# Director, People Development **Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC) **Location**: Nairobi, IHUB **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: GBP 65,785 - GBP 73,095 **Category**: Human Resources **Industry**: Non-Profit **Apply**: https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Careers/job/Nairobi-IHUB-Kenya/Director--People-Development--CRRD_JR00005855?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_43fdc1de-cdb ## Description The Director, People Development is responsible for planning and implementing a variety of people development initiatives for the IRC's Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) department. Partnering closely with the Global Learning & Development Team and P&C Partners across CRRD, the Director, People Development, will plan and facilitate workshops, peer learning groups, facilitate talent review processes, and support other talent management and learning efforts across CRRD. Responsibilities: - Serve as a member of CRRD People & Culture leadership team and contribute to its strategy development and establishment of L&D priorities connected to IRCs Strategy 100 and Delivery Letter goals. - Build and maintain trusted partnerships with senior CRRD leaders, regional directors, and country directors to ensure sustained engagement and measurable adoption of people development programs across CRRD. - Serve as the primary voice of CRRD within the Global Learning & Development team by participating in strategy and planning sessions to ensure globally implemented programming reflects the needs, contexts, and constraints of field-based staff and leaders. - Translate CRRD's strategic priorities , including Strategy 100, leadership diversity targets, and retention goals , into scalable learning and talent development plans, providing guidance on how programs should be adapted to varying operational contexts across a complex, globally distributed humanitarian operation. - Partner with CRRD P&C Partners to design and deliver new leader integration and country director onboarding experiences that accelerate effectiveness and cultural alignment. - Contextualize, communicate and drive org-wide learning and development initiatives across CRRD. - Design and implement people development programs , including, but not limited to, talent review, succession planning, manager capability building, and P&C capacity strengthening , that equip, engage, and retain CRRD staff, managers and leaders. - Build CRRD's talent movement and capability-building infrastructure , including workforce planning and succession readiness pipelines. - Maintain and deliver a strategic roadmap of people development initiatives in CRRD while also remaining agile and able to deliver against last-minute and unexpected needs that may arise. - Identify and champion the responsible use of AI tools and technologies to enhance talent development and learning and development work , improving the personalization, efficiency, and scalability of programs across CRRD's globally distributed teams , in alignment with IRC's approved AI tools and governance standards. - Establish and track key metrics to evaluate program effectiveness and report progress to CRRD and P&C leadership. Qualifications: - Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in learning & development, talent management, or organizational development. - Demonstrated experience designing and implementing people development programs across a complex, matrixed organization. - Proven ability to design and facilitate leadership and manager development programs, talent reviews, and succession planning processes. - Experience conducting learning needs assessments and translating findings into targeted, scalable development solutions. - Proficiency in tracking and reporting on L&D metrics and using data to evaluate and iterate program effectiveness. - Familiarity with instructional design methodologies and adult learning principles. - Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and stakeholders across functions and geographies. - Strong in-person and virtual facilitation skills, with experience leading workshops, peer learning groups, and leadership programs across diverse, multicultural audiences. - Ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities, balancing a strategic roadmap with agile responsiveness to emerging needs. - Deep understanding of the operational realities of field-based and humanitarian contexts, with the ability to design programs that are relevant and accessible across limited resource environments. - Ability to work across multiple time zones and with globally distributed teams; willingness to travel internationally as needed. - Some experience applying AI tools and technologies to talent development work , such as learning content design, program personalization, or talent/workforce analytics , preferred. - English fluency. Proficiency in an additional core IRC language (French, Arabic, Spanish) strongly preferred. For more fresh new jobs, check out [yubhub.co](https://yubhub.co/). ## Skills ### Required - learning & development - talent management - organizational development - instructional design - adult learning principles - data analysis - relationship-building - influencing - facilitation - leadership development - succession planning - talent review - workforce planning ### Nice to have - AI tools and technologies - French - Arabic - Spanish --- Source: [Apply at theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com](https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Careers/job/Nairobi-IHUB-Kenya/Director--People-Development--CRRD_JR00005855?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)