driving performance enablement culture, engagement, and wellbeing.

Work experience desired:

• 12+ years of relevant experience, including providing strategic direction, programmatic leadership in the social sectors planning, delivery and management, humanitarian/ development NGOs and/or international organizations
• Experience and familiarity with protection donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts, with familiarity with development programming strategies.
• Leadership and management experience in complex global organizations at regional/global levels.
• Experience and expertise raising funds from bilateral, multilateral, and private donors, and leading teams to design winning bids.
• Demonstrated experience of collaboration with other humanitarian sectors and capacity to leverage best practices in this regard
• Experience undertaking strategic planning and leading teams through change.

Demonstrated skills and competencies:

• Demonstrated expertise in violence, prevention, response, and protection programming and hands-on experience of program design , implementation (preferably in 1 or more of the VPR unit’s sub-sectors or equivalent sectors)
• Track-record of innovative approaches for enhanced support to sector-wide analysis, planning, implementation, and accountability, with a clear focus on feasibility
• Demonstrated experience in promoting, disseminating and supporting the scaling of proven programming methodologies across geographies and delivery models
• Experience leading the development/establishment of unit goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning
• Demonstrated track record in enhancing protection sector internal and cross-sectoral collaborations
• Understanding of the humanitarian/development sectors and effective practices used by aid organizations to design, implement and measure the progress of interventions.
• Experience and comfort in approaching, using, assessing the relevance of empirical evidence to identify high impact, cost efficient strategies in service of program outcomes.
• Excellent analytical skills and a demonstrated ability and comfort in effectively managing and using data and evidence to inform program design, adaptation and monitoring and learning.
• Demonstrated leadership and management proficiencies including the ability to build a diverse team, foster an inclusive team culture, encourage confidence and trust and lead team in a unified vision and strategy.
• Commitment to creating a learning culture and supporting internal learning within and beyond the team.
• Communicates effectively with IRC program leadership, technical peers, and colleagues in fundraising, communications, and advocacy.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate a large multi-national organization.
• An established and collaborative professional network in humanitarian and development communities.
• Excellent public speaking and writing skills essential.

Education:

• Masters’ degree in a relevant social science field (Social Work/ Science, Law, International Development, Human Rights, Sociology or equivalent ) or an equivalent professional experience of background is required.
• Sound training on the use of data and research evidence for programmatic decision making and rigorous analytic skills are an advantage.

Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English essential. Proficiency in French or additional IRC relevant languages (Arabic, Spanish) strongly preferred.

Working Environment: Travel up to 30% of time. Preferably based in one of our international hubs in London, Nairobi, Geneva or New York. Other IRC locations may be possible.

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Position Overview

The Deputy Director, Health, will play a critical role in the Health Senior Management Team (SMT). Primary areas of responsibility include:

• Lead: Thought partner to the Senior Director (SD) and engaged member of SMT, cultivating a kind, supportive team culture that reduces bureaucracy and anchors strategic decisions in evidence and good practice.
• Manage: of a team of highly skilled regional leaders to ensure the delivery of high-quality health programming across IRC country programs.
• Oversee: the development and implementation of IRC processes and policies across the Health Technical Unit e.g. budget allocation, strategic workforce planning, wider people and culture goals and policies.
• Champion: and support the implementation of the Health Unit’s strategic plan. Providing strategic leadership to the design of programs that are evidence-based and evidence-generating, supporting focused advocacy efforts in close collaboration with the Senior Director and Global Practice Leads as well as with key stakeholders within and outside of the Health Unit.
• Resolve: operational problems to ensure program challenges are promptly addressed and staff are supported.
• Promote: cross-functional collaboration and a ‘One IRC’ way of working both within the Health Unit and between the Technical Excellence, CRRD and the wider organization.
• Management of technical support functions: The Deputy Director will ensure that high quality, effective technical assistance is delivered to IRC’s Country and Regional programs by translating technical norms and standards to practice and elevating examples of good practice as accelerators of quality, scale and impact.

