Program Officer - Reporting and Coordination

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war and disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 40 years, leading and delivering large, complex programs to meet the needs in health, education, safeguarding, environmental health, and livelihoods for displaced, poor and disaster-affected communities. With the support of the federal and provincial governments, and generous donors like FCDO, ECHO, USAID, GAC, and Australian Aid Agencies the IRC is currently implementing projects across the country.

Job Overview/Summary:

The Program Officer reporting and coordination under the supervision of the Research Manager ensures that project activities, goals, and objectives are successfully implemented and monitored; the prioritized technical sectors/areas are well coordinated into the overall programming and projects being implemented appropriately. This position supports the team in the oversight of implementation and support in coordination at country office level. Ensures that all project management roles are covered accurately including HR, Supply Chain, Finance, Program Administration, and Implementation.

Major Responsibilities:

Actively participate in all aspects of the overall project management with a focus on timely and quality results while ensuring coordination, collaboration, empowerment, accountability, and user-centered focus. The incumbent will work with field team of the project in Sawt, research manager and operational support departments at country office for smooth and timely implementation of the project. Major duties as well as technical, programming, and management responsibilities are described below.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and backstopping for assigned tasks, ensuring all procurements are done in timely manner and support research manager in compliance with donor regulations.
• Work with field teams on project-related services and serve as the point of contact between assigned field offices and country office.
• Track project deliverables and supervise project performance as deliverables assigned to different team members.
• Prepare, review and/or edit regular project updates reports.
• Inform supervisor/management of any critical issues as they arise.
• Frequent travel to project intervention areas to monitor program implementation and provide technical assistance.
• Represent the team at meetings, conferences, and workshops, as needed.
• Provide updates, reports, and critical analysis of the field and report to the Research Manager.
• Coordinate with relevant departments at CO to ensure effective support to the field.
• Support and contribute to the development of Workplans and spending plans.
• Analyze work plans against the project requirements.
• Ensure adherence and compliance to IRC and donor policies and procedures.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Research Manager

Position directly supervises: None

Other Internal and/or external contacts: Advisory committee of the project, WPE coordinator, Field team members, technical team at HQ.

Education: bachelor’s or master’s degree in any related discipline

Experience: 

• 2 – 4 years of experience in development projects working in diverse teams.
• Experience of working in a large complex organization, including working with partners.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Strong coordination skills with the ability to manage information (report writing and presentations).
• Team players and has experience of working remotely and coordination with field teams.
• The ability to speak using sufficient, structured, and accurate vocabulary in formal conversation.
• The ability to use the language to satisfy professional needs.
• The ability to read and write at a normal speed and with almost complete comprehension of a variety of materials, unfamiliar subjects, styles and forms pertinent to the job needs.
• Language Skills: Fluent, professional level speaking, reading, and writing in English, and Urdu.

Working Environment: Works well in and promotes teamwork, flexible and able to handle pressure well.

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.

The IRC Core Values and Commitments.

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and implements policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.
• IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge they need to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
• IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have proficiencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.
• IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this dedication.

Women candidates, ethnic minorities and differently abled persons are highly encouraged to apply.