Sr. Consortium Program Manager

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.

Program Brief
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.

Since 2017, IRC has supported Rohingya Refugees and Bangladeshi nationalities communities in Cox's Bazar, Khulna, Barisal, and Chittagong with integrated services. The organization also addresses climate change impacts by building resilience and promoting economic recovery, education, and protection.

Purpose of the Role
The position will be responsible for the overall technical coordination of programming on the cross-sectional aspects of integration, protection mainstreaming, improving meaningful programming, and knowledge management, across the consortium organizations' interventions. This position will report to the Consortium Coordinator.

Highlights Of Key Responsibilities
Program Design and Development

• Collect and review the detailed implementation plans of the consortium's health, protection, and nutrition sectors, and identify practical entry points to strengthen overall program design and integration across sectors based on donor priorities and guidelines, highlighting any existing gaps and areas for improvement.
• Develop cross-sectoral strategies and implementation plans that enhance the quality, inclusiveness, and effectiveness of programming, with support from IRC Bangladesh and regional technical advisors.
• Collaborate with sector leads across consortium partner organizations to align program design and development strategies with technical training plans and ensure consistent orientation across teams.
• Ensure the implementation plan includes SMART indicators, lead performance tracking of program quality across the consortium, and present updates during consortium-led workshops, meetings, and training sessions.
• Carry out additional tasks as assigned by the Consortium Coordinator to support strategic program planning and coordination.
• Contribute to the design, review, and application of key program tools that promote quality, inclusive, and evidence-based program development and implementation.
• Support capacity-strengthening efforts of consortium partners to enhance their ability to deliver effective and integrated humanitarian programming.

Program Integration

• Work with consortium technical leads to develop and implement a framework for the integration of program interventions at the project-client level, with SMART trackable indicators, towards the collective consortium goal and objectives.
• Work closely with the different consortium partners and technical leads towards the successful implementation of the integration framework and improve impact, without creating additional parallel work streams for the teams.
• Proactively train and coach the consortium staff for implementation of the program integration framework, strengthening the consortium collective program impact at the project-client level.
• Monitor the consortium program performance against the integration framework indicators, identify the trends, gaps, and challenges or bottlenecks, and discuss and generate solutions together with the consortium team lead.
• Engage with external partners, including the local government, NGOs, and the target communities, to ensure that the program is well-integrated within the broader humanitarian or development landscape, and implemented in accordance with local needs and emerging trends.
• Represent the consortium in meetings with donors, government officials, sectors and other key partners, as assigned by the Consortium Coordinator
• Conduct other relevant activities assigned by the Consortium Coordinator.

Protection Mainstreaming

• Lead on protection mainstreaming as a core component within the consortium operations and programming at the project-client level.
• Ensure that there are Protection Mainstreaming Focal Points covering all the consortium partners' interventions.
• Work with the IRC Bangladesh Protection and Rule of Law (PROL) Coordinator to conduct safety audits and general protection gaps analysis at the consortium intervention service points in the field, as well as the alignment of the service delivery to the special needs clients.
• Develop and implement the Protection Mainstreaming Action Plan (PMAP), against the identified general protection gaps, with SMART trackable indicators to measure improvements realized over time.
• Work with the protection mainstreaming focal points across the consortium organizations to collate information to track achievements and comparing with the indicators and PMAP.
• Share the protection mainstreaming updates at the project implementation committee (PIC) meetings for discussion of observations and recommendations to enhance the protection environment for project-clients

Knowledge management

• Take the initiative on promoting programmatic cross-learning and sharing across all consortium partners and provide technical support where necessary, with a focus on sector integration and the mainstreaming of protection and safeguarding and other cross-cutting themes in the interventions.
• Document the progress and learning on program integration and the strides made towards the collective impact of the consortium, protection mainstreaming, including success stories from the project-clients.
• Ensure that the consortium reports adequately capture the impact stories and other cross-cutting themes updates, achievements, and the mainstreaming across the programs.
• Work with the Consortium Coordinator, technical leads, and IRC Bangladesh Advocacy lead to generate and disseminate key successes of the consortium, using diverse platforms.

Communication and coordination

• Work closely with the Safeguarding Coordinator and PROL Coordinator of IRC to ensure Safeguarding and Protection Mainstreaming activities in the program.
• Liaise with the consortium technical leads on the developments in the respective technical sector coordination platforms in the Rohingya response; and keep abreast of relevant developments and emerging trends in the needs, vulnerable groups, and inclusion.

Minimum Qualifications:
Competencies: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Minimum 6 years of working experience including 2/3 years in managerial position including professional experience in gender equality and inclusion programming and/or Protection.
• Experience in coordinating with various partners.
• Previous experience working under consortium program is preferred.
• Experience working in multi-sectoral programs with preferably health, nutrition and protection.
• Experience working in a consortium structure at managerial level preferably in Cox's Bazar
• Demonstrated understanding of program cycle management, clients' responsiveness
• Strong verbal communication in English Skill
• Good organizational skills, team spirit, and capacity to work with little supervision.
• Ability to meet deadlines and flexibility in working under pressure.
• Computer proficiency, particularly with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint.
• High computer literacy with a full knowledge of office applications.
• Excellent English drafting and editing skills.
• Ability to maintain consistently high standards of professional behavior and achievement when working independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage stress, problem solving and make decisions.
• Strong skills in coordination, communication, and reporting.
• Demonstrable commitment to gender-sensitive practices.
• Interpersonal and Organizational skills.
• Strong commitment to IRC'S mission and purpose and values.

Specific Educational Qualification

• Minimum master's degree in social work, social sciences, gender studies, or other relevant fields

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.