Major Responsibilities<\/p>\n
\tStrategic Leadership & Representation
\n\tProvide visionary leadership to shape and execute strategies that deliver high-impact, client-centered programs aligned with IRC\u2019s global mission and Kenya\u2019s evolving humanitarian context.
\n\tServe as IRC\u2019s principal representative in Kenya, articulating the organization\u2019s vision and priorities at national, regional, and global platforms\u2014including donor briefings, inter-agency coordination bodies, and high-level policy forums.
\n\tLead the development and delivery of a country strategy aligned with IRC\u2019s Strategy100 and Kenya\u2019s evolving context while providing strategic leadership to develop and implement high-quality programs that meet client needs.
\n\tForge and sustain strategic partnerships with national NGOs, civil society actors, and community-based organizations to enhance program reach, local ownership, and sustainability.
\n\tLead IRC\u2019s engagement in humanitarian coordination mechanisms, proactively shaping collective responses and advocating for principled, needs-based action.
\n\tMaintain constructive relationships with government counterparts to facilitate operational continuity, including timely registration renewals, access permissions, and policy dialogue.
\n\tCultivate a culture of collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability across the country team, fostering high staff morale and enabling peak performance.
\n\tLead IRC-hosted events and strategic dialogues in-country, positioning IRC as a thought leader and convener on critical humanitarian and development issues.
\n\tRepresent IRC to diverse audiences\u2014including media, diplomatic missions, UN agencies, and global stakeholders\u2014in close coordination with the Regional Vice President (RVP), ensuring consistent messaging and strategic alignment.
\n\tStrategic Direction & Program Quality
\n\tCollaborate with the Regional Vice President (RVP) and senior management team to implement the country program’s strategic vision, ensuring high-quality programming tailored to the Kenya context and aligned with IRC\u2019s Strategy 100.
\n\tDrive program innovation and excellence, ensuring interventions are evidence-based, contextually relevant, and client-centered and high program quality is consistent throughout the country program.\u00a0
\n\tActively seek out and pursue opportunities to expand humanitarian programming in Kenya to reach underserved and hard-to-reach areas.
\n\tFoster learning, accountability, and adaptive management to strengthen program quality
\n\tIntegrate GEDI principles into all IRC operations and programming to enhance inclusivity and foster a positive impact.
\n\tEstablish strong communication and working relationships with key internal stakeholders at the regional and HQ level to support country program operations and delivery.\u00a0
\n\tFundraising & Donor Relations
\n\tLead the design and execution of a diversified funding strategy, proactively engaging donors, cultivating strategic partnerships, and driving proposal development and negotiations to secure a broad range of sustainable funding streams.
\n\tProactively monitor donor priorities and position IRC for emerging opportunities, and stay updated on issues the program and partners and develop strategies to adapt to changing donor priorities.\u00a0
\n\tMaintain strong relationships with donors, government bodies, and coordination mechanisms by demonstrating program excellence, operational integrity and strategic alignment with donors and different stakeholders
\n\tOversee the production of high-quality proposals and reports, ensuring timely submissions and compliance with donor requirements.
\n\tOperational & Financial Management
\n\tEnsure compliance with IRC\u2019s global policies and standards for finance, supply chain, and operational systems.
\n\tOversee the Kenya country program budgets, ensuring financial sustainability through accurate forecasting, funding gap analysis, and cost-effectiveness measures.
\n\tDrive operational excellence for cost-effective and timely program delivery, while strengthening systems for transparency, accountability, and operational agility.
\n\tGovernance and Compliance\u00a0
\n\tChampion a proactive risk management agenda that safeguards the organization\u2019s people, assets, reputation, and operational capacity in Kenya\u2019s complex and evolving context.
\n\tShape and embed a risk-informed strategy that aligns with organizational priorities, donor expectations, and the geopolitical landscape, ensuring resilience and adaptability.
\n\tIntegrate risk management into strategic planning and operational culture, fostering shared ownership across all teams and levels.
\n\tGuide crisis preparedness and response frameworks, ensuring that contingency measures protect staff, beneficiaries, and program delivery under adverse conditions.
\n\tInfluence and engage key stakeholders \u2014 including government, donors, and peer agencies, to strengthen collective risk mitigation and advocacy efforts.
