Job Vacancies @ International Rescue Committee (IRC) – 3 Positions
International Rescue Committee (IRC) is recruiting to fill the following positions:
1.) Director of Finance & Administration (DFS) - USAID/SIHSA
2.) Malaria Advisor – USAID/Sierra Leone Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA)
3.) Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director - USAID/SIHSA
See job details and how to apply below.
1.) Director of Finance & Administration (DFS) - USAID/SIHSA
Requisition ID: req29997
Job Title: Director of Finance & Administration (DFS) - USAID/SIHSA
Sector: Finance
Employment Category: Proposal
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Job Description
Background
The International Rescue Committee's mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded over 80 years ago, the IRC is a leading humanitarian and development organization with presence in more than 40 countries. Across contexts, the IRC is committed to delivering innovative, high-impact programs tailored to the needs of communities affected by crisis.
Position Summary
IRC is seeking a Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) for an anticipated USAID-funded 5-year project in Sierra Leone to improve public health outcomes, the Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA) . The DFA will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of strategic and operational finance for the award (awarding mechanism to be determined). As a member of the project’s Senior Management Team, the DFA provides the leadership and management necessary to ensure the project has the appropriate financial infrastructure and systems in place to support the smooth project implementation. S/he will contribute to the development of the project’s strategic and operational plans and be accountable for ensuring and monitoring delivery against the financial plans through targeted and comprehensive financial analytical review. S/he will act as the principal finance business partner to the Chief of Party (COP) and other Senior Management Team members.
The position will be based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Recruitment is contingent upon successful award of the project, and selection of final applicant is subject to USAID approval. The project is anticipated to begin in February 2023.
Job Responsibilities
- Ensures that all policies and procedures are in compliance with IRC and USAID policies, procedures, and requirements.
- Establishes project’s finance and supporting function policies, systems and procedures, and directs or performs their development, documentation, and implementation.
- Manages project finance activities and schedules to meet the financial reporting requirements and deadlines specified by New York HQ and USAID.
- Prepares quarterly accrual reports, expenditure reporting, and burn rate projections.
- Provides project management and program staff with monthly actual-to-budget expenditure reports and analysis for project funds and facilitate the review and discussion .
- Ensure s balance sheet reconciliations are completed monthly and on a timely basis and review final reconciliations and trial balances with the COP.
- Closely monitors all financial activities and keeps the COP advised of all situations which have the potential for a negative impact on internal controls or financial performance.
- Directs the preparation of and approval of all USAID financial reports in respect to accounting, legal and contractual requirements and ensures the review of such reports by the COP and HQ prior to submission.
- Enforces internal control policies and procedures.
- Maintains current knowledge of local government requirements related to financial matters and ensures compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements.
- Establishes project finance roles and responsibilities matrix; ensures job descriptions are current; recruits and maintains qualified staff to perform finance functions.
- Develops and implements a training program for the project’s finance staff.
- Ensures constructive performance reviews are completed on a timely basis and facilitates discussion of performance and career options with project finance staff.
- Supervises all project office bank relations and bank account activities including negotiation of fees, interest and currency exchange rates.
- In compliance with IRC policy, establishes policies regarding cash holding limits, cash movements and foreign currency holdings of the project.
- Oversees the timely preparation, review and approval of all monthly bank account and cash reconciliations.
- Designs, implements, and monitors systems, procedures and reporting necessary to maintain on current basis accurate forecasts of cash requirements for meeting future spending, including commitments entered into and which obligate IRC to future spending.
- Supervises the preparation of Cash Transfer Requests to New York and ensures that appropriate cash balances are maintained to facilitate project implementation.
- Assists with the preparation and revision of project budgets.
- Prepares the annual and monthly cash budgets based on approved funding.
Requirements
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Accounting, Business Administration, Commerce or Finance with a recognized professional certificate in accounting such as CPA, or a master’s degree in Accounting.
- Minimum of eight years in similar financial, compliance, or operational role supporting USAID and international donor projects in similar contexts.
- Experience with budgeting and financial reporting requirements on multimillion-dollar USAID-funded projects.
