Director of International Programmes International Rescue Committee UK London, United Kingdom
Employer: International Rescue Committee UK
Salary: Circa £60,000 (with contributory pension)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: London, UK
Background
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a leading global humanitarian and post-conflict development organisation working in more than 25 conflict-affected countries worldwide.
IRC-UK is the European headquarters, established in 1997 as an independent British charity. IRC-UK contributes to programme management, fundraising for overseas programmes, and policy and advocacy on conflict-related issues in Britain and Europe. IRC has a single unitary operational structure, in which IRC country programmes report to senior staff in New York.
The Director of International Programmes will lead the IRC-UK International Programmes Team (IPT), which consists of 14 members of staff. The IPT is responsible for all European statutory fundraising, for monitoring and reporting on grants awarded, and for building relationships with key statutory donors.
Scope of Work
Leading on the growth and diversification of statutory funding for IRC-UK, you will ensure the highest quality of proposal development, grant implementation and risk management. The Director of IPT will report to the Executive Director of IRC-UK and work in close coordination with other IRC-UK teams as well as the IRC’s Regional Programme Management and Technical (Sectoral) Units and HQ Finance, Legal and Grants Units.
In addition to line managing eight members of staff, the Director of IPT works with the other IRC-UK senior managers to provide leadership to the organisation and participate in strategic planning. The Director will also play an active leadership role in the global IRC network, facilitating internal cross-department collaboration and representing the IRC to external bodes where necessary.
For further information about the role and to obtain a job description, please visithttp://www.rescue-uk.org/jobs-irc-uk
To apply, please send your CV (no more than two pages), together with a covering letter (no more than two pages) to Cristina Beale via email: applications@rescue-uk.org
Closing date: Thursday 11th October at 5.00pm (BST)
Interviews are scheduled for mid-October.
IRC-UK strives to be an equal opportunities employer. IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination for all job applicants and employees, and we seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
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