Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Khartoum, Sudan
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking to fill the role of Economy Recovery and Development (ERD) Coordinator.
IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction, leadership and overall technical and management support to the ERD programming, ensuring it is needs-based, context-appropriate, in line with international standard methodology, responsive, coherent, collaborative, and operationally feasible
- Ensure inputs into country-level strategy, ensuring a contextualised strategy for ERD activities in close collaboration with the DDP
- Grow the ERD portfolio, according to the strategy, through proactive engagement with key partners and donors
- Lead in the technical development of concept notes, proposals, and budgets for existing and new donors
- Ensure high quality programme design processes based on thorough analysis of gaps and needs (including needs and market assessments)
- Ensure adherence to evidence-based approaches linked to theories of change and application of global standard methodologies in programming
- Ensure programmatic priorities are regularly reviewed for relevance and adaptations proposed through analysis of needs, gaps and coverage of humanitarian and development actors and government agencies
- Ensure integration opportunities are explored and demonstrated across IRC Sudan programme areas, specifically Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE), Child Protection, Environmental Health (EH/WASH)
Requirements
- Degree in International Development, Economics, Business Administration, Agronomy, and/or a related certification
- Five years, minimum, of professional experience in humanitarian response, with specific experience in cash/voucher, livelihoods and enterprise development approach
- Ability to conduct needs and market assessments, and propose context-appropriate solutions based on analysis of needs and gaps
- Strong programme/technical project design, proposal development and budget management skills, as well as planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- INGO experience
- Experience in coordinating systems or advocacy (preferable)
- Ability to apply skills and knowledge in a range of capacities, including direct implementation, advisory functions, training and the transfer of technical knowledge and leadership skills
- Proven knowledge of gender and proficiency in leading projects that mainstream gender
- Strong capacity to lead, mentor and build capacity of staff
- Ability to prioritise and meet multiple demands in unstable security environment
- Fluency in English
- Arabic fluency (preferred)
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