Senior Officer, Technical Partnerships, VPRU+

International Rescue Committee • Nairobi, NY

4d • $95,000 - $106,000 • Remote

About The Position

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a dynamic Senior Officer, Technical Partnerships to lead on bringing together internal IRC teams to ensure the continued growth and development of strategic new business opportunities and meet our private fundraising ambitions. The Senior Officer is expected to oversee a portfolio including several key funding priorities, with some potential evolution of portfolio makeup as needed. This individual will play a central role driving IRC’s ambitious Impact @ Scale plans and will serve on the agile team models that will support this initiative. The Senior Officer will be an integral part of a matrix management structure to bring private fundraising, technical units, and Impact @ Scale priorities together. This role is part of the Program Services team, which aims to provide the High Value Fundraising teams (Philanthropy, Trusts & Foundations, and Corporates) with best-in-class support in a single, unified service model. The role is managed in partnership between Program Services and the IRC’s Violence Prevention and Response (VPRU) Technical Unit (TU). The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial professional who has demonstrated experience with global Protection programming, as well as experience across strategic partnership development, programming, fundraising and communications channels while working with global, cross-cultural teams.

Requirements

• 6-7years of related work experience, preferably with a large International Non-Governmental Organization in programs, fundraising and/or advocacy
• Outstanding communication, relationship management, writing, and presentation skills
• Experience with global protection programming in low-resource settings
• Experience working with fundraising and grants management processes
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate around protection programming and strategy across both technical and lay audiences
• Experience fundraising for protection or related programming; ability to quickly get up to speed on technical content and strategy
• Excellent track record of delivering on sophisticated proposals and projects
• Bachelor’s degree in international development, social work, or other relevant area, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience across strategic partnership development, program design and development, fundraising and communications channels
• Experience developing and implementing multi-million-dollar partnerships

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of other IRC languages (Spanish, French, Arabic) would be an asset
• The ideal candidate will have experience across strategic partnership development, programs, and fundraising
• International experience across diverse contexts; working with global, cross-cultural teams
• Master’s degree in related field or equivalent experience a bonus

Responsibilities

• Influence and guide strategic private-sector engagement across fundraising priorities (30%)
• Business Development (30%)
• Internal coordination & process improvements (20%)
• Portfolio management support (20%)

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits.
• In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $163 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level