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.
CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has worked across the Middle East, North Africa, and Ukraine (MENAU) region for more than twenty years, responding to some of the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises.
Today, more than 75 million people across the MENAU are in need of humanitarian assistance, as conflict, displacement, climate change, and economic instability continue to disrupt lives and limit access to essential services. Vulnerable groups—especially women, children, and people on the move—remain most at risk.
With more than 1,000 staff working across Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and Ukraine, the IRC delivers integrated programs that meet both immediate and long-term needs improving access to health, safety, education, and economic wellbeing, and helping those affected by crisis to survive, recover, and rebuild their lives.
The IRC launched an emergency health response in Yemen in 2012. Since then, and despite continued instability and conflict, the IRC has extended its presence throughout the country, implementing a diverse, integrated program of health, nutrition, WASH, protection, and cash programs. These programs prioritize local partnerships with both public institutions and civil society, and span emergency response, humanitarian, and recovery modalities, while serving vulnerable Yemenis including IDPs and returnees, migrants and refugees, women, children, and youth.
SCOPE OF WORK
The Country Director (CD) sets the strategic direction, leads all programs, emergency response, financial and operational matters, and oversees humanitarian access and the adherence to and application of security measures, as well as external relationships and partnerships in Yemen. As lead of the Senior Management Team (SMT), the CD ensures accountability of the SMT for the overall leadership and supervisory management of approximately 120 IRC staff and more than 400 incentive workers, programming, and operations, including program quality and accountability, stewardship of resources, staff safety and security, performance management, and external representation, for which the CD remains accountable.
Success in this position requires an individual with exemplary, demonstrated leadership abilities who deploys strong communication and interpersonal skills effectively, both internally and externally. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong contextual analytical skills and an ability to translate the impact of geopolitical developments and rapidly changing humanitarian conditions into operational priorities and effective responses. They will build a network of partnerships, diversify program resources, and ensure organizational readiness to respond to emerging and escalating emergencies while maintaining continuity of critical humanitarian services. They will be directly responsible for the overall coordination and strategic direction of the country program; providing oversight and coaching for directly supervised senior managers; leading country program teams to identify, design, and deliver responsive, high-quality humanitarian, emergency response, early recovery, and development programs; ensuring the efficient…