The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.
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Strategic Delivery & Resourcing Manager
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldProject Management 
Coordinating surge support to RPAS teams, and enabling cross-regional learning:
- Manage the Cross-Regional Integrated Support (CRIS) team (6 people) that provides surge support across regional PAS teams, and within strategic projects.
- Implement processes and systems that will improve surge coordination, feedback and learning across regional teams and country programs.
- Coordinate and support CRIS team to implement cross-regional delivery improvements and training.
- Acts as a trusted and accountable manager, mentor and professional resource, including promoting teamwork, enabling adequate resourcing and ensuring accountability.
Ensuring RPAS teams are resourced and supported to meet organisational objectives:
- Responsible for coordinating PAS team management activities to support effective running of the team.
- Work closely with the PAS leadership to identify strategic direction and priorities and translate these into annual workplans, in alignment with AMU objectives.
- Coordinate and support successful delivery of PAS annual priorities, including governance, resourcing, monitoring, and reporting.
- Improve the impact of PAS' work by identifying and capitalizing on alignments with other initiatives within the unit and across IRC, and effectively managing interdependencies.
- Promote effective project management approaches within PAS and across AMU. Lead on central initiatives within the department as needed.
- Standardise and optimise departmental procedures and processes ensuring they are successfully embedded across the department.
- Maintain and improve PAS knowledge management to increase institutional memory including management of online collaboration tools.
Requirements
- Significant nonprofit experience in awards management and/or project delivery, including experience supporting at senior management level
- Self-directed project management experience
- A flexible work attitude and a calm manner able to function effectively under pressure
- A persuasive and collaborative style and strong problem-solving approach
- Ability to anticipate and assess situations accurately and recommend/implement effective courses of action required
- Proven experience of translating strategy into action
- People management experience, preferably team leadership experience
- Proven experience of successfully managing a portfolio of business improvement projects
- Excellent communication and engagement skills to bring colleagues with you, even against challenging deadlines and priorities
- Proven experience of developing and optimizing internal processes
- Confident with technology and strong working knowledge of online collaboration tools
Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to International Rescue Committee on careers.rescue.org to apply
