The Project Manager will be responsible for special projects, the first of which will be focused on the change management and implementation process of the new P&C team. They will partner with the Senior P&C Director and other key colleagues by providing high quality project management and support of organizational development. In addition to their responsibilities within the P&C launch, they will also support other strategic projects across P&C’s remit, as needed.

Key Areas of Focus:

Project Management

• Provide project management leadership and support to the People & Culture team on a variety of global projects, initially focusing on the P&C Implementation team throughout FY24.
• Drive project prioritization, design, timelines, and delivery. Particular focus on problem solving issues including applying a “roll up the sleeves and fix it” attitude.
• Facilitate effective collaboration of project contributors across partner functions to deliver efficient and timely project delivery.
• Document internal interviews, focus groups and stakeholder engagement.
• Integrate and manage the program timeline by identifying all project internal & external interdependencies.
• Develop decision logs for project sponsors throughout the duration of projects.
• Create and maintain budget analysis and reporting, including budget proposals, funding models, and scenario planning for the P&C implementation.
• Use established criteria and tools to effectively and efficiently facilitate and report against program execution with measurable results.
• Perform risk and issue management at the program level: Collaborate with all project leadership to identify risks and issues that are not visible at the task level but impact the overall project or broader program/portfolio.
• Schedule and deliver regular updates to project sponsors and IRC leadership.
• Clearly demonstrate the ability to be a project’s subject matter expert and central, trusted source of all critical information.

Organizational Design & Development

• Support in the organization development, culture design, and change management of various P&C strategic projects.
• Ensure the execution of transformation projects are delivered on time and on budget, ensuring employees are well-prepared for the changes to achieve desired outcomes.
• Design organizational charts for various organizational design scenarios, analyzing the cost benefit of each scenario
• Draft communications that explain proposals, decisions, and supporting data in a clear, compelling and visually appealing manner.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Excellent project leadership, management and organizational skills including creation of and execution on detailed work plans, close attention to detail, and superior time management
• Experience in change management and/or organizational development is preferred
• A commitment to IRC’s mission, vision, values, and IRC Way – Professional Code of Conduct
• “Client-first” approach: ability to listen and understand the needs of office, units and country teams and incorporate them into processes, tools, and approaches
• Experience interacting and communicating effectively with members of a complex organization at multiple levels
• Ability to develop insight and well-supported opinions based on varying feedback from wide range of stakeholders and independent research
• Ability to anticipate and assess situations accurately and recommend/implement effective courses of action required.
• Highly collaborative, inclusive, consultative, and resourceful work style
• Outstanding interpersonal, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
• Exceptional discretion and confidentiality in dealing with sensitive material
• Excellent judgment, tact, initiative, creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and self-motivation
• Strong skills in MS Office including exceptional PowerPoint and Excel skills; Internet Research; Collaboration Platforms such as MS Teams and Zoom
• Knowledge of spoken and written French, Arabic or Spanish a strong plus