Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC), responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive, recover and gain control of their future. The IRC is working to improve the safety, health, education, economic well-being and power of people in crisis affected places.
The Economic Recovery and Development Technical Unit (ERD TU) is responsible for supporting the development, implementation, and monitoring of client-centered programs such as, but not limited to, cash and voucher assistance (CVA), rural & agricultural livelihoods, and enterprise development and employment promotion. The TU’s technical assistance to this wide variety of programs ensures quality and use of evidence-based practices; promotes innovation, diversity, equity, and inclusion; and drives data-based management and decision making.
Job Overview/Summary: The Technical Advisor (TA), Livelihoods will take a lead role supporting IRC countries (with a portfolio primarily, but may not be exclusively, focused on West Africa) on crafting and implementing evidence-based projects to improve livelihoods programming to high quality standards with a specific focus on climate-smart agricultural and livestock related livelihoods. Moreover, we expect all TAs to be well versed in gender-sensitive programming and be able to support gender-transformative approaches. To this end, the TA will work closely with TU team members from the cash & emergencies and livelihood teams as well as staff from IRC’s Technical Units for Health/Nutrition/WASH, Violence Prevention and Response, Governance and Education.
The position requires a dynamic, self-motivating, driven and forward-thinking personality with experience in working remotely with a broad range of people from very different cultural backgrounds. The remote nature of this position with both the TU team and countries teams that are being supported means that TAs need to be excellent in pro-active communication and relationship building.
The TA will undertake other special projects and tasks as needed within the realm of their expertise and within the TU’s function.
Position Reports to: STA, Livelihoods
Other Internal and/or external contacts: Close coordination and collaboration with members from the ERD TU team and other Tus
Education: Master’s degree in international development, agronomy, economics or related fields or a combination of equivalent education and lived experience.
Language Skills: Demonstrated excellence in, English and French, both in writing and orally
Working Environment: Up to 40% travel is expected, Covid-19 restrictions permitting. This position will be based in a relevant IRC country office, with flexibility for remote work in alignment with IRC’s flexwork policy.
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
We offer benefits that help promote an empowering work environment, including parental leave, medical insurance, counseling services, gender-sensitive security protocols, and more.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Language preference and/or interpretation to interview for the role can be made available upon request for the IRC’s working languages (Spanish, French, Arabic, English).
https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/38246?c=rescue
Tagged as: Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, International Rescue Committee, Senegal
AI: Hello human, I am a GPT powered AI chat bot. Ask me anything!