Overview
Provides strategic leadership for the implementation of People & Culture frameworks during emergency deployments, ensuring global policies are adapted to complex emergency contexts and consistently applied. The role leads and enables national P&C teams, establishing fit for purpose P&C structures, systems, and operating models.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and lead the P&C function for the country program, providing leadership, technical guidance, and mentorship to P&C staff.
- Develop and implement a country level P&C strategy aligned with organizational, regional, and global priorities.
- Partner with senior response leadership to design workforce strategies.
- Convene regular discussions with the Senior Management Team to assess evolving workforce needs.
- Define and monitor key metrics to assess the effectiveness of P&C strategies.
- Lead and oversee end‑to‑end recruitment processes.
- As operationally required, directly manage the recruitment of national and/or international staff.
- Establish and manage recruitment teams or temporary recruitment capacity.
- Apply innovative and inclusive recruitment approaches.
- Review and approve job offers and employment contracts for Coordinator‑level positions and above.
- Ensure strong P&C operational and compliance foundations.
- Maintain compliance with local labor laws, host‑country regulations, and IRC Global Standards.
- Develop and update National and International Staff Handbooks, P&C policies, and procedures.
- Champion the IRC Way and Professional Code of Conduct.
- Liaise with local legal counsel as needed.
- Represent IRC in P&C coordination forums.
- Lead country level implementation of GEDI, safeguarding, and duty of care priorities.
- Foster safe, respectful, and inclusive work environments.
- Integrate safeguarding principles into recruitment, onboarding, and staff management processes.
- Collaborate with country, regional, and global stakeholders to ensure timely follow up and implementation of safeguarding and investigation recommendations.
- Support staff well being initiatives.
- In coordination with the Director of P&C and Global Compensation team, define and review country‑specific salary structures and benefits frameworks.
- Support the setup and administration of compensation and benefits mechanisms.
- Ensure accurate and timely preparation and submission of monthly payroll documentation.
- Lead performance management processes.
- Ensure timely completion of evaluations and performance‑related processes.
- Lead employee relations processes professionally and confidentially.
- Act as an impartial advisor and mediator in disciplinary procedures.
- Advise managers on appropriate corrective actions.
- Provide high‑level technical guidance on complex P&C matters.
- Lead, coach, and mentor P&C staff.
- Ensure consistent, coordinated application of P&C policies and practices across offices.
Required Experience
- A minimum of 6–8 years of progressive People & Culture leadership experience, with demonstrated responsibility for complex or large scale teams; experience in emergency or fragile contexts strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to provide strategic P&C leadership in fast paced, high pressure environments, including organizational scale up, transitions, or crisis response.
- Demonstrated experience supporting diverse workforces of 200+ national and international staff, ideally across multiple locations or remote management contexts.
- Strong track record of designing and implementing practical, compliant P&C solutions that deliver timely, high quality outcomes in constrained environments.
- Proven ability to work effectively with local legal counsel and government authorities to interpret labor law, immigration, and employment regulations affecting national and international staff.
- Highly collaborative leadership style, with excellent interpersonal, coaching, and advisory skills across cultures, geographies, and organizational levels.
- Strong people management capability in emergency settings, including the ability to lead teams through ambiguity, stress, and rapid change.
- Demonstrated commitment to GEDI, safeguarding, duty of care, and ethical people management practices.
- Flexible and resilient approach, with the ability to adapt priorities in response to evolving operational needs.
- Strong digital literacy, including proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and online collaboration tools.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in People & Culture, Human Resources, Organizational Development, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
