Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Dakar, Senegal
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking to fill the position of Regional Vice President.
IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation.
Responsibilities
- Oversee implementation of IRC’s global strategy across the regional portfolio
- Ensure a consistently high level of team performance
- Manage, mentor, and coach all country directors and regional team members, modeling healthy, collaborative intra and inter-departmental working relationships
- Lead measurable efforts to ensure IRC’s workforce – including at leadership levels – reflecting the diversity of the places the organisation operates and the people it serves
- Cultivate a safe and protective environment for all people, combining locally-led initiatives with wider organisational efforts related to safeguarding, gender equality, diversity and inclusion, duty of care and safety and security
- Ensure all country finance, human resources, supply chain, and IT functions are resourced and managed in accordance with IRC and donor policies and standards
- Champion humanitarian access and security management strategies across the region
- Actively partner with the ethics and compliance unit to strengthen IRC’s efforts to prevent, detect and respond to issues of fraud and misconduct
- Foster a balanced and diligent approach to risk management across all country programmes
- Ensure strong representation of the IRC to local, regional and global stakeholders – including governments, donors, and civil society partners
- Support the IRC business development and fundraising efforts through cultivating a strong network of donor contacts, engaging with the HQ fundraising team, ensuring country teams build and maintain strong donor relationships
- Support the development of creative, impactful approaches to priority policy issues, both locally and in concert with the global advocacy team
- Raise the IRC and its partners’ profiles, working closely with the communications team
Requirements
- Extensive field experience leading humanitarian, protracted and/or post-crisis development programmes with demonstrated ability to manage in complex and often insecure working environments
- 15 years, minimum, of professional experience with ten or more years in leadership with increasing levels of responsibility
- Exceptional financial and operational analysis and management skills, including project management
- Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills, commitment to open and transparent communication and top-notch diplomatic skills
- Deep commitment to and knowledge of strategies to advance diversity, equality and inclusion
- Proven experience in incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work
- Receptive and collaborative leadership approach that contributes to positive team environment, builds and maintains strong relationships with people from all backgrounds, genders, cultures and viewpoints
- Professional fluency in written and spoken English and French
To apply and for more information, click here.
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