International Rescue Committee Country Director – Jordan CP Jobs in Kenya
Job Overview/Summary
Major Responsibilities:
Leadership and Representation
Lead the country program by establishing and maintaining open and professional relations with colleagues, promoting a strong team spirit throughout the country program, and providing guidance, oversight and resources to enable staff to perform successfully.
Develop and carry out strategies that result in strong representation with: government ministries at various levels; UN agencies; donors including PRM, ECHO, Germany, Canada, SIDA, ECHO, USAID, UN agencies and other international organizations; international and local NGOs; and coordination fora.
Ensure that IRC remains a partner of choice for major international donors.
Develop and maintain a high level of understanding of donor priorities and planned funding streams.
Initiate and sustain strong, mutually beneficial and authentic partnerships with local organizations.
Seek out and pursue opportunities to raise the profile of the work of IRC and its partners, as well as the lives and the needs of the people IRC seeks to serve.
Play a leadership role in efforts to improve stakeholder coordination in Jordan.
Staff Management, Learning and Development
Oversee the management, coaching and development of national and international staff to build a team of skilled, committed and motivated staff. Coach, train, supervise and mentor direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting quarterly performance objectives, providing regular and timely positive and constructive performance feedback, and providing documented semi-annual performance reviews.
Provide a measurable development plan including on-the-job learning with the aim of strengthening technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team and providing guidance on career paths.
As part of succession plan and nationalization goals, identify, train and develop capability and capacity of national staff to successfully transition role and responsibilities.
Creating and nurturing an environment that supports learning, teamwork and high performance at all levels.
Promote and monitor staff care and well-being. Model healthy work-life balance practices. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs of both national and international staff.
Offer leadership support for successful adherence by all staff to IRC’s country, regional and Global HR Operating Policies and Procedures.
Work with regional HR staff to identify and implement recruitment and retention strategies.
Job Requirements
Education:
Graduate degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
Work Experience:
At least 12 years of progressively responsible international work experience, including leadership at the Country Director level of multi-site, multi-sectoral operations in a complex operating environment.
Prior experience working within organizational structures in transition and in humanitarian-development nexus.
Experience working in conflict/post-conflict or disaster response situations is desirable.
Demonstrated Technical Skills:
Superior communications skills, verbal and written, in English. Arabic is desirable.
Experience of managing security in a complex and rapidly changing security context.
Proven ability to negotiate and work with partner organizations. Experience with organizational capacity strengthening and partnership building helpful.
Strong budget and fiscal oversight capacities.
Extensive representation experience and demonstrable fundraising success, including prior experience with European, US and international donors.
Established capacity to handle stressful situations in a healthy, constructive manner.
Ability to respond to multiple priorities in a timely manner, producing high-quality outcomes.
A keen understanding of political complexities in the Middle East region.
Demonstrated Managerial/Leadership Competencies:
Experience building personal networks at a senior level, resulting in securing new opportunities for the organization by keeping an eye on the direction of the humanitarian and developmental opportunities in country
Demonstrated successful leadership and management experience with a multi-disciplinary teams in cross-cultural settings, including active mentoring and coaching.
Effective in developing high-potential staff to achieve career growth and maximum contribution.
Proven experience delivering appropriate levels of oversight of a portfolio consisting of a variety of complex, high-value donor-funded projects.
Opportunity-awareness. A successful innovative approach to unpredictable programming, operational, and funding contexts.
Ability to dispassionately represent program context, constraints, and successes to media, government, and other senior audiences.
Languages Required/Preferred:
Professional fluency in written and spoken English.
Arabic language skills a definite advantage.
Computer/Other Tech Requirements:
Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Working knowledge of file sharing protocols such as Box an advantage.
Ability to Travel:
Approximately 30% within Jordan; to other countries in the Middle East and North Africa region and IRC offices elsewhere for meetings, workshops, representation and conferences.
Attention Returning National Candidates:
IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs. We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, the Middle East and North Africa Region has introduced an attractive remuneration package. The package includes competitive compensation, return flight to post, shipping allowance, temporary housing and a relocation allowance. Certain restrictions may apply.
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.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; International Rescue Committee Country Director – Jordan CP Jobs in Kenya
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