- Experience with financial management and reporting on projects with substantial sub-award/sub-contract components.
- Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices, financial reporting standards, financial management processes and procedures.
- Familiarity with USAID rules and regulations and USG Federal Acquisition Regulations.
- Extensive experience in working with computerized accounting systems, standard spreadsheet and database programs (SUN System).
- Good written and verbal skills in English.
- Must have a proven track record of proactively identifying and communicating potential problems and proposing solutions.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills and professional patience and be able to interact, partner and thrive in a diverse environment.
- Committed to staff training and development and effective at facilitation.
Local candidates in Sierra Leone strongly encouraged to apply!
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
IRC and IRC employees must adhere to the values and principles contained in the IRC WAY (Standards of Professional Conduct). These are Integrity, Service, and Responsibility. Consistent with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on beneficiary protection from exploitation and abuse, child protection, workplace harassment, financial integrity, and retaliation.
2.) Malaria Advisor – USAID/Sierra Leone Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA)
Requisition ID: req30000
Job Title: Malaria Advisor – USAID/Sierra Leone Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA)
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Proposal
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Job Description
Background
The International Rescue Committee’s mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded over 80 years ago, the IRC is a leading humanitarian and development organization with presence in more than 40 countries. Across contexts, the IRC is committed to delivering innovative, high-impact programs tailored to the needs of communities affected by crisis.
Position Summary
IRC is seeking a Malaria Advisor for an anticipated USAID-funded 5-year project in Sierra Leone to improve public health outcomes, the Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA). The Malaria Advisor will be responsible for the project’s malaria technical assistance efforts, and provide specialized, senior-level expertise for all aspects related to malaria in accordance with IRC, USAID, and international best practices. The Malaria Advisor will work closely with the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), MEL Advisor, and technical staff to ensure technical quality of project activities, fidelity across targeted locations, and effective collaboration with USAID, partners, and other key local stakeholders.
The position will be based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Recruitment is contingent upon successful award of the project, and selection of final applicant is subject to USAID approval. The project is anticipated to begin in February 2023.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the project’s malaria technical assistance efforts, ensuring the integration, quality, and sustainability of interventions.
- Provide day-to-day technical oversight for design, planning and implementation of activities in support of project goals and objectives.
- Establish and implement a system to ensure technical quality of project activities and fidelity across target regions and districts.
- Develop and/or update evidence-based training materials, standards, job aids, and curricula, supervisory systems needed for implementation of the project to meet USAID and the Government of Sierra Leone’s expectations
- Actively participate in relevant technical advisory/working groups and professional forums representing the consortium.
- Identify appropriate facility- and community-based strategies and lead the formulation of innovative approaches to strengthen malaria control, treatment, and prevention interventions.
- Identify training needs for clinical and community healthcare providers and assist in the design and implementation of measures to address those needs.
- Work closely with the COP on setting malaria-related project priorities and directions, and responding to requests for support from local counterparts.
- Work with M&E staff to design, implement a plan to track data/results and lessons learnt related to malaria control, treatment and prevention to inform adjustments in project implementation andquality improvements
- Collaborate with all local stakeholders and implementing partners, especially the Ministry of Health and other implementing partners, to ensure that all activities conform to regulations and best practices.
- Provide effective management to the technical team to set priorities and ensure effective programming including quality, timeliness and impact
- Document successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of project activities and results to the project and donor, including contributing relevant inputs to routine quarterly and annual reports.
- Contribute to abstracts, presentation, and articles for journals and conferences.
- Supervise technical staff.
- Manage technical contributions of subgrantees, including defining scopes of work and offering technical support, as needed.
- Provide technical leadership on the development of the project strategic plan, work plans, and project monitoring, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other relevant stakeholders to ensure timely implementation and compliance to the requirements and regulations of the award.
Requirements
- Advanced degree (PhD or masters degree) from an accredited university in public health or another health-related discipline; equivalent experience may be substituted for a graduate degree;
- Minimum of eight years of experience implementing and/or providing technical assistance for malaria control programs and/or health systems strengthening projects; experience should include direct supervision of professional and support staff.
