Innovation Coordinator, GLOBAL Different Locations

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Organizational context

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC or “the Federation”) is the world’s largest volunteer-based humanitarian network. The Federation is a membership organisation established by and comprised of its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Along with National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Federation is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” It works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

The Federation is served by a Secretariat based in Geneva, with regional and country offices throughout the world. The Secretariat is led by the IFRC Secretary General and provides the central capacity of the International Federation to serve, connect, and represent National Societies. The Secretariat’s focus includes providing support to the IFRC governance mechanisms; setting norms and standards; providing guidance; ensuring consistency, coordination, and accountability for performance; knowledge sharing; promoting collaboration within and respect for the RCRC Movement; and expanding engagement with partners. The Secretariat’s headquarters is organized in three main business groups: (i) Partnerships, including Movement and Membership; (ii) Programmes and Operations; and (iii) Management Services. The Global Innovation team is part of the Partnerships business group, sitting within the Policy, Strategy and Knowledge Department. The Innovation team builds and implements strategies that enhance the capacity of the IFRC and National Societies to innovate. The team also secures and manages global partnerships and develops global initiatives. There is a particularly strong focus however on supporting local innovation efforts to thrive across our large ground network in 190 countries.

Job Purpose

Foster the organisational capacity to innovate in strategies, products, services and processes and enable, manage and support global innovation initiatives.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate IFRC Innovation Programmes

  • Designs the innovation agenda along with global innovation colleagues and supports global delivery of this agenda;
  • Manage the design and implementation of a selection of global innovation projects.
  • Identify trends and developments in social, humanitarian, development and organisational innovation and monitor and assess the learning’s from internal and external innovation practise and support colleagues to access learning from these trends in an engaging manner
  • Identify the need for and present proven methods and tools and enable IFRC organisation to integrate them into their working practise.
  • Select internal and external key partners for innovation development, support collaboration and co-operation with partners and manage key partnerships

Supporting Innovation in the network

  • Support other departments in the IFRC Secretariat and develop mechanisms to assist National Societies to enhance innovation efforts within their work and promote collaboration and communication between National Societies
  • Provide advisory services as needed to innovation initiatives being led by other departments and National Societies

Mobilise quality programme (human, financial) resources:

  • Under supervision of Innovation Lead mobilize and provide substantive inputs, including applying for grants, funds and awards in line with corporate guidelines all in close consultation with PRD.

Be responsible and accountable for the overall management and administration of related projects:

  • Provide day-to-day management and coordination of project activities, the timely and quality delivery of all Project outputs and prepare Project Work Plans, Reports and official correspondence;
  • Promote and engage in systematic monitoring and evaluation of all programmes and operations and ensure the integration of cross-cutting issues prioritized by the Movement;
  • Assume responsibilities in line with rules and procedures and act as a first authority for Project related transactions and maintain close cooperation with responsible partners, stakeholders and institutions to ensure effective implementation of the agreed activities and delivery of outputs in a timely manner.

Contribute to an effective, high quality IFRC Department:

  • Be accountable to the team manager by providing progress reports on results against objectives and risk analysis.
  • Be flexible in your work definition according to needs and targets and improve team efficiencies and effectiveness within available resources.
  • Be a pro-active team member fostering a customer service-oriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation, high performance and cost effectiveness.
  • Foster a co-creative environment with colleagues in the Secretariat, Regions and the National Societies and open and co-operative view to the actors in the relevant external environment.

Education
Advanced university degree

Experience

  • At least 5-7 years working experience in the humanitarian or development sector.
  • Proven track record in Innovation related work, preferably at a global or regional scale.
  • Demonstrated professional experience in an organization within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or in an international organization or NGO. - Preferred

Knowledge, skills and languages

  • Innovative thinker and operator
  • Identify appropriate methodologies and collaborative techniques with independent judgment.
  • Ability to communicate findings to a variety of audiences
  • Professional credibility, able to work effectively at all levels across the organisation
  • Self-reliance, demand driven and ability to test impact and results
  • Working relationships with networks of policymakers, and practitioners and other researchers.
  • Highly organised and results focused
  • Fluent written and spoken English.
  • Proficiency in an additional IFRC language (French, Spanish or Arabic) - Preferred

Competencies and values
Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability

Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust

Comments

The Federation is an equal opportunity employer.

How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to apply via the following link:

www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/working-with-us/current-vacancies4

Application deadline July 15, 2016