Description
The International Rescue Committee's (IRC) Emergency Unit (EmU) leads IRC's global emergency preparedness and response to sudden-onset crises, complex emergencies, and high-risk contexts. The Advisor will work alongside the Director, and the Emergency Response Team Humanitarian Access, Safety and Security Coordinator, to split responsibilities by country portfolio and/or thematic demands and/or level of complexity.
The role brings additional capacity, and challenges and supports teams to meet IRC's mandate through effective analysis and scenario planning to inform program and operational ambitions, and support to deliver on these with enhanced humanitarian access and security management.
Major Responsibilities:
Humanitarian Access Management
- Plan and deliver inclusive in-person and remote scenario development workshops as part of wider ASAP support to frontline program teams responding to major crises
- Support frontline program teams to develop and track indicators for tracking crisis developments in support countries
- Support country leadership to develop and implement specific access and acceptance strategies
- Ensure strategies include how IRC builds relationships, engages and negotiates with authorities, key power brokers, security actors, and community stakeholders
Safety and Security Management
- Support country leadership and access, safety and security teams to identify, analyze and mitigate safety and security (S&S) risks across emergency responses
- Support the implementation of S&S standards and approaches to strengthen humanitarian access
- Support country/response teams in incident management
Emergency Preparedness
- In close collaboration with ASAP and the Director, Emergency Performance and Quality, support country programs to develop and implement humanitarian access, safety and security approaches in their emergency preparedness and contingency plans
- Support EmU in the development and adaptation of humanitarian access, safety and security systems, practices and resources
Learning & Development
- Co-develop, with consortium partners, a humanitarian access framework that is accessible and used by partners to define access ambitions and strategies
- Support the development, revision and uptake of IRC's technical resources for analysis, security, access and preparedness
- Guide, train, coach and mentor IRC country leaders and frontline staff on humanitarian access approaches, safety and security
Partnerships
- Champion a culture of effective and respective partnerships across the EmU
- Ensure partners play a central role in the development of access, security and engagement strategies
- Design and deliver capacity sharing activities with partners
Team Culture
- Build and maintain strong working relationships across EmU, the Global S&S Department and regional/country colleagues
- Cultivate and maintain a positive, collaborative, safe and protective work environment
Requirements
Work Experience:
- At least 8 years of non-profit or NGO work experience within international humanitarian assistance programs
- Significant practical experience in humanitarian access, humanitarian negotiation, civil-military coordination, security management or related competencies
- Substantial and documented prior experience as a facilitator
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- Knowledge of legal and normative frameworks for humanitarian action and expertise in applying humanitarian principles in practice
- Thorough familiarity with principles and current approaches to humanitarian access and acceptance models of security management
- Ability to gain a precise understanding of the various local, regional, country and international policies, operational positions and interactions