Ebola Response Director
Role Summary
Join the International Rescue Committee as an Ebola Response Director to lead humanitarian efforts in the DRC, focusing on primary healthcare and community protection.
About the Organisation
Responding to the world’s worst humanitarian crises in a great variety of roles, the International Rescue Committee’s staff is a force for humanity and hope. If you’re skilled and passionate, we would like to add your energy to ours.
Through its Emergency Unit (EmU), the IRC is one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies, leading rapid emergency responses that provide life-saving assistance, early recovery, and stabilization support to people affected by conflict, displacement, natural disasters, and complex emergencies across multiple contexts worldwide. We are committed to innovation, agility, and strong partnerships to deliver timely and effective humanitarian action.
Active in public health, education in emergencies, livelihoods, women's empowerment, youth development, and protection and promotion of rights, we assist people from harm to home. The IRC recognizes that people affected by crisis and the actors closest to them are best placed, have the right, and should have the power and resources to respond and drive lasting change. We commit to increasing the share of funding channeled to local actors in emergencies, ask ‘Why not partner?’ whenever we plan programming, and partner as equals.
- Role model IRC's Core Values, the "IRC Way - Global Standards for Professional Conduct," and Inclusion Principles through personal commitment and accountability.
- Foster an open, inclusive, and respectful team environment where staff feel valued and communication is honest and productive.
- Model accountability and commitment to safeguarding, including PSEAH, of all staff, partners, clients and others with whom we work; build a culture of safeguarding, where our clients and staff trust IRC and feel safe raising concerns.
- Hold all leaders accountable to their roles and areas of responsibilities for delivery in the Safeguarding Minimum Standards; dedicate and facilitate regular reviews of Safeguarding Minimum Standards progress, barriers, enablers and culture within the response to plan for action and investment needed.
- Maintain open and regular communication with DRC leadership, regional management staff, regional technical advisors, and HQ departmental staff to ensure alignment, support, and collaboration.
- Incarner les valeurs fondamentales de l'IRC, le « IRC Way - Normes mondiales de conduite professionnelle » et les principes d'inclusion, par un engagement personnel et une responsabilisation.
- Favoriser un environnement d'équipe ouvert, inclusif et respectueux, où le personnel se sent valorisé et où la communication est honnête et productive.
- Incarner la responsabilisation et l'engagement envers la protection, y compris la PSEAH (prévention de l'exploitation et des abus sexuels et du harcèlement), de l'ensemble du personnel, des partenaires, des clients et de toute autre personne avec qui nous travaillons ; bâtir une culture de protection où nos clients et notre personnel font confiance à l'IRC et se sentent en sécurité pour signaler leurs préoccupations.
- Tenir l'ensemble des responsables pour comptables de leurs rôles et domaines de responsabilité dans la mise en œuvre des normes minimales de protection ; consacrer du temps et faciliter des revues régulières des progrès, des obstacles, des facteurs favorables et de la culture en matière de normes minimales de protection au sein de la riposte, afin de planifier les actions et les investissements nécessaires.
- Maintenir une communication ouverte et régulière avec la direction de la RDC, le personnel de gestion régional, les conseillers techniques régionaux et le personnel des départements du siège, afin de garantir l'alignement, le soutien et la collaboration.
Minimum Requirements
- University degree in related field or equivalent experience preferred.
- 8 years’ experience leading complex on site emergency health response projects and/or programs requiring extensive judgment and interpretation. Diverse geographical professional experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to influence peer agencies, local government and community leaders to work effectively towards a common and agreed upon result.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and implement best practices and processes affecting multiple technical specialties to achieve rapid, consistent and high-quality outcomes.
- Experience developing, resourcing and leading large budget, complex projects spanning multiple technical specialties.
- Proven track-record of excellent management and leadership skills. Ability to set an example of leadership for staff in adherence to IRC management policies.
- High degree of comfort and successful track record in supervising in matrixed environments.
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusion and fair treatment of staff, and ability to identify and address barriers to inclusion for marginalized groups in emergency response.
- Experience working with diverse teams and communities, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, and other groups at risk of exclusion.
- Excellent verbal and written skills in English and French required.
Eligibility Criteria
The opportunity is for an Ebola Response Director in the DRC, with no explicit information on eligibility or sponsorship for international applicants.
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