Over the past 90 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster.
IRC UK is part of the IRC global network, which has its global headquