Associate Director, People & Culture Strategy & Delivery

Background:

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.

The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees and other immigrants resettle in the U.S. and become self-sufficient. We are committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a diligent advocate for the most vulnerable.

Job Overview:

The Associate Director, People & Culture, Strategy and Delivery is a vital role to ensure the smooth set-up and high-performance of the newly forming People & Culture organization. The Associate Director will be responsible for planning strategic goals and supporting effective delivery against those plans, and developing strategies and processes to effectively prioritize and measure success. The Associate Directors will work closely with the Global Human Resources and Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Units as a thought leader and strategic counselor.

Major Responsibilities:

Strategy

· Develop and implement strategies to ensure the effective set-up and performance of People & Culture team with a focus on effective, coordinated and fulfilled teams.

· Support the anticipation and mitigation of potential challenges to the goals and action plans, and devise strategies and implement plans to avoid these coming to fruition.

· Bring the IRC best practices in People & Culture and act as strategic counselor to COO, CHRO and Chief GEDI Officer

· Implement special projects as needed – these may be cross-functional or specific, short or long term.

Operations

· Project manage complex People and Culture- related initiatives with global, cross-departmental partners and enable the IRC and the People & Culture organization to effectively prioritize across initiatives.

· Collaborate with department focal points to develop systematic, rigorous, data-driven strategic and operational reviews with a focus on learning and prioritization

· Conceptualize and write communications across all the various functions of People & Culture including Human Resources and Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion; internal organization-wide communications; and external communications.

· Establish deep working relationships with colleagues cross-IRC.

Job Requirements:

Work Experience:

· Minimum 6- 8 years in strategic delivery positions in HR, DEI or strategy roles that require substantial cross-departmental collaboration to deliver bold goals.

· Significant experience working with, and influencing, senior colleagues to solve sophisticated challenges and agreed mutually beneficial decisions.

· Proven experience supporting the generation of outcomes from teams, both where there is direct line management responsibility and through influencing.

· Strategy and problem-solving experience accurately diagnosing business challenges, and devising, crafting by-in for, and implementing effective solutions with timely and efficient performance metrics.

· (Desirable) Experience in Human Resources and DEI strategy

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

· Outstanding project and stakeholder management skills with a consistent record delivery high-reaching, complex, and sensitive initiatives on timelines.

· Strong communicator in written and verbal form.

· Highly versatile and flexible, with a high degree of comfort changing and refining priorities and results.

· Strong attention to detail and ability to identify and address multifaceted business needs.

· Experience and comfort with data analysis and budget management

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Equality, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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 $120 per month, dental starting at $7 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.​