Director Job – People & Culture at International Rescue Committee

Strategy

• Develop and drive adoption of IRC-wide People and Culture strategy and underlying initiatives to effectively deliver on IRC’s ambitious learning, management, and diversity goals
• Use data to develop people insights that define IRC’s strategic People & Culture direction
• Act as a counselor to COO, CHRO and Chief GEDI Officer and other leadership pools on People and Culture leading practices
• Implement special projects as needed – these may be cross-functional or specific, short or long term.

Delivery

• Devise and implement organizational change strategy to ensure the effective set-up and performance of the team across 40 countries with a focus on engaged, coordinated, and fulfilled teams.
• Plan and oversee the implementation of cross-functional initiatives and enable the organization and the function to effectively prioritize across initiatives.
• Collaborate with department focal points to develop detailed, meticulous, data-driven strategic and operational reviews with a focus on learning and prioritization
• Conceptualize and write communications across all the various functions of People & Culture including Human Resources and Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion; internal organization-wide communications; and external communications.
• Establish deep working relationships with colleagues cross-IRC.

Requirements

Work Experience:

• Minimum 8-10 years in strategy development and execution that require substantial cross-departmental collaboration to deliver ambitious goals.
• Significant experience working with, and influencing, senior colleagues to solve sophisticated challenges and agreed mutually beneficial decisions.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale change initiatives
• Strategy and problem-solving experience accurately diagnosing business challenges, and devising, crafting by-in for, and implementing effective solutions with timely and efficient performance metrics.
• (Desirable) Experience in Human Resources and diversity, equality, and inclusion strategies

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to translate an organization’s strategy and objectives into operational delivery
• Outstanding project and collaboration skills with a consistent record delivery high-reaching, integrated, and critical initiatives on timelines.
• Organizational Change and Planning
• Strong communicator in written and verbal form.
• Highly versatile and flexible, with a high degree of comfort changing and refining priorities and results.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to identify and address coordinated business needs.
• Experience and comfort with data analysis and budget management