They will do this by:

• Providing excellent line management to Health Regional Leads in close collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director for each region, to enable colleagues succeed, feel supported and work well in a regionally aligned structure.
• Creating strong connections and communication between the Regional Leads and the Technical Unit, as well as across each other.
• Cultivating a strong and inclusive culture of performance, accountability, and collaboration, and ensuring high quality of technical support is provided by the team to IRC’s country programs.
• Ensuring TA is fit for purpose and innovative, as a key bridge between regions and countries and global practice and technical leaders and amplifying the voices of our clients and frontline staff.
• Providing strategic leadership to the design of programs that are evidence-based where possible and
  evidence-generating where necessary, Collectively and in close collaboration with the Senior Director, as well as with key stakeholders within and outside of the Health Unit.
• Representing the Senior Director as required.
• Technical Unit strategy and operations: The Deputy Director, in close collaboration with the Senior Director, will foster operational and strategic excellence by cultivating a culture of data-driven decision making and leading on the operationalization and delivery of both the strategy of the Health Unit and the application of IRC’s overall strategy (“Strategy 100”) to Health programming.

They will do this by:

• Overseeing the implementation of IRC strategic processes and policies across the Health Technical Unit e.g. budget allocation, Strategic Workforce planning, wider people issues and policies.
• Taking forward strategic initiatives and change management processes as appropriate, contributing to the implementation of the IRC Health strategy, unit-wide ways of working, setting direction and workplans, as well as performance and knowledge management.
• Ensure the responsible management of the Health Unit funds, partnering with technical and finance colleagues to harmonize planning, budgeting, and reporting. Driving improvements in ways of working across the Technical Unit.
• Providing strategic oversight and assurance of portfolio, including quality and performance of programs, staff capability and management of delivery risk.
• Building a strong network and collaborative relationships with other Technical Units, Regional and Country Leadership, Finance, People and Culture and other central teams to support the delivery of Health Technical Unit objectives.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: Senior Director, Health, CRRD Technical Excellence
• Direct Reports: Overall responsible for leading a team of 40+ technical regional & country teams
• Direct manages a regional leadership team across 6 CRRD regions and Health Unit operations roles

Key Internal Relationships:

• Health Unit Leadership Team
• Health Unit Global Practice functions
• CRRD Senior Management Team and Leadership Group; Regional Leadership Teams
• Global leaders in the areas of VPRU, Education, ERD, Governance
• Global HQ, Awards Management and External Relations teams
• Key External Relationships: INGO counterparts; United Nations Agencies, Foundations and Donors

Professional Profile

• Success in this position requires an individual with outstanding leadership abilities and deep expertise in designing, operationalizing, and delivering high-quality Health programming across geographies and contexts. Extensive lived experience and deep understanding of cultural, societal, and political context in at least one of the regions where IRC operates is desired. A people-centered leadership style, driving performance enablement culture, engagement, and wellbeing.

Work experience desired:

• 12+ years of relevant experience, including programmatic experience in a service delivery NGO or international organization.
• Experience and familiarity with Health donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts, with familiarity with development programming strategies.
• Leadership and management experience in complex global organizations at regional/global levels.
• Experience and expertise raising funds from bilateral, multilateral, and private donors, and leading teams to design winning bids.
• Experience undertaking strategic planning and leading teams through change.

Demonstrated skills and competencies:

• Deep expertise in Health programming and hands-on experience (preferably in 1 or more of the Health Technical Unit’s sub-sectors – Primary Health Care, nutrition, and environmental health/WASH.
• Understanding of the humanitarian/development sectors and effective practices used by aid organizations to design, implement and measure the progress of interventions.
• Fluency in the relevance and use of empirical evidence to know what works best to achieve meaningful program outcomes.
• Excellent analytical skills and a demonstrated ability and comfort in effectively managing and using data and evidence to inform program design, adaptation and monitoring and learning.
• Demonstrated leadership and management proficiencies including the ability to build a diverse team, foster an inclusive team culture, encourage confidence and trust and lead team in a unified vision and strategy.
• Commitment to creating a learning culture and supporting internal learning within and beyond the team.
• Communicates effectively with IRC program leadership, technical peers, and colleagues in fundraising, communications, and advocacy.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate a large multi-national organization.
• An established and collaborative professional network in humanitarian and development communities.
• Excellent public speaking and writing skills essential.

Education: 

• Masters’ degree in Public Health and/or relevant fields or an equivalent professional experience of background is required. Sound training on the use of data and research evidence for programmatic decision making and rigorous analytic skills are an advantage.

Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English essential. Proficiency in French or additional IRC relevant languages (Arabic, Spanish) strongly preferred.

Working Environment: Travel up to 30% of time. Preferably based in one of our international hubs in London, Nairobi, or New York. Other IRC locations may be possible.

