Advisor, Strategy & Performance
 International Rescue Committee | |
medical insurance, life insurance, paid time off, sick time, 403(b)
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 United States, New York, New York | |
| 122 East 42nd Street (Show on map) | |
 Dec 24, 2024 | |
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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
As the IRC approaches its 100th year of service in 2033, we remain passionate about ensuring that the impact of our programs and the influence of our ideas empower people caught in crisis to make lasting change in their lives. The President's Office and Strategy & Delivery Unit support the IRC to deliver on its mission through strategic and focused organization-wide priority setting and delivery, as well as monitoring progress and organizational health.
Job Overview:
As an Advisor dual reporting into the President's Office and the Strategy & Delivery Unit, you will support IRC's President / CEO and the Leadership Board to set, manage, and regularly analyze organizational performance and related strategy and delivery data.
You will also be responsible for advising and counseling senior staff across IRC, facilitating high-level conversations and important decisions, and you will lead projects to strengthen IRC's organizational performance and delivery infrastructure, as needed. This position requires strong problem-solving and analytical skills, excellent interpersonal skills, a high level of personal initiative, and the ability to work well in a highly cross-functional and multicultural environment.
Major Responsibilities:
* Drive key organizational performance review outputs, including:
o Delivery Letters (documents that align departmental efforts behind our organizational strategy goals): Set overall approach; collaborate with and provide steer to department heads in setting annual goals, objectives, and metrics for each department; advise CEO on organizational themes, risks, and priorities and on department-specific feedback; monitor and synthesize outputs through review routines, working closely with Leadership Board and departmental strategy & performance leads.
o Quarterly Strategy & Risk Review (QSRR): Responsible for the consolidation, analysis, visualization, and monitoring of data, risks, and progress toward organizational performance targets; identify areas for course-correction and explore reasons for under- and over-performance; work with departmental leadership and/or Strategy & Delivery unit to identify solutions to the areas for course-correction identified, as needed.
o Ensure QSRR and Delivery Letters are integrated in wider delivery infrastructure, including through: departmental performance routines, risk identification, and organizational strategy progress tracking.
o Continually improve metrics and overall performance monitoring approach.
o Synthesize results across all outputs above, proactively identifying interdependencies across workstreams and critical risks and areas for attention, and working with Strategy & Delivery Unit leadership to ensure transfer to appropriate owner.
* Advise and collaborate with senior stakeholders, including Leadership Board members, departmental strategy leads, and the President/CEO on strategy and delivery topics, including: o Form and deliver recommendations to facilitate decision-making on challenging topics.
o Actively partner with strategy leads and cross-functional teams in all departments, use sound judgment to advise on complex internal and external departmental issues.
o Work jointly with the President's Office team to support smooth functioning of Leadership Board decision-making and actioning those decisions (including by attending meetings and supporting note taking as needed).
o Staff President/CEO on key strategy and delivery related topics (e.g., financial and budget related meetings, major systems rollouts), meetings, or trips; plan/organize leadership convenings.
* Lead on discrete, strategic projects, as requested by the President / CEO.
* Lead Strategy & Delivery Unit projects to strengthen IRC's organizational performance and delivery infrastructure (as assigned by the President's Office or Strategy & Delivery Unit) as a standalone, or by leading a team of Strategy & Delivery Unit members.
* Contribute to a positive, collaborative, efficient team working environment.
* Team management: o Manage team members in President's Office or Strategy & Delivery Unit supporting organizational performance as relevant.
Key Working Relationships:
* Position Reports to: Dual reporting to the Senior Director of Policy and Planning in the President's Office and the Senior Director of Delivery in the Strategy & Delivery Unit.
* Internal:
o President/CEO
o Leadership Board
o Strategy & Planning leads
o Strategy & Delivery Unit team members
o Data analytics and measurement team members
o Relevant technical and program office staff
o Communications and advocacy
o External Relations
* External: As needed
Work / Educational Experience:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
* 6-8 years of relevant work experience, at least 2 of which are in a strategy or project management role, with gradually increasing responsibilities and a track record of high performance.
* Experience in a strategy role from strategy consulting firms or in-house in a global organization, or organizational health and performance monitoring role in a global organization.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
* Exceptional analytical skills and demonstrated ability to interpret and use data - especially financial data - for decision-making and monitoring of risks and organizational health and performance.
* Ability to effectively engage, advise and support senior leadership on critical strategic topics.
* Experience in project management of cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly the ability to be clear and concise in communications targeting senior audience.
* Highly collaborative, particularly the ability to engage with cross-functional global team at all levels.
* Strong organizational and time-management skills to deliver on time and make progress against multiple demands.
* Strong meeting facilitation and presentation skills with senior leadership.
* Ability to respond enthusiastically and positively to ambiguity, be resilient to shifting priorities and setbacks, and be comfortable with imperfect analysis and solutions.
* Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
Working Environment
* Hybrid work with a minimum of 3 days per week in our NYC headquarters.
* Some international travel as needed, up to 30%.
Compensation:
Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
US Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $143 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.
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