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.
The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action (the Alliance) is a global inter-agency network of more than 370 organizations committed to protecting children from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence in humanitarian contexts. It serves as the primary convener for child protection actors and the leading platform for developing technical standards, guidance, and evidence-informed advocacy and learning.
Position Overview:
As INGO co-lead, IRC appoints the part time Deputy Director of the Alliance to provide strategic and operational leadership in support of the Alliance Director. The role ensures the Alliance delivers high-quality, evidence-driven, and inclusive results for children affected by humanitarian crises. The Deputy Director strengthens governance, coherence, technical quality, and partnership across the Alliance, while advancing multisectoral collaboration and alignment with IRC's global child protection objectives.
Length of Assignment: End date is March 31, 2027; 32 hours/week; May become full-time and extended longer term pending additional funding approval.
Location: UK or Kenya. This is a remote position open to candidates who are a national or permanent resident in either location.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Leadership and Governance:
- Support development, implementation, and periodic review of the Alliance Strategy and workplans, ensuring relevance, results-orientation, cost-effectiveness, and clear performance measurement.
- Lead designated Alliance workstreams aligned with strategic priorities.
- Strengthen alignment and synergies between Alliance priorities and IRC contributions.
- Support governance processes, including preparation, follow-up, and implementation of decisions from the Executive Committee and Steering Committee.
2. Management, Coordination, and Convening:
- Ensure coherence and complementarity across Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives, with clear mechanisms for progress tracking, learning, and reporting.
- Facilitate effective information flow and collaboration across Alliance members and technical groups.
- Lead planning and delivery of the Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, ensuring relevance, accessibility, and engagement.
- Support annual internal governance, planning, review, and fundraising meetings.
- Contribute to day-to-day oversight of the Alliance Secretariat.
3. Technical Leadership and Quality Assurance:
- Provide technical oversight to selected Working Groups, Task Forces, and Initiatives.
- Support identification of sector-wide technical gaps, priorities, and areas for improvement.
- Oversee review and sign-off processes for Alliance technical and advocacy products.
- Ensure meaningful inclusion of national and local member perspectives across Alliance work and governance.
4. Partnerships, Advocacy, and External Engagement:
- Support the Alliance Director in building and sustaining strategic partnerships with UN agencies, donors, NGOs, academic institutions, peer alliances, and the private sector.
- Contribute to global and regional advocacy to advance child protection and the centrality of protection in humanitarian response.
- Support development and implementation of Alliance communications and engagement strategies.
- Leverage strategic networks (including disability, GBV, and ECD) to advance collective child protection priorities and IRC contributions.
5. Research, Learning, and Multisectoral Engagement:
- Contribute to IRC and Alliance research and learning agendas.
- Promote dissemination, uptake, and application of Alliance guidance and evidence across partners and within IRC.
- Share cross-context learning from the Alliance within IRC technical and global practice forums.
6. Resource Mobilization and Financial Coordination:
- Identify and support joint fundraising opportunities aligned with Alliance priorities.
- Engage with Alliance co-hosts and partners on financial and operational coordination, as delegated by the Alliance Director.
HOW TO APPLY:
Application Link: https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/Nairobi-IHUB-Kenya/Deputy-Director-of-the-Child-Protection-Alliance--Global_JR00003218