Background/IRC Summary:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the largest humanitarian agencies in the world, providing relief, rehabilitation and post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of oppression and violent conflict. IRC has worked for over seven decades and today is involved in over 40 countries affected by conflict. We address both the immediate, life -saving needs of conflict-affected people in an emergency and the reconstruction needs in post-conflict societies.
IRC’s Research, Evaluation and Learning (REL) Unit helps the IRC serve people with the most effective and cost-effective programs suited to the particular country or state context. The REL unit supports the IRC to use already-existing research to inform strategic plans and to develop high-quality intervention models that are based on programs that have been proven to be effective. We also build capacity of staff to interpret and apply existing research and to conduct evaluations.
Job Overview/Summary:
To improve accountability, humanitarian actors must be transparent about how funds are being used to deliver aid in a cost-efficient and cost-effective manner. To contribute to this, the IRC has started the Best Use of Resources Initiative to provide information and analysis about cost-efficiency (how well we convert inputs into outputs) and cost-effectiveness (how well we convert outputs into outcomes) for key interventions. The IRC will thus be able to compare and cost different approaches and their related impact, ultimately allowing decisions that achieve the best use of available resources for greater reach and impact. This position will provide support to this initiative.
Major Responsibilities:
General:
- Provide support for all data collection, analysis and communication aspects of the “Best Use of Resources” Strategic Initiative.
Specific:
- Perform cost-efficiency analysis with cost data from key interventions conducted by the IRC in various countries as instructed by the Technical Advisor
- Support cost-effectiveness analysis when the impact of the interventions was rigorously evaluated
- Support the integration of cost-efficiency into proposal and reporting process
- Support the development of guidelines to integrate cost analyses in the humanitarian sector
- Support the development of internal and external communication products about individual analysis and the use of cost analysis within the IRC
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in statistics, economics, public finance, or related field, and at least 2 years work experience in a research, donor, or implementing organization.
- Knowledge of cost analysis methodology, applications, and the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis literature in developing countries.
- Experience conducting cost analyses and communicating about data collection methods, analysis findings and their use for decision-making and humanitarian/development programming.
- Knowledge of organizational finance and knowledge management systems.
- Ability to be work as part of a remote team across many time zones.
- Excellent communication skills, cultural sensitivity, flexibility, ability to improvise, team player.
Fluency in spoken and written English required; proficiency and/or fluency in French or Arabic preferred.
Working Environment: Standard office work environment.
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l’Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection de l’enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l’intégrité financière, et les représailles.
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