IRC Child Protection Global Practice Lead Jobs in Kenya
Job Overview
The Child Protection Global Practice Lead is the organizational leader for child protection in the Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) department and is a core member of the Violence Prevention and Response Unit (VPRU) senior management team. They are responsible for devising and leading strategies to raise the quality, impact, and scale of IRC’s child protection programming.
The Child Protection Global Practice Lead will ensure the scope, quality and relevance of global technical standards, including the generation and promotion of evidence in their technical area. They will closely collaborate with Regional Leads, Technical Advisors, and Technical Coordinators in promoting technical best practice in CRRD programming. They will facilitate Technical Unit-led and high impact strategic business development by providing excellent technical insights and developing and maintaining strategic relationships and networks.
In line with the Safety Strategy, the Child Protection Global Practice Lead will lead strategic planning for the practice area. The Child Protection Global Practice Lead reports into the Senior Director, VPRU and may manage highly specialized experts/specialists colleagues to generate global evidence and best practice as their portfolio requires.
Major Responsibilities
Strategy, Program Design and Business Development
Act as the organizational leader for CRRD in Child Protection internally and externally
Lead strategic direction for Child Protection in line with the organizational global strategy (both S100 and Safety Strategy)
Responsible for identifying global areas of programmatic risk in Child Protection and elevating issues to Regional Leads and VPRU leadership
Collaborate with other Global Practice Leads to promote integrated program designs within Violence Prevention and Response and across all IRC sectors that increase scale and deepen impact
Lead Technical Unit led global business development for Child Protection and support strategic project level proposals
Lead coordination with AMU to drive fundraising from Public and Institutional donors and with ER to drive fundraising from Private donors to meet VPRU’s strategic priorities related to Child Protection
Oversee Technical Unit-led strategic awards in Child Protection, working closely with regional Technical Advisors as applicable and the Grant Operations and Analytics Team
Line manage global practice area and strategic project staff, and manage in partnership other roles as applicable
Global Practice Implementation Support
Responsible for drawing on evidence-based best practice to provide technical oversight of IRC’s global technical standards, methodologies, and tools for Child Protection
Accountable for the development of a limited number of high-value tools and methodologies to better integrate cross-cutting issues into Child Protection programs (e.g., gender equality, diversity and inclusion, climate adaptation, etc.).
Accountable for establishing information and knowledge management systems that support Regional Leads and Technical Advisors in staying up to date on global technical standards, methodologies, and tools related to Child Protection
Establish competency framework for Child Protection and work closely with Regional Leads to identify competency gaps and drive capacity strengthening
Accountable for ensuring Technical Advisors and Technical Coordinators have the tools and resources that are needed to measure programs in Child Protection
Research, Data, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Learning
Accountable for establishing and maintaining a Community of Practice and other channels for Child Protection to ensure pro-active and inclusive management with sustained learning, development, innovation, and best practice sharing
Coordinate with Regional Leads and Technical Advisors to lift up program learning for cross-sharing and incorporation into global best practice
Oversee Technical Unit-led strategic awards in Child Protection, working closely with regional Technical Advisors as applicable and the Grant Operations and Analytics Team
Guide research and evidence use efforts in Child Protection, working closely with colleagues and leaders in Airbel, VPRU, other technical units, and regional colleagues
Provide technical inputs to Child Protection-specific MEAL tools and methodologies, and support data interpretation in learning routines
External Influence, Relationships and Representation
Act as a key strategic advisor to Policy & Advocacy, Research & Innovation, and External Relations teams on advocacy campaigns and priority policy and practice shifts related to Child Protection
Responsible for identification, development, and maintenance of strategic relationships and global partnerships with relevant stakeholders (e.g. donors, UN agencies, NGOs, research and educational institutions, private sector actors) related to Child Protection
Represent IRC in external forums as relevant
Desired Experience and Skills
Established or growing recognition as an expert in the practice area, at regional or global level, with a minimum of 12+ years of progressive experience of designing, leading and implementing programs with 7+ years in Child Protection
Strong track record of driving uptake of evidence-based practice
Demonstrated experience in sectoral strategy design and planning.
Experience with sectoral policy and advocacy efforts and campaigns for change (as relevant)
Excellent communication, influencing, and storytelling skills.
Excellent management and leadership skills including coaching, mentoring, and performance management.
Demonstrated ability to identify and convert business development opportunities for self and staff.
Demonstrated ability to influence across a wide range of diverse stakeholders internally and externally.
Demonstrated ability to shape the vision and agenda within the domain area they are working.
Ability to work, manage, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment; outstanding business acumen, critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills required.
Superb inter-personal, written, and verbal communication skills with ability to collaborate across countries, cultures, and departments.
Track record of scaled innovations preferred, ideally including experience working on both digital and analog solutions.
Fluency in English required; Arabic, French and/or Spanish also strongly preferred.
Ability to travel globally up to 25% of the time, occasionally on short notice.
Education:Master’s/post-graduate degree in social science, social work, international development, child rights or relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Sound training on the use of data and research evidence for programmatic decisions and rigorous analytic skills are an advantage.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; IRC Child Protection Global Practice Lead Jobs in Kenya
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