Overview

Responsible for initiating and leading programs in acute emergency response, providing strategic leadership, and overseeing program development and delivery.

Tasks Summary

• Provide overall leadership and management of IRC emergency programs
• Oversee implementation of emergency response plan and transition to country program Strategy Action Plan
• Drive IRC’s ‘partner first’ program approach and foster local partnerships
• Build strategic partnerships with local actors
• Serve as a leader in building a culture of effective and respectful partnerships
• Participate in country program management, coordination, and strategy meetings
• Ensure programming aligns with emergency response plan, SAP priorities, and IRC’s Outcomes and Evidence Framework
• Liaise with headquarters technical advisors and ensure application of relevant guidance
• Ensure high-quality and adaptive technical program support and guidance to partners
• Support development of measurement tools to assess program impact
• Ensure alignment with MEAL Handbook and use of stringent monitoring and evaluation systems
• Champion a culture where data and client input are used for decision making
• Identify and pursue opportunities to improve client feedback mechanisms
• Maintain a sound understanding of IRC emergency programs and activity plans
• Ensure continued oversight of partner and direct delivery
• Support and supervise implementation of strong Project Management Cycle processes and tools
• Ensure safeguarding risks are addressed through the PCM cycle
• Ensure program teams develop, implement, and update workplans, procurement plans, spending plans, and staffing plans
• Contribute to and/or chair project implementation meetings

Experience Requirements

• Track record of working independently in fast-paced environments
• Applying creative, flexible design to protection programming in humanitarian contexts

Qualification Requirements

Other Details

Work Modality: ERT staff members are expected to be deployed in the field, either in an emergency or roving capacity, for 65% of the time and must be able to deploy to the site of an emergency within 72 hours of notification