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 50 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 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.
The CRRD Talent Management Director is responsible for leading IRC’s Learning and Development strategy and implementation across CRRD’s Regions and will sit on the Global Learning and Development team as a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and the CRRD People and Culture Leadership Team. They will bring together all aspects of a robust talent strategy, and support the change management approach for CRRD. This includes shaping the overall strategy, creating a cohesive approach within the broader People & Culture goals, building the business case(s) for investment, and creating enthusiasm for adopting new and robust people practices.
They lead the design, implementation, and evaluation of both talent management and development programs that support the professional growth of CRRD team members. CRRD people development activities must build capability and competency to achieve CRRD’s strategic action plans, leadership diversity targets, and the overall development, retention, and improved internal promotion rates of top talent across CRRD’s Regions.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Global Learning and Development Unit SMT Responsibilities
• Serve as a member of Learning and Development’s Senior Management team, and contribute to its strategy development and establishment of L&D priorities connected to IRCs Strategy 100 goals.
• Lead a core L&D global initiative (e.g. Onboarding, Performance, Mentorship, Sponsorship) that is aligned to strategic L&D goals.
• Influence, advocate and develop strategies for creating funding sources to support the execution of L&D ambitions across the organization.
CRRD-Specific Responsibilities:
• Serve as a member of CRRD People & Culture leadership team, and contribute to its strategy development and establishment of L&D priorities connected to IRCs Strategy 100 goals.
• Manage and implement L&D-related programs, initiatives and strategy across CRRD’s Regions, while providing advice and guidance on how programs should flex and be tailored to varying contexts.
• Contribute and co-develop Talent Management programs designed to equip, engage, assess and retain CRRD staff and leaders.
• Design and implement talent review and succession planning programs that will identify diverse, high performing talent for achieving organizational outcomes. Collect, analyze and maintain data to inform targeted leadership development and create customized development plans.
• Identify leadership competencies for specific roles, coordinate training programs, and other development opportunities to enhance leadership effectiveness.
• Oversee nominations, monitor completion rates, and nurture post training adoption of marquee IRC development programs such as Navigator supervisor training, or Talent Development career workshops.
• Support the development and launch diversity, equity, and inclusion learning and development initiatives in collaboration with the Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.
Supervisory Responsibilities & Working Relationships:
• Reports to the Sr. Director of Learning and Development
• Partners closely with (and dotted line to) the Senior Director, P&C for CRRD
• Collaborate with colleagues across the People & Culture function including all CRRD Regional P&C Directors, Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (GEDI), HR Operations, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Experience and others to operationalize programming and achieve meaningful impact.
• Work closely with CRRD Leadership at all levels.
Qualifications:
• 15+ years of experience in both talent management and development, driven by curiosity, empathy, and purpose of work.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing talent management programs that seek to elevate both traditional and non-traditional views of talent that have resulted in measurable impact.
• Proven expertise in Organization Effectiveness (OE) strategies, including organizational assessments, cultural transformation, and performance optimization.
• Executive coaching experience a plus.
• Global acumen and strong cultural competency.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging and consulting employees on topics related to career development with a dedicated focus on employee experience.
• Excellent collaboration skills working in a complex ecosystem, demonstrating an ability to take initiative, bring focus, problem solve, and balance both administrative and high value creating work.
• Background includes diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts that result in a diverse workforce at all levels.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse partners.
• Experience with Workday or other HRIS.
• Advanced skills in analytical thinking, problem solving, executive relationship management, organizational change management, and leading groups of functions toward collaborative decisions.
• English fluency. Proficiency in an additional core IRC language (French, Arabic, Spanish) is preferred.
**Standard of Professional Conduct:**The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
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