Advisor, Strategy & Performance in USA

Charting the Future: IRC Seeks Visionary Advisor, Strategy & Performance 🚀

As the International Rescue Committee (IRC) approaches its momentous 100th year of service in 2033, our unwavering commitment is to ensure our programs' impact and the influence of our ideas profoundly empower individuals in crisis to forge lasting change in their lives. Bolstering this mission, the President’s Office and the Strategy & Delivery Unit are instrumental in steering the IRC through focused, organization-wide priority setting, effective delivery, and vigilant monitoring of progress and overall organizational well-being.

A Pivotal Role at the Forefront of Global Humanitarian Leadership 🎯

The IRC is actively seeking an Advisor, Strategy & Performance – a crucial role with a dual reporting line to the President’s Office and the Strategy & Delivery Unit. This unique position offers an unparalleled opportunity to directly support the IRC’s President/CEO and the Leadership Board in defining, overseeing, and consistently analyzing organizational performance alongside related strategy and delivery data.

You’ll be a trusted counsel, offering expert advice to senior staff across the IRC, skillfully facilitating high-level discussions, and guiding critical decision-making processes. Furthermore, you will lead strategic initiatives aimed at bolstering the IRC's organizational performance and delivery infrastructure as necessary.

This role demands exceptional problem-solving and analytical prowess, outstanding interpersonal capabilities, strong personal initiative, and the ability to thrive in a highly cross-functional and multicultural environment.

Core Responsibilities: Driving Impact and Strategic Cohesion 🌟

The Advisor, Strategy & Performance will be instrumental in several key areas:

• Orchestrating Organizational Performance Reviews:

  • Delivery Letters: You’ll set the overarching methodology, collaborate with and provide direction to department heads in establishing annual goals, objectives, and metrics. You’ll also advise the CEO on overarching organizational themes, risks, and priorities, while synthesizing outputs through rigorous review routines with the Leadership Board and departmental leads.

  • Quarterly Strategy & Risk Review (QSRR): This involves consolidating, analyzing, visualizing, and tracking data, risks, and progress against performance targets. You’ll proactively identify areas for course correction, investigate reasons for performance variances, and work with leadership to devise solutions.

  • You will also ensure seamless integration of QSRR and Delivery Letters into the broader delivery infrastructure, encompassing departmental performance routines, risk identification, and progress tracking against organizational strategy.

  • A continuous focus will be on refining metrics and enhancing the overall performance monitoring approach.

  • Synthesize outcomes across all these functions, proactively identifying interdependencies and critical risks, and ensuring appropriate transfer to relevant owners within the Strategy & Delivery Unit.

• Advising and Collaborating with Senior Stakeholders:

  • You’ll formulate and present recommendations to facilitate informed decision-making on complex issues.

  • Actively partner with strategy leads and cross-functional teams, leveraging sound judgment to advise on intricate internal and external departmental challenges.

  • Collaborate with the President’s Office team to ensure smooth functioning of Leadership Board decision-making and subsequent implementation.

  • Provide direct support to the President/CEO on key strategy and delivery topics, including financial reviews, major systems rollouts, and leadership convenings.

• Leading Strategic Initiatives:

  • Undertake distinct, strategic projects as requested by the President/CEO.

  • Lead projects within the Strategy & Delivery Unit to fortify the IRC's organizational performance and delivery infrastructure, either independently or by guiding a team.

  • Contribute actively to fostering a positive, collaborative, and efficient team dynamic.

• Team Leadership:

  • Manage relevant team members within the President’s Office or Strategy & Delivery Unit who are dedicated to organizational performance.

Essential Qualifications & Experience 📊

• Education & Work Experience: A Bachelor's degree or equivalent, coupled with 6-8 years of relevant work experience. At least two of these years should be in a strategy or project management capacity, demonstrating increasing responsibilities and a track record of high performance. Experience in a strategy role from a consulting firm or in-house within a global organization, or an organizational health and performance monitoring role, is highly desirable.

• Demonstrated Competencies:

  • Exceptional analytical capabilities, particularly in interpreting and utilizing financial data for decision-making and risk assessment.

  • Proven ability to effectively engage, advise, and support senior leadership on critical strategic matters.

  • Extensive experience in project managing cross-functional initiatives within a fast-paced environment.

  • Superior verbal and written communication skills, with an emphasis on clarity and conciseness for senior audiences.

  • Highly collaborative nature, particularly adept at engaging with cross-functional global teams at all levels.

  • Robust organizational and time-management skills to meet deadlines amidst multiple demands.

  • Strong meeting facilitation and presentation skills, especially when engaging senior leadership.

  • An enthusiastic and positive approach to ambiguity, resilience to shifting priorities and setbacks, and comfort with evolving analysis and solutions.

  • High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Work Environment & Benefits 🌍

This is a hybrid work position, requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in our NYC headquarters. Some international travel, up to 30%, will be required as needed.

The IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to considering all applicants based on merit, without discrimination. For US-based candidates, we offer a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, including ample sick days, US holidays, generous paid time off (20-25 days depending on role and tenure), affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance options, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plan with immediate vesting of matching contributions, disability and life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program.

Ready to apply your strategic insights to a global mission? Join the International Rescue Committee and contribute to a legacy of empowering those most in need.

Apply now via our website: https://careers.rescue.org/us/en/job/req58883/Advisor-Strategy-Performance

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