Appel à manifestation d’intérêt : HIAS recrute un Directeur principal, Stratégie et impact des programmes basé aux Etats-Unis.

 

 

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

HIAS seeks a Senior Director, Program Strategy & Impact to provide technical leadership, guidance and support across all of HIAS’ program areas and three key areas: Program Strategy, Design and Development; Accountability, Quality and Impact; Research and Evidence. The position will supervise and support a team of global and regional advisors in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and research.

As a member of the HIAS Leadership Team, this role provides both internal and external representation for HIAS’ Strategy & Measurement department across the key areas below. This representation includes internal and external working groups, technical and advisory forums and relationships with key stakeholders. This role works closely with the Programs division, including technical counterparts in HIAS’s Humanitarian Partnership, Policy and Practice department and regional leadership, as well as with the Institutional Development team to ensure program alignment, consistency and quality of HIAS’ programming.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

PROGRAM STRATEGY, DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

  • Guides the continued strategic alignment of all program portfolios to HIAS’ organizational results framework.
  • Provides guidance and leadership for the development and/or adaptation of program strategy for new contexts (including new and evolving geographies) and program areas.
  • Refines and champions a multisectoral approach to programming across all geographies, funders and core program areas as relevant/appropriate; develops practical guidance and tools for application.
  • Develops and promotes evidence-based program design, including the development and oversight of program evaluations and assessments, impact analysis, success stories and lessons learned across HIAS programs.
  • Supports the application of global best practices and guidance across HIAS’ programs, with a cross-cutting approach.
  • Leads HIAS’ assessment and gap analysis function, including designing, leading and/or coordinating context assessments, needs assessments and feasibility studies to support the design and efficient implementation of programs across all HIAS contexts, including emergency settings.
  • Translates program strategy and program design thinking to proposal development processes, including serving as cross-cutting technical lead on relevant proposals.
  • Participates in organizational strategy development and strategic planning, serving as a representative for program strategy and design considerations in new presence and growth opportunities.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

ACCOUNTABILITY, QUALITY & IMPACT

  • Provides cross-cutting technical advisory to ensure that HIAS’ programs are aligned with global guidance and international program quality standards, including the Core Humanitarian Standards, Sphere standards and IASC guidance.
  • Works in collaboration with Senior Director, Technical Excellence and Technical Directors and the Emergency Response department on setting/developing program quality standards, overall impact from program data.
  • Provides technical leadership and management oversight for HIAS’ Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) function, including supervision of Regional MEAL Advisors responsible for the continued application of HIAS’ MEAL standards, policies, systems and tools across all HIAS locations and programs.
  • Provides technical leadership and management oversight for HIAS’ practice of accountability to affected populations (AAP), including supervision of the AAP Specialist responsible for putting HIAS’ AAP framework into practice across all locations, including appropriate complaints and feedback mechanisms (CFMs).
  • Provides oversight for ongoing technical leadership, training and guidance to staff on safe and accountable programming to ensure programming meets best practice standards and prioritizes the needs of affected people both in the development and emergency context.
  • Supports protection mainstreaming approaches across all HIAS programs, including launching protection mainstreaming assessments to identify needs and gaps, developing recommendations to improve protection mainstreaming and providing technical leadership to program teams on implementing recommendations.
  • Represents HIAS in internal and external working groups and fora focused on cross-cutting protection; builds and strengthens relationships to promote coordinated humanitarian response, particularly with a view to coordinated protection mainstreaming approaches.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

RESEARCH & EVIDENCE

  • Provides cross-cutting technical leadership on evidence practice, methods and quality standards across all program approaches.
  • In coordination with REAP initiative counterparts, leads the setting of research priorities to ensure that research aligns with HIAS’ strategic goals and is an effective use of HIAS resources; contributes to the development of HIAS multi-year research plan.
  • Across each HIAS core program and in close coordination with HPPP counterparts, guides the process of translating learning agenda items into defined research priorities and formulating learning questions as investigable research questions.
  • Supervises the Senior Research Advisor in the work of developing, rolling out and maintaining guidance for HIAS’ research governance, capacity and practice.
  • Represents HIAS’ research priorities and work in internal and external working groups, fora and networks pertaining to research practice and/or specific research areas; builds linkages between HIAS and other agencies on issues pertaining to research and evaluation.
  • Engages with Global Public Affairs counterparts to ensure HIAS’ humanitarian policy and advocacy is evidence-based, cohesive and aligned with HIAS’ program strategy and approaches to the extent relevant.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

  • Graduate degree in relevant field required.
  • 8-10 years of experience, with at least 6 years of experience across the following: strategic planning, program design, management and/or delivery of protection programming; monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) for humanitarian and development programming; and research methods and evidence generation.
  • Experience working in the international development, humanitarian assistance and/or refugee protection fields, including relevant field experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in an inter-departmental coordination role, with the ability to communicate with and balance the priorities of a range of stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated understanding of humanitarian principles (core humanitarian standards, Sphere, etc.) and the Do No Harm approach.
  • Experience leading accountability and inclusion initiatives, including developing and operationalizing accountability frameworks, creating and strengthening systems to collect, analyze and act upon feedback, and providing technical advice to staff in a variety of roles.
  • Experience leading monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning functions at a global level, including establishing and maintaining minimum standards and systems, generating programmatic evidence and providing technical advisory to staff in a variety of programmatic roles.
  • Ability to interpret programmatic data and research findings and make clear, actionable recommendations to teams responsible for implementing programming.
  • Significant experience with assessment, evaluation and research in humanitarian and development contexts, including the application of qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods approaches across a variety of real-world settings.
  • Experience with business development, including technical review of relevant proposal components and incorporation of evidence and measurement strategies.
  • Experience with supporting organizational strategy and growth initiatives, including new presence and geographic strategies, positioning for new funders.
  • Experience in training and capacity-building for staff and partners across diverse international and U.S.-based contexts.
  • Excellent writing and communication skills; experience with writing and reviewing funder reports, SOPs, program management documents and external communications.
  • Knowledge of HIAS working languages, Spanish and French would be beneficial.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and meet strict deadlines.
  • Excellent critical thinking skills; ability to multi-task.
  • Ability to travel up to 30% to international field offices, as needed.
  • Travel, to include travel to insecure operating environments, may be required.

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