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 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
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Mexico is a country of origin, transit, and—increasingly—a country of asylum.
Some areas, including many regions along the northern border, have been devastated by insecurity and levels of violence akin to conflict zones, with migrants often the target of violence.
At the same time, other regions of the country show promise as welcoming communities that can successfully promote the integration of newcomers.
IRC's growing and diverse portfolio of work in Mexico is at the heart of the organization's efforts to play a distinctive and impactful role in providing both crisis response and integration solutions across the arc of displacement that ensure the best outcomes for marginalized and vulnerable populations.
Since May 2019, the IRC has been providing financial and technical support to local civil society organizations and NGOs in Ciudad Juarez to implement GBV prevention and response services - facilitating the provision of life-saving case management services, psychosocial support activities, and information sessions to migrant, asylum seeker, and returnee women and girls.
Success in this position requires an individual with demonstrated team leadership abilities; representational (including media relations), communications and risk management skills; and a facility for developing networks to build partnerships and diversify program resources.
S/he will be directly responsible for the overall coordination and strategic direction of the country program; providing supervision and coaching for directly supervised senior staff; leading country program teams to identify, design and deliver responsive, high-quality programs; ensuring efficient management of public grants and private funds for results, compliance and high-quality, timely reporting; and oversight of financial management systems.
**Scope of work**
The Country Director's core responsibilities will be to: support the management of all IRC activities in Mexico including guiding the office and activities in Ciudad Juarez; representing the IRC to external stakeholders at all levels (particularly in Mexico City); developing strategic relationships; engaging in the national and regional dialogue related to migration, humanitarian response and IRC areas of programming both in Mexico; and contributing to cross border cross organization work that involves collaboration across multiple IRC departments and technical units.
The Country Director is directly responsible for the program's overall coordination and strategic direction; providing oversight and coaching for directly supervised senior managers; leading country program teams to identify, design and deliver responsive, high-quality programs; ensuring efficient management of public grants and private funds for results, compliance, and focused, timely reporting; and oversight of financial management and compliance systems.
The CD will maintain continuity of humanitarian support in current operational areas, while, in collaboration with the regional office, exploring the possibility of expanding the geographic scope as needs warrant and conditions allow.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Leadership and Representation**
- Lead the country program by maintaining open and professional relations with colleagues, promoting a positive work environment at all levels, and ensuring oversight and resources to enable staff to perform successfully.
- Develop and maintain a high level of understanding of donor priorities and planned funding streams, seeking to establish IRC as a partner of choice for major international donors.
- Maintain strong, mutually beneficial and authentic partnerships with local organizations.
- Seek out and pursue opportunities to raise the profile of the work of IRC and its partners, as well as the lives and the needs of the people IRC seeks to serve.
- Lead country program through collaboration with colleagues, including collaboration related to critical cross-border programming at the Mexico-US border, to deliver country programming and advocacy.
- Ensure leadership and management processes enable the IRC to effectively adapt to contextual changes and fully make use of opportunities to expand humanitarian access and