- Demonstrated experience in implementing and/or providing technical assistance to large, donor-funded multi-year international health sector projects that have implemented activities in malaria prevention and control.
- Demonstrated experience training clinical and community-based healthcare workers in malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Demonstrated experience providing capacity building assistance at individual and organizational levels.
- Skills in at least two or more of the following technical areas: strengthening service delivery projects; training; pre-service education; performance and quality improvement; monitoring and evaluation.
- Demonstrated experience with a mix of practical technical skills in malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment necessary for strengthening related service delivery at the regional, national, clinical, and community-level.
- Experience working in West Africa and/or Sierra Leone on health programming; in-depth understanding of the healthcare system in Sierra Leone ideal.
- Familiarity with USAID’s administrative, management and reporting procedures and systems.
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- Fluency in English required.
Local candidates in Sierra Leone strongly encouraged to apply!
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
3.) Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director - USAID/SIHSA
Requisition ID: req29999
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director - USAID/SIHSA
Sector: Evaluation & Learning
Employment Category: Proposal
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Job Description
Background
The International Rescue Committee’s mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded over 80 years ago, the IRC is a leading humanitarian and development organization with presence in more than 40 countries. Across contexts, the IRC is committed to delivering innovative, high-impact programs tailored to the needs of communities affected by crisis.
Position Summary
IRC is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Director for an anticipated USAID-funded 5-year project in Sierra Leone to improve public health outcomes, the Strengthening Integrated Health Services Activity (SIHSA). The MEL Director will be responsible for developing and implementing the project’s M&E Strategy/performance monitoring plan, in accordance with IRC, USAID, and international best practices. The MEL Director will work closely with the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), and technical staff to ensure that relevant data is collected, analyzed, and used to inform management and design decisions, and to provide project updates, as required.
The position will be based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Recruitment is contingent upon successful award of the project, and selection of final applicant is subject to USAID approval. The project is anticipated to begin in February 2023.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop, manage and implement a monitoring and evaluation system (performance monitoring plan) across all project components that leverages qualitative and quantitative methods, and draws from a variety of data sources to measure progress and evaluate impact, as well as support collaboration, implementation science, learning, and adaptation.
- Provide training, assistance, and consultation, as needed, on interpretation and use of performance benchmarking measures, indicators, and reports.
- Lead collection of periodic data reports and compilation of narrative reports and submit to DCOP and COP.
- Communicate information obtained through M&E activities to program staff, and external stakeholders, including USAID, to enable informed decision making.
- Develop and ensure compliance with procedures for collection and reporting of project and program performance data to provide quality, timely data.
- Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and make adjustments as needed.
- Prepare the M&E section of the annual work plans, and of review or updates of it, as needed.
- Participate and provide input to program strategy, including necessary adjustments or refinements to the work plan.
- Oversee baseline surveys and assessments and the implementation of the M&E system on a day-to-day basis.
- Conduct regular visits to project sites, as possible, to provide technical assistance and ensure proper monitoring of project activities.
- Lead learning agenda for the project and support integration of evidence into routine practice.
- Prepare inputs for regular and ad hoc reports.
Requirements
- Advanced degree (PhD or masters degree) from an accredited university in public health, statistics, evaluation research, social science, international development, or a related discipline required; equivalent experience may be substituted for graduate degree;
- Minimum of eight years of experience in M&E and research for similar health programming. Experience with USAID funded projects designed to improve health outcomes, including the areas of health system strengthening, health financing, improving quality of and access to care, and sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, and malaria preferred.
- Experience developing performance monitoring plans and associated data collection tools, systems and methodologies.
- Demonstrated experience in use of qualitative and quantitative methods for data analysis;
- Experience supporting ministries of health in HMIS and health system strengthening;
- Experience working in West Africa and/or Sierra Leone on health programming, including familiarity with USAID health indicators and USAID’s CLA approach.
- Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
- Fluency in English required.
Local candidates in Sierra Leone strongly encouraged to apply!
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
