Deputy Director of Programs

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 more than 25 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees delivers 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.

**_This role is only open to current IRC employees._**

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**Program brief**

The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela continues to intensify. Venezuelans face hyperinflation, which puts them out of reach of basic goods and services, including health care and food. A shortage of medical supplies means that it is difficult to diagnose and treat communicable diseases and sexual and reproductive health needs, among other services. The lack of food has resulted in hunger and malnutrition. From 2015-2018, over three million Venezuelans left to seek goods and services in primarily neighboring countries.

IRC has responded to the crisis by supporting Venezuelans crossing the arc of the migration pattern, including Peru. In Peru, IRC works in the areas of health, protection (including GBV and Child Protection), shelter, and multipurpose cash assistance in La Libertad, Lima, Piura, and Tumbes. IRC works to strengthen the capacity of local partners to provide access to quality services for the migrant population.

**Purpose of the role**:
DDP is one of the very exciting roles in IRC that combines program strategy, design and leadership. The DDP will provide a leadership, decision-making and coordinating role on programmatic issues, fundraising, business development and responsible for the quality and timeliness of both proposal development as well as the effective implementation of projects. The Deputy Director of Programs (herein DDP), Perú, will manage all programming in Perú, including staff based in and traveling to the country. This position will report to the Country Director, who is also responsible for Ecuador. This role will closely coordinate with the Operations Coordinator, Finance Coordinator, and the Technical Advisors of the above-mentioned programs and have a technical support line with the Deputy Regional Director.

As a key member of the Senior Leadership and Management Team and under the supervision of the Country Director, the Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) main role is to provide strategic and operational leadership in the management of the Program, focusing on its development, quality, advocacy, and IRC's influence at the national level. The DDP has direct responsibility for the effectiveness and efficiency of support to all units of the Program Team in the country program. The DDP ensures the implementation of the country strategic plan through the development of Program, high-quality project, innovative and delivering results rapid and sustainable impacts for the benefit of the populations we serve. Additionally, the DDP will need to consistently adapt to scenarios as the context evolves, to ensure both security and program delivery.

The DDP directly and indirectly supervises the national staff of the Program team, including the technical coordination teams, the Grant and Partnership Team and the Monitoring and Evaluation, and Learning teams.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Program strategy design and development
- Team management
- Implementation of quality programming that ensures best practices
- Lead grant management teams
- Business development
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
- Documentation, Communication and Learning

**Specific Responsibilities**
- Lead the scale up of programming in Peru, with partnerships or other modalities to implement IRC programs.
- Take leadership on strategic development, action plans with clear objectives and clear results evaluation steps, long-term and short-term priorities, implementation plans, financial projections, and assessment tools.
- Lead business development, including speaking with donors, and take the lead on writing proposal narratives, log frames, and drafting budgets and budget narratives.
- Manage Program staff terms of reference, objectives, outputs, and performance.
- Manage all aspects of project workplans, including adaptations, mitigating risks and scenarios to deliver services to the affected population, and completion of results and compliance within each grant.
- Create the monitoring plan and ensure all aspects of monitoring are completed. This will be done in collaboration with the program staff and partners.
- Work through the IRC’s Partnershi