\n\tSafety & Security
\n\tTake primary responsibility for the overall management of safety and security for the country program, including appropriate response to emergencies and crises.
\n\tMaintain a culture of safety and security throughout the country program and keep security, evacuation, and contingency plans current and accessible to country program staff.
\n\tCoordinate closely with the Regional Safety and Security Director on emerging threats and access issues.
\n\tPeople & Culture
\n\tFoster a high-performance, inclusive culture by ensuring a professional, forward-looking People & Culture function that aligns talent management with organizational strategy.
\n\tChampion leadership accountability for creating and sustaining development pathways, ensuring every manager actively nurtures and advances their teams.
\n\tPartner with regional and HQ P&C teams to design and execute innovative talent acquisition, retention, and succession strategies that anticipate future skills needs.
\n\tLead strategic implementation of People & Culture practices, embedding them into decision-making, operations, and organizational culture.
\n\tEmbed staff care and resilience into organizational systems, actively monitoring well-being indicators and modeling healthy work-life integration.
\n\tCommunications & Advocacy
\n\tModel and encourage active practice of the \u201cIRC Way \u2013 Global Standards for Professional Conduct\u201d principles throughout the Kenya country program.
\n\tMaintain a healthy and empowering office environment that encourages open, honest, and productive communication among IRC staff and with partner organizations.\u00a0
\n\tModel a culture where constructive feedback is actively given and received.
\n\tMaintain open communication with regional management staff, technical advisors, and HQ departmental staff.
\n\tAdvance IRC\u2019s advocacy agenda to influence policies and practices that benefit the people we serve.
\n\tEmergency Preparedness and Response
\n\tLead Country Emergency Responses: Serve as the designated Response Lead for country-led emergencies, ensuring the timely activation of IRC emergency protocols, clear internal coordination and communication, and effective decision-making.
\n\tDevelop and Operationalize Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPPs): Ensure that country teams maintain fit-for-purpose EPPs (if country is on the WatchList).
\n\tMobilize Support and Resources: Coordinate with regional and HQ teams to secure rapid technical, operational, staffing, and financial support during crises, and proactively engage with donors in emergency contexts.
\n\tSafeguard Staff Safety and Duty of Care: Uphold the IRC\u2019s duty of care commitments by ensuring holistic and contextually feasible measures are in place to support the physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing of staff during an emergency.
\n\tKey working relationship
\n\tPosition Reports to Regional Vice President \u2013 East Africa
\n\tPosition directly supervises: Country Leads \u2013Deputy Director Finance, Deputy Director P & C, Deputy Director Operations , Deputy Director Programs & Deputy Director Grants & Accountability\u00a0<\/p>\n
Key Internal Contacts:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\tCountry Program: All staff
\n\tRegion: East Africa Regional Team
\n\tHQ: Crisis Response and Recovery Department (CRRD), Ethics & Compliance, Safeguarding, GEDI, External Relations, Policy and Advocacy, Operations and Strategy, Finance, Global Philanthropy & Partnerships, Technical Excellence and General Counsel
\n\tKey External Contacts: \u00a0
\n\tPartner organizations
\n\tHost country government officials\u00a0
\n\tPublic and private donor agencies\u00a0
\n\tInternational and national NGOs\u00a0
\n\tUN agencies\u00a0
\n\tForeign government<\/p>\n
Job Requirements:<\/p>\n
\tYou should have strong leadership abilities and interpersonal skills, and be able to deploy strong communications effectively, both internally and externally. You should enjoy developing networks to build partnerships and diversify program resources.\u00a0
\n\tGraduate degree in a relevant field.
\n\tAt least 10 years of dynamically responsible international work experience, including leadership at the Country Director level of multi-site, multi-sectoral operations in a complex operating environment, supervising large teams.
\n\tExperience working in conflict\/post-conflict or disaster response situation.
\n\tProfessional fluency in written and spoken English.\u00a0
\n\tDemonstrated Technical Skills:
\n\tExperience managing security in a complex and rapidly changing security context.
\n\tConfirmed ability to negotiate and work with partner organizations. Experience with organizational capacity strengthening and partnership building is helpful.
\n\tStrong budget and fiscal oversight capacities.<\/p>\n
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