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Position Overview

The Deputy Director, Education will play a critical role in the Education Leadership Team (ELT). Primary areas of responsibility include:

• Lead: Thought partner to the Senior Director (SD) and engaged member of ELT, cultivating a kind, supportive team culture that reduces bureaucracy and anchors strategic decisions in evidence and good practice.
• Manage: of a team of highly skilled regional leaders to ensure the delivery of high-quality education programming across IRC.
• Oversee: the development and implementation of IRC processes and policies across the Education TU e.g. budget allocation, strategic workforce planning, wider people and culture goals and policies.
• Champion: and support the implementation of the Education Unit’s strategic plan. Providing strategic leadership to the design of programs that are evidence-based and evidence-generating, in close collaboration with the Senior Director, as well as with key stakeholders within and outside of the Education Unit.
• Resolve: operational problems to ensure program challenges are promptly addressed and staff are supported.
• Promote: cross-functional collaboration and a ‘One IRC’ way of working both within the Education Unit and between the Technical Excellence, CRRD and the wider organization.

Management of technical support functions: The Deputy Director will ensure that high quality, effective technical assistance is delivered to IRC’s Country and Regional programs by translating technical norms and standards to practice and elevating examples of good practice as accelerators of quality, scale and impact.

They will do this by:

• Providing excellent line management to education Regional Leads in close collaboration with the Deputy Regional Director for each region, to enable colleagues succeed, feel supported and work well in a regionally aligned structure.
• Creating strong connections and communication between the Regional Leads and the Technical Unit, as well as across each other.
• Cultivating a strong and inclusive culture of performance, accountability, and collaboration, and ensuring high quality of technical support is provided by the team to IRC’s country programs.
• Ensuring TA is fit for purpose and innovative, as a key bridge between regions and countries and global practice and technical leaders and amplifying the voices of our clients and frontline staff.
• Providing strategic leadership to the design of programs that are evidence-based where possible and
  evidence-generating where necessary, Collectively and in close collaboration with the Senior Director, as well as with key stakeholders within and outside of the Education Unit.
• Representing the Senior Director as required.

Technical Unit strategy and operations: The Deputy Director, in close collaboration with the Senior Director, will foster operational and strategic excellence by cultivating a culture of data-driven decision making and leading on the operationalization and delivery of both the strategy of the Technical Unit and the application of IRC’s overall strategy (“Strategy 100”) to Education programming.

They will do this by:

• Overseeing the implementation of IRC strategic processes and policies across the Education Technical Unit e.g. budget allocation, Strategic Workforce planning, wider people issues and policies.
• Taking forward strategic initiatives and change management processes as appropriate, contributing to the implementation of the IRC Education strategy, unit-wide ways of working, setting direction and workplans, as well as performance and knowledge management.
• Ensure the
• responsible management of the Education Unit funds, partnering with technical and finance colleagues to harmonize planning, budgeting, and reporting. Driving improvements in ways of working across the TU.
• Helping make the Education TU a great place to work. Identifying priority people issues on the back of People Survey scores and lead/coordinate on particular areas.
• Providing strategic oversight and assurance of portfolio, including quality and performance of programs, staff capability and management of delivery risk.
• Building a strong network and collaborative relationships with other TUs, Regional and Country Leadership, Finance, People and Culture and other central teams to support the delivery of Education Technical Unit objectives.

Professional Profile

• Success in this position requires an individual with outstanding leadership abilities and deep expertise in designing, operationalizing, and delivering high-quality education programming across geographies and contexts. Extensive lived experience and deep understanding of cultural, societal, and political context in at least one of the regions where IRC operates is desired. A people-centered leadership style, driving performance enablement culture, engagement, and wellbeing.

Work experience desired:

• 12+ years of relevant experience, including programmatic experience in a service delivery NGO or international organization.
• Experience and familiarity with education donors, peer agencies and national contexts required, preferably in humanitarian and transitional, post-crisis contexts, with familiarity with development programming strategies.
• Leadership and management experience in complex global organizations at regional/global levels.
• Experience and expertise raising funds from bilateral, multilateral, and private donors, and leading teams to design winning bids.
• Experience undertaking strategic planning and leading teams through change.

Demonstrated skills and competencies:

• Deep expertise in education programming and hands-on experience (preferably in 1 or more of the Education Technical Unit’s sub-sectors – early childhood development, social and emotional learning, foundational literacy and numeracy, girls’ education) in low-resource/conflict-affected environments.
• Understanding of the humanitarian/development sectors and effective practices used by aid organizations to design, implement and measure the progress of interventions.
• Fluency in the relevance and use of empirical evidence to know what works best to achieve meaningful program outcomes.
• Excellent analytical skills and a demonstrated ability and comfort in effectively managing and using data and evidence to inform program design, adaptation and monitoring and learning.
• Demonstrated leadership and management proficiencies including the ability to build a diverse team, foster an inclusive team culture, encourage confidence and trust and lead team in a unified vision and strategy.
• Commitment to creating a learning culture and supporting internal learning within and beyond the team.
• Communicates effectively with IRC program leadership, technical peers, and colleagues in fundraising, communications, and advocacy.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate a large multi-national organization.
• An established and collaborative professional network in humanitarian and development communities.
• Excellent public speaking and writing skills essential.

