Team Leader

Position Summary:

IRC is seeking a Team Leader who will manage a FCDO-funded 2-year new stabilization project in Eastern DRC. The Team Leader will work closely with IRC country program, regional, and HQ leadership to ensure that the project is implemented in accordance with IRC policies and principles, including FCDO rules and regulations. The Team Leader will be responsible for providing strategic oversight and direction, accountability to FCDO, and ensuring that the proposed project is implemented in accordance with the agreement, and internationally recognized quality of assistance standards. S/He will ensure coordination between consortium partners, the technical team, field teams, advisors, and other stakeholders to facilitate the delivery of a comprehensive and technical package of support. The Team Leader will provide FCDO project updates, discuss strategies, obstacles, performance plans, and monitoring and evaluation. This position is contingent on the IRC being awarded funding and is anticipated to begin in April 2024.

This is a full-time position. S/He will frequently travel to the intervention’s areas.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and technical leadership and direction, define and implement activities to achieve project goals and objectives;
• Report to FCDO through formal and informal debriefings, annual and semi-annual reports;
• Maintain active and cooperative relationships with all key stakeholders, including government officials, consortium partners, other implementing agencies, and related institutions;
• Represent the project and IRC and ensure distribution of information about project achievements and lesson learned;
• Develop, review, and monitor in coordination with key project staff, annual work and performance plans to ensure long-term and short-term priorities are on track;
• Oversee technical direction and project delivery to ensure activities are in line with the performance framework and meet all standard operational policies and procedures;
• Develop, review, and monitor in coordination with key project staff, annual work and performance plans to ensure long-term and short-term priorities are on track;
• Support project staff by creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork, trust, mutual respect, and empowers staff to take responsibility;
• Reinforce strong sense of cohesion within the consortium through consistent collaboration, communication, and strategizing with consortium partners.

Requirements:

• Advanced degree in international development, politics, social sciences or related field; or equivalent experience may be substituted for graduate degree;
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in similar Stabilisation intervention activities, and experience managing complex international donor-funded development activities.
• Significant previous experience working in conflict or crisis situations;
• Experience working in the Eastern part of DRC on Stabilisation programming, including on socio-economic reintegration, land dispute resolution, democratic dialogue, and accountability in security and justice systems with at-risk populations;
• Experience managing a consortium of partners;
• Previous experience managing FCDO-funded programs against milestones/deliverables preferred;
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other stakeholders;
• Demonstrated innovation and success in staff capacity-building and in participatory, flexible, and gender-sensitive programming and implementation;
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written;

Fluency in English required; proficiency in French strongly preferred.