Thematic Lead National Society Development

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Description

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• Act as a focal point vis a’ vis all IFRC head of country clusters/head of missions for all OD matters by advising and referring them to the right source of information, or to the better positioned party to assist them in following 6 key areas:
• Leadership and strategic visioning and planning.
• Auxiliary role and NS positioning.
• Financial sustainability.
• Financial and Management systems and controlling, including integrity and risk management.
• Structural review together with its functions and processes.
• Branch development.
• Support NS assess and implement sustainable self-development plans at national and local level as well as enhance their own capacity to monitor it (National NSD dashboard, OCAC and BOCA review, etc.). This includes drawing on analysis from the Federation Databank & Reporting System (FDRS), the Organizational Capacity Assessment and Certification Process (OCAC) or its Branch adaptation (BOCA) and its visioning and strategic process.
• Enhance National Society services capacities to make them more efficient and sustainable and support new models of NS business growth and generation of resources together with the PRD unit.
• Ensure alignment of resources with NS Self-Improvement plans.
• Facilitate applications together with PRD for the Empress Shoken Fund, the National Society Investment Mechanism and other similar OD / CBF funds and follow their implementation.

• Support the Head of Membership Services in engaging with NSD networks (laboratories, working groups, networks, surge capacity, CORI, etc.).
• Ensure a robust resource and knowledge base for National Society Organizational Development (OD) efforts, both internally and with external partners. This includes a supporting platform of tools, methodologies, case studies, policies, and guidelines.
• Proactively collaborate with and leverage capacity from CREPD as necessary.

• Be accountable on progress of results. Be a dynamic member of the regional team supporting strategic content areas and/or organisational change.
• Support the Head of Membership Services and the Regional Director in monitoring risk and taking proactive actions to contribute to secretariat’s risk management processes.
• Manage and mobilize human and financial resources necessary to augment capacity for organizational development programs and initiatives.
• Ensure effective coordination with other relevant departments in the Secretariat.
• Nurture relations with peer organizations, participate in communities of practice and professional associations, develop networking and exchange initiatives to keep abreast of emerging trends and integrate best practices.
• Foster a participative culture that values high performance, accountability, continuous improvement and learning and innovation.
• Represent the IFRC in international conferences and seminars dealing with organizational development.

• University degree in Management, Organisational Development, International Relations Public  Administration/policy and/or any other relevant area.
• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent), preferred

• 7+ years’ working and management experience in the humanitarian or development sector
• Demonstrated credibility in demand driven business / organisation management, operations and strategy
• Demonstrated professional experience in an organization within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or in an international organization or NGO. 
• Demonstrated professional experience managing and measuring performance of large programmatic portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience working in and leveraging capacity from matrixed teams.

• Knowledge of methodologies, systems, techniques in OD/CB consultancy and change management
• Results oriented and demand driven individual, entrepreneurial, ability to lead in unprecedented and/or ambiguous situations.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, including the ability to lead within a matrix management structure and utilize talent and experience of team members in a productive way.
• Outstanding networking, representational, communication and negotiation skills. An ability to be proactive and persuasive.
• Demonstrated track record in innovating, contributing to a learning culture, sharing knowledge and new approaches to engaging partners.
• Program design and portfolio monitoring skills.
• Professional credibility, able to work effectively at all levels across the organisation.
• Proven good judgment and ability to work with complete integrity and confidentiality.
• High degree of discretion, tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels.
• Skills include cultivating fruitful relations with a diverse group of RCRC Senior Regional Leaders.
• Ability to work within a multi-cultural, multilingual, multidisciplinary environment.

• Fluent spoken and written English
• Fluent spoken and written Spanish
• Good command of another IFRC official language (French or Spanish) or a language relevant in the region or country of assignment (i.e., Portuguese), preferred.

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