Scope:
With headquarters in Kinshasa and field offices in the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Katanga, the IRC is one of the largest humanitarian actors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The IRC aims to save lives, to strengthen Congolese institutions and to reinforce social cohesion through carefully designed and professionally-implemented programs. The IRC has been working in the DRC since 1996 and currently operates in five core programming areas - primary health care, community-driven reconstruction and local governance, women's empowerment and the prevention and mitigation of gender-based violence, education, and emergency preparedness and response. These programs reflect IRC's guiding principles of capacity-building; participation; partnership; protection and promotion of human rights; and holistic programming.
IRC currently seeks a Program Director to lead its Women's Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program in the DRC. Together with the in-country Program Advisor, the Program Director is responsible for ensuring that the IRC WPE program follows organization-wide strategic priorities and is implemented in accordance with work plans, logical frameworks, cooperative agreements, donor regulations and IRC policies. S/he will ensure that the program delivers high quality work and results. The Program Director will represent the IRC WPE program to all internal and external key stakeholders, government officials and donors. S/he will lead program advocacy and will work closely with donors and practitioners to provide project updates, discuss strategies, obstacles, performance plans, and overall progress. This position reports to the IRC Deputy Regional Director of Programs in the DRC.
WPE Program:
Since 2002, IRC has been responding to gender-based violence in the Kivus, with bases in Bukavu and Goma. The IRC in the DRC is recognized by other actors as a leading international agency on issues related to gender-based violence. The WPE program seeks to increase the social, political and economic empowerment of women and girls, and prevent and respond to gender-based violence. The IRC works with local NGOs, community-based organizations and health facilities to build their capacity to provide quality specialized services to survivors of gender-based violence, to carry out community outreach and advocacy and empower women socially and economically within their communities. The program aims to: 1) Improve survivors' access to and quality of essential health, psychosocial, and legal services; 2) Improve community support to women and girls affected by violence; 3) Improve women and girls' access to social and economic opportunities ; and 4) Promote the protection of women and girls through the application of and adherence to p olicies and international standards. The IRC WPE program has led GBV emergency response programming through mobile rapid response teams in North and South Kivu since 2012 and in Katanga since 2014. .
WPE Program Director Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership and direction, define and implement activities to achieve the greatest coverage and impact possible;
- Lead strategic work plans with clear objectives and achievement benchmarks, long-term and short-term priorities, implementation plans, financial projections and tools for evaluation;
- Lead and work with a diverse team of international and national coordinators and advisors and field staff; coordinate with other IRC program areas and departments;
- Lead all formal research and learning initiatives in DRC, ensure coherence with WPE programming in DRC, and lead communication with academic partners and dissemination of research results in DRC;
- Oversee WPE program quality by planning, monitoring and evaluating project activities, and lead new proposal development and program design;
- Identify technical assistance needs and work with the Program Advisor in DRC and Technical Unit in New York to ensure that appropriate support is provided;
- Manage external relations by representing the project and the organization and ensuring the dissemination of information about project achievements and lessons learned;
- Define and lead program advocacy strategies and activities, and participate in coordination mechanisms;
- Oversee financial and grants compliance by ensuring the best use of resources with sound budgets, monitoring project expenses, and ensuring timely submission of financial and narrative reports to donors;
- Represent IRC to donors and address donor inquiries in accordance with cooperative agreements for at least five major grants ; and
- Forge and maintain solid cooperation with partner organizations and government officials; manage sub-agreement partners whenever appropriate.
Required:
- Masters degree in Public Health, Social Work, Public Policy or related field;
- Minimum of eight years of overseas management experience in projects related to women's rights, gender-based violence, gender equality and/or women's empowerment;
- Proven leadership and strategic planning capabilities;
- Experience managing large teams and working in tandem with local and international partners;
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-grant budgets of more than US$4 million;
- Strong inter-personal communication skills;
- Proven sound judgment and decision-making skills;
- Effective and persuasive writing and public speaking; and
- Fluency in spoken and written English and French.
Desired:
- Previous experience in the field of Protection, Child Protection, Human Rights, Emergency Response and Preparedness, or other related field;
- Previous work experience in DRC.
Security and Housing:
The Program Director will be based in Kinshasa with regular travel to South Kivu, North Kivu, and Katanga provinces. Kinshasa is the capital of DRC and has a population of approximately 10 million people. The city is generally safe. As with any large city in a developing country, crime and theft are common. The position is accompanied; the WPE Program Director will be housed within individual housing.
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
Please apply at www.ircjobs.org
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