Strategy & Performance Officer, CRRD

Strategy & Performance Officer, CRRD at International Rescue Committee

Strategy & Performance Officer, CRRD at International Rescue Committee

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.

Job Overview:  

As a member of the CRRD HQ team, you will enable the IRC to put its strategy into action. Strategy & Performance roles in CRRD work on a variety of projects, ranging from leading, coordinating, facilitating, enabling and tracking our annual planning and risk management processes, evaluating donor policy changes and their potential impact on our teams or compliance approach, supporting program quality or financial audit processes, to supporting internal communications and healthy leadership practices across international teams. In this role you will coordinate strategic projects independently and work closely with the Strategy Leads in each of the department’s four pillars – Program Delivery, Technical Excellence, the Emergencies Unit, and the Awards Management Unit – to own and advance critical strategic planning and performance tracking. You will be an essential team member helping IRC deliver greater impact for those who we work with and serve, including more than 20 million people worldwide affected by conflict and crisis.

The Strategy Officer will provide planning and problem-solving support to the department on internal cross-pillar and cross-departmental projects. The position requires strong strategic problem-solving skills, excellent interpersonal skills, a high level of personal initiative and the ability to work well in a distributed, multicultural, dynamic environment. The role sits within the Crisis Response Recovery & Development department, IRC’s humanitarian and development programming department working across more than 30 countries.

Major Responsibilities: 

Coordinating strategic projects

• Coordinate a substantive workstream within larger strategic initiatives, or manage smaller standalone projects, under the guidance of the Sr. Director or another Sr. Director / Director for Strategy & Performance within the department (CRRD)

Analytical & Strategy Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality analyses to inform strategic decision-making, including financial analysis, data visualization, and portfolio assessments (e.g., sectoral spend, award distribution, geographic trends)

• Synthesize insights from diverse stakeholder groups to identify lessons learned and drive continuous improvement

• Apply structured problem-solving to ambiguous, complex challenges, framing key questions and identifying actionable solutions

• Conduct targeted analytical deep-dives, including:Regional trends and portfolio shiftsProgram performance against external and internal standards (e.g., Core Humanitarian Standard)Knowledge management challenges and opportunitiesOrganizational mapping and stakeholder analysis across teams with overlapping mandates

Project Management & Delivery Responsibilities

• Drive execution of strategic projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring timelines, outputs, and stakeholder alignment are achieved

• Manage relationships and collaborate closely with mid-level and senior staff across the organization

• Facilitate decision-making and consensus-building across cross-functional teams

• Translate analytical insights into clear, actionable plans, including implementation roadmaps and process improvements

• Coordinate or support cross-cutting initiatives, including:Socializing and tracking progress against our annual objectives and key results metricsAddressing time and effort tracking and cost-competitive budget challengesCoordinating and prioritizing senior leadership travel and C-suite country visitsProviding surge support to CRRD HQ teams on high-priority or emergent projects

• Coordinate with and/or act as trip lead for SVP, CRRD global engagements, including serving as the focal point for work with country and regional teams, global policy & advocacy teams, fundraisers, and donor relationship leads to assemble agendas, talking points, and determine the trip flow

• Partner with CRRD internal and external communications/policy leadership to ensure communications are effectively developed and synchronized 

Job Requirements: 

Work / Educational Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Approximately 3-5 years of relevant work experience, at least two of which in a strategy or organizational performance role, with gradually increasing responsibilities and a track record of high performance

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies: 

• Experience driving strategic change 

• Capability to handle multiple demands in short time frames 

• Strong organizational and time-management skills; proven track record of prioritizing and delivering on time 

• Proven attention to detail and strong analytical skills

• Competent in structuring and creatively solving sophisticated problems

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as an overall ability to be clear and concise in all communications

• Strong meeting facilitation and presentation skills

• Experience working effectively with partners at all levels 

• Highly collaborative and able to work independently in a dynamic, cross-functional distributed team structure

• Ability to respond enthusiastically and positively to ambiguity, be resilient to shifting priorities and setbacks, and be comfortable with imperfect analysis and solutions

• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite 

Preferred experience & skills: 

• Experience in a strategy role at either a strategy consulting firm, or in the strategy function of a global organization

• Experience in a humanitarian or development organization, or similar

• Knowledge of French, Arabic or Spanish

Working Environment:  

• Standard office working environment

• Some international travel 

• This role may require working remotely full or part time and part time remote employees may be required to share workspace  

Compensation: (Pay Range US $85,000 – $95,000 & Pay Range UK £52,628 – £61,399). Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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Compensation: Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget.  Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

US Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $163 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.

Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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