INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
10,000+ employees
Founded 1933
🤲 Charity
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE is a global humanitarian organization that responds to the world’s worst crises by helping people survive, recover and rebuild their lives. With a workforce of over 20,000 across more than 40 countries, the IRC delivers emergency relief, protection, health, education, and economic recovery services while partnering with local communities and donors to develop evidence-based, scalable solutions. The organization emphasizes integrity, accountability, equality, and staff support, and provides extensive programs and benefits for its global employees.
People and Culture Coordinator – Emergency Unit
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INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
10,000+ employees
Founded 1933
🤲 Charity
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE is a global humanitarian organization that responds to the world’s worst crises by helping people survive, recover and rebuild their lives. With a workforce of over 20,000 across more than 40 countries, the IRC delivers emergency relief, protection, health, education, and economic recovery services while partnering with local communities and donors to develop evidence-based, scalable solutions. The organization emphasizes integrity, accountability, equality, and staff support, and provides extensive programs and benefits for its global employees.
📋 Description
• Lead and support the implementation of EmU People & Culture priorities, workplans, and cross functional projects aligned with the EmU Strategy Action Plan (SAP) and the Emergency Unit’s P&C Strategy • Manage multi step P&C initiatives end to end, including planning, stakeholder coordination, execution, documentation, and follow up, ensuring delivery against timelines and objectives • Proactively track progress, risks, interdependencies, and resource needs across P&C initiatives; flag issues early and recommend mitigation or escalation where required • Serve as a key coordination point between EmU, country programs, and regional/global P&C stakeholders for assigned initiatives • Create standardized points for review and updating of existing processes • In coordination with the P&CD, EmU and relevant Centers of Expertise (GER, Legal, Safeguarding, etc.), manage and advise on complex employee relations matters, investigations, and post investigation actions, including escalated Country Program cases • Maintain and strengthen EmU recognition and appreciation initiatives, contributing to a culture of acknowledgement, motivation, and retention in demanding emergency environments • Partner with P&CD, EmU and the CRRD GEDI Director, and program leaders to implement inclusive, context relevant GEDI approaches across the emergency cycle • Identify learning and development needs in collaboration with managers; support performance management cycles and performance improvement processes, including coaching through complex cases • Act as the lead P&C advisor to GST employees and managers, providing guidance on policies, procedures, and labor law compliance
🎯 Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field required • Substantial experience in People & Culture / Human Resources roles, including demonstrated experience supporting emergency responses, fragile contexts, or other high risk, rapidly evolving operational environments • Proven ability to operate effectively under pressure, manage competing priorities, and adapt P&C practices to emergency and surge contexts while maintaining strong standards of compliance, staff wellbeing, and duty of care • Strong commitment to staff care, wellbeing, and psychosocial considerations, with the ability to support and promote healthy, sustainable ways of working in high stress and high risk environments • Demonstrated commitment to safeguarding, ethical conduct, accountability, and confidentiality • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to diplomatically express differing opinions, provide constructive feedback, and engage credibly and respectfully with managers and leadership across cultures and contexts • Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with high attention to detail and the ability to assess people data, identify risks or trends, and develop practical, context appropriate solutions • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in diverse, multicultural, and geographically dispersed environments; relevant language skills are an asset
🏖️ Benefits
• Health insurance • Professional development opportunities • Flexible work arrangements
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