Job Title: Director – People & Culture
Sector: Strategy
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Compensation: USD 120,000.00 –
140,000.00 Salary
Location: New York, NY HQ USA
Job Description
Background:
Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
The IRC is on the ground
in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and
rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through offices in cities across the
United States, the IRC also helps refugees and other immigrants resettle in the
U.S. and become self-sufficient. We are committed to a culture of bold
leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and,
most crucially, accountability to those we serve. The IRC is a diligent
advocate for the most vulnerable.
Job Overview:
The IRC is setting up a
new People and Culture department to draw together Human Resources (HR),
Safeguarding and Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) to integrate
our shared objectives into all aspects of our decision making and strategy.
More than a joining of distinct teams, the People & Culture Department will
help to formulate how employees experience IRC as an organization, and how that
experience translates into impact to our clients – those whose lives and
livelihoods have been shattered by conflict or disaster. The role of Director, People
& Culture, Strategy and Delivery will be an integral role to build and
formulate the newly forming People & Culture organization and People &
Culture leadership team.
Working in proximity to
the Senior Vice President of People and Culture, Chief HR Officer, Chief
Diversity Officer and other IRC leaders, the Director will be responsible for
planning strategic goals and supporting effective delivery against those plans,
and developing strategies and processes to adequately prioritize and measure
success. The Director will be the go-to subject matter expert and strategic
counselor for the SVP, People & Culture and the COO on matters related to
people and culture strategy.
Major Responsibilities:
Strategy
- Develop
and drive adoption of IRC-wide People and Culture strategy and underlying
initiatives to effectively deliver on IRC’s ambitious learning,
management, and diversity goals
- Use
data to develop people insights that define IRC’s strategic People &
Culture direction
- Act
as a counselor to COO, CHRO and Chief GEDI Officer and other leadership
pools on People and Culture leading practices
- Implement
special projects as needed – these may be cross-functional or specific,
short or long term.
Delivery
- Devise
and implement organizational change strategy to ensure the effective
set-up and performance of the team across 40 countries with a focus on
engaged, coordinated, and fulfilled teams.
- Plan
and oversee the implementation of cross-functional initiatives and enable
the organization and the function to effectively prioritize across
initiatives.
- Collaborate
with department focal points to develop detailed, meticulous, data-driven
strategic and operational reviews with a focus on learning and
prioritization
- Conceptualize
and write communications across all the various functions of People &
Culture including Human Resources and Gender, Equality, Diversity, and
Inclusion; internal organization-wide communications; and external
communications.
- Establish
deep working relationships with colleagues cross-IRC.
Job Requirements:
Work Experience:
- Minimum
8-10 years in strategy development and execution that require substantial
cross-departmental collaboration to deliver ambitious goals.
- Significant
experience working with, and influencing, senior colleagues to solve
sophisticated challenges and agreed mutually beneficial decisions.
- Proven
experience supporting large-scale change initiatives
- Strategy
and problem-solving experience accurately diagnosing business challenges,
and devising, crafting by-in for, and implementing effective solutions
with timely and efficient performance metrics.
- (Desirable)
Experience in Human Resources and diversity, equality, and inclusion
strategies
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- Ability
to translate an organization’s strategy and objectives into operational
delivery
- Outstanding
project and collaboration skills with a consistent record delivery
high-reaching, integrated, and critical initiatives on timelines.
- Organizational
Change and Planning
- Strong
communicator in written and verbal form.
- Highly
versatile and flexible, with a high degree of comfort changing and
refining priorities and results.
- Strong
attention to detail and ability to identify and address coordinated
business needs.
- Experience
and comfort with data analysis and budget management
How to Apply