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Background/IRC Summary:

The Syria crisis is often described as the worst humanitarian catastrophe since the end of the Cold War. Today, 13.4 million people in Syria - more than half of the country's population - are in need of humanitarian assistance with needs increasingly being exacerbated by economic decline. Of these, 6.8 million are refugees and asylum-seekers who have fled the country. This is no short-term humanitarian episode. The devastating human consequences to huge numbers of people will endure for decades. The destruction of relationships, communities, livelihoods, homes and infrastructure will take years to repair.

IRC is offering a robust humanitarian response to the Syria crisis a rapidly expanding portfolio, supported by more than 1000+ staff in Syria Country Program. IRC is undertaking programs in Syria and the neighboring countries of Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan in the fields of health, child protection, early childhood development, education, women’s protection and empowerment, non-food items and food distribution, cash assistance, water and sanitation, protection and rule of law, and livelihood programming. Our work in these challenging settings gives rise to some of the most pressing issues facing contemporary humanitarian action, including questions of access, security, funding and coordination.

Job Overview/Summary:

The HR Manager for Partnership is responsible for providing support to all the existing and future IRC partners in Syria on the human resource functions. This includes, but not only: policies, recruitment processes, setting benefits and statutory obligations, GEDI policies, HR records, performance management system and targeted learning and development initiatives as well as other HR projects.

Under the support of the HR Director, the HR Manager for Partnership will actively develop and roll out all initiatives related to capacity building of partners in collaboration with partnership and programs units.

Responsibilities:

HR and Sub-Awards 

  • Participate in the Partner Project Capacity Review process of potential partners and contribute to efforts to collaboratively analyze and manage material risks identified.
  • Contribute to Partnership Project Opening, Review and Closure Meetings, including to review successes, challenges, and lessons learned with the partner, capturing effective HR practices for future partnerships.
  • Manage the filing system/documentation of all HR capacity sharing initiatives.
  • Measure training progress by conducting pre and post evaluation of HR capacity building initiatives.
  • Support Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) implementation efforts (When applicable)
  • Coordinate between IRC colleagues and partner colleagues to facilitate HR project support interventions.

Program Support & Capacity Sharing 

  • Provide (or delegate) HR training and mentoring support to partners, in accordance with partner project support plans, with a focus on supporting the partner to strengthen HR systems and capacities that are responsive to the needs of the partner (rather than replicating IRC’s systems and policies).
  • In coordination with the Senior Capacity Sharing Manager, support in the development HR specific partner support plans. 
  • Ensure that all HR staff members understand and apply IRC’s partnership principles, and that staff with significant partnership components are guided by IRC’s partnership skills and approaches. 
  • During the recruitment process, ensure that partnership experience and skills is valued equally to technical skills. 
  • Promote and utilize guidance and tools that support appropriate recruitment of partnership skills and approaches aligned with IRC's 4-R staff recruitment process, PEERS, IRC Way, and RESCUE100.
  • Support HR department in collaboration with Talen Development Manager in delivering capacity building to HR staff.
  • Work closely with talent development Manager and Perform other HR related tasks as requested by the HR Director as required. 
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