What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advisor, Strategy and Performance position at International Rescue Committee?
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.
As the IRC approaches its 100th year of service in 2033, we remain passionate about ensuring that the impact of our programs and the influence of our ideas empower people caught in crisis to make lasting change in their lives. The President's Office and Strategy & Delivery Unit support the IRC to deliver on its mission through strategic and focused organization-wide priority setting and delivery, as well as monitoring progress and organizational health.
Job Overview :
As an Advisor dual reporting into the President's Office and the Strategy & Delivery Unit, you will support IRC's President / CEO and the Leadership Board to set, manage, and regularly analyze organizational performance and related strategy and delivery data.
You will also be responsible for advising and counseling senior staff across IRC, facilitating high-level conversations and important decisions, and you will lead projects to strengthen IRC's organizational performance and delivery infrastructure, as needed.
This position requires strong problem-solving and analytical skills, excellent interpersonal skills, a high level of personal initiative, and the ability to work well in a highly cross-functional and multicultural environment.
Major Responsibilities :
- Drive key organizational performance review outputs, including :
o Delivery Letters (documents that align departmental efforts behind our organizational strategy goals) : Set overall approach; collaborate with and provide steer to department heads in setting annual goals, objectives, and metrics for each department; advise CEO on organizational themes, risks, and priorities and on department-specific feedback; monitor and synthesize outputs through review routines, working closely with Leadership Board and departmental strategy & performance leads.
o Quarterly Strategy & Risk Review (QSRR) : Responsible for the consolidation, analysis, visualization, and monitoring of data, risks, and progress toward organizational performance targets; identify areas for course-correction and explore reasons for under- and over-performance; work with departmental leadership and / or Strategy & Delivery unit to identify solutions to the areas for course-correction identified, as needed.
o Ensure QSRR and Delivery Letters are integrated in wider delivery infrastructure, including through : departmental performance routines, risk identification, and organizational strategy progress tracking.
o Continually improve metrics and overall performance monitoring approach.
o Synthesize results across all outputs above, proactively identifying interdependencies across workstreams and critical risks and areas for attention, and working with Strategy & Delivery Unit leadership to ensure transfer to appropriate owner.
o Form and deliver recommendations to facilitate decision-making on challenging topics.
o Actively partner with strategy leads and cross-functional teams in all departments, use sound judgment to advise on complex internal and external departmental issues.
o Work jointly with the President's Office team to support smooth functioning of Leadership Board decision-making and actioning those decisions (including by attending meetings and supporting note taking as needed).
o Staff President / CEO on key strategy and delivery related topics (e.g., financial and budget related meetings, major systems rollouts), meetings, or trips; plan / organize leadership convenings.
o Manage team members in President's Office or Strategy & Delivery Unit supporting organizational performance as relevant.
Key Working Relationships :
o President / CEO
o Leadership Board
o Strategy & Planning leads
o Strategy & Delivery Unit team members
o Data analytics and measurement team members
o Relevant technical and program office staff
o Communications and advocacy
o External Relations
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Compensation :
Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
US 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 $143 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.
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Standard of Professional Conduct : The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion : The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
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