Education: 

• Masters’ degree in a relevant field or an equivalent professional experience of background is required. Sound training on the use of data and research evidence for programmatic decision making and rigorous analytic skills are an advantage.

Language Skills: Excellent spoken and written English essential. Proficiency in French or additional IRC relevant languages (Arabic, Spanish) strongly preferred.

Working Environment: Travel up to 30% of time. Preferably based in one of our international hubs in London, Nairobi, or New York. Other IRC locations may be possible.

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Position Summary:

• The IRC seeks a Senior Communications Officer who will support Country Program teams in Kenya. The Communications Senior Officer will play a pivotal role in implementing our Kenya Country Program's communication strategy. Reporting directly to the Senior Advocacy Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for shaping, organizing, and driving both internal and external communications for the program with an eye towards increasing visibility and engagement with content produced by the country team. They will ensure that the Country Program’s messaging is consistent and engaging.

Job Responsibilities:

• Communication Strategy: Providing strategic leadership for communication efforts, developing, and implementing effective communication strategies aligned with IRC's mission and goals in Kenya.
• Review and update IRC Kenya’s Strategic Communications Plan with the guidance of the Senior Advocacy Manager, for both internal and external audiences based on country program’s goals and implement the plan accordingly.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Establishing and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of collaborators, including media outlets, local and international partners, and the communities served by IRC.
• Message Development: Developing clear and compelling messages that effectively convey the impact and importance of IRC's work in Kenya. Ensuring that these messages are consistent and resonant with the organization's values will be a central responsibility.
• Media Relations: Serving as the primary point of contact for media interactions, handling media inquiries, facilitating interviews, and coordinating the preparation of press releases and media materials. Building a positive public image for IRC in Kenya.
• Content Creation: Lead in the gathering, creation of diverse content and packaging of information, including reports, stories, videos, drafting briefing notes, preparing press releases, fact sheets, press lines and guidance notes, social media outputs, and other materials that showcase the stories and successes of the Kenya Country Program.
• Ensure photos and videos for external are gathered with consent and shared following the IRC's Content process. Draft, edit, and review information products including IRC Kenya’ quarterly newsletter, Darubini, IRC’s internal blog, and the country program’s Annual Report, as needed, and upload and distribute as required.
• Advocacy Support: Collaborating closely with the Senior Advocacy Manager, support IRC's advocacy efforts in Kenya by developing communication strategies that advance key policy objectives and bring about positive change for the communities we serve.
• Track key events, fora and meetings in Kenya and work with the senior advocacy manager to coordinate representation, attendance and sharing of IRC lessons.
• Support the Senior Advocacy Manager to develop, analyze and disseminate high quality evidence-based advocacy and campaign materials such as briefs, position papers, policy briefs, call to actions, advocacy reports, statements, talking points, training materials, and respond to meaningful advocacy moments with messages and materials as required for different advocacy interventions.
• Support to plan for and implement key communication and advocacy events for the Country Program
• Internal Engagement: Collaborating closely with all country sectors and partner programs to identify communication needs, stories, and products.
• Liaise with the IRC's Headquarters and East Africa regional communication, creative and content teams to share photos and videos based on the requirements for the global content library.
• Coordinate with Global Communications team and Partner staff to ensure partner communications requirements are met.

Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor’s degree in communications, political science, Public Relation, International Relations, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience working and leading in media, journalism, advocacy, and communications within an international NGO and/or in the development and humanitarian contexts.
• Experience in leading communication strategies and teams in a complex and dynamic environment, preferably in the humanitarian or international development sector.
• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with a track record of successfully engaging with diverse collaborators.
• Strong writing and editing skills, with the ability to create content that resonates with various audiences.
• A deep commitment to the mission and values of IRC, with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities within the humanitarian and development sector in Kenya.
• Experience in handling media relations and crisis communications.
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills, with an ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple demands and contending priorities, while maintaining high quality standards
• A creative and innovative mentality, adaptive to evolving communication trends and technologies.
• Experience in content collection, report writing, creating feature stories.