International Rescue Committee Climate Resilience Global Practice Lead Jobs in Kenya
IRC’s Technical Excellence teams offer five core services to IRC country programs and the wider organization:
Program Design: We support country and regional teams to design state of the art programming, incorporating the best available evidence, cost data, and expertise of what has worked elsewhere, with the knowledge that country teams, partner organizations and our clients bring to the table.
Quality Assurance:**We partner with our measurement teams to design and drive the use of indicators to measure progress towards outcomes; we partner with regional and country teams to review program delivery progress and help address implementation challenges and adapt interventions to changed circumstances.
Business Development:**We partner within and outside the IRC to design winning bids and identify winning consortia; we deploy technical expertise in public events and private meetings to position IRC as a partner of choice.
Research & Learning:**We partner with our research lab to design cutting edge research to fill evidence gaps, and with country teams to learn from implementation such that we continuously improve our future design and delivery.
External Influence: We showcase the IRC’s programs, technical insights and learning in order to influence and improve the humanitarian sector’s policy and practice.
Job Overview
The Climate Resilience Global Practice Lead will be a global leader in climate-related programming, responsible for overseeing and driving climate resilience programmatic initiatives, including climate and environmental standards for programs. The Global Practice Lead will work with Senior Directors and Global Practice leads across sectors and Research & Innovation leadership to develop new climate-resilient program models, on a global scale, to address climate impacts and promote sustainability for the Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) department.
The Climate Resilience Global Practice Lead will ensure the scope, quality and relevance of global technical standards, including the generation and promotion of evidence in the climate technical area. The Global Practice Lead will closely collaborate with other Technical Excellence colleagues, global leaders across practice areas, and regional and country colleagues to promote technical best practices. They will support Technical Unit-led and high-impact climate strategic business development by providing excellent technical insights and developing and maintaining strategic relationships and networks. In line with Strategy100, the Climate Global Practice Lead will lead strategic planning for the climate practice area in Phase 2 (2024-2027) of our 13-year strategic plan.
Major Responsibilities
Develop and guide the implementation of a comprehensive global strategy for promoting climate readiness and resilience, considering environmental, social, and economic impacts of CRRD programs across all outcome areas
Act as the organizational leader for CRRD in climate resilience programming conversations, internally and externally
Support IRC Technical Units and Country Programs in the development of sustainable and scalable solutions to promote climate resilience and adaptation, and reduce vulnerabilities to climate impacts for the people and communities we serve, in line with Technical Unit and Country Program strategic priorities related to renewable energy, conservation, water security, climate-smart agriculture, and more
Collaborate with other Global Practice Leads to promote integrated, adaptive program designs within TechEx, and across all IRC sectors that increase scale and deepen impact
Develop strategic partnerships with climate and environmental organizations to complement/strengthen IRC’s capacities to deliver climate-resilient programming
Guide Technical Excellence global business development for Climate-resilient programming and support strategic project level proposals
Coordinate with AMU and respective other Global Practice Leads to drive fundraising from Public and Institutional donors and with External Relations to drive fundraising from Private donors to meet the organizational strategic priorities related to climate
Accountable for the development of high-value tools and methodologies to better integrate climate resilience into programs
Experience:
Minimum of 10-15 years of progressively responsible experience in climate-related roles, with a track record of leadership and impact
Demonstrated experience of people management, mentoring and coaching, creating and fostering inclusive and diverse work environments and ensuring continuous growth and learning of individuals as well as the organization in the areas of climate resilience
Substantial experience working at an international level, collaborating with diverse stakeholders including governments, NGOs, businesses, and communities
Proven success in developing and implementing global programming strategies and programs for people affected by climate change, with preference for experience in humanitarian and crisis affected contexts
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; International Rescue Committee Climate Resilience Global Practice Lead Jobs in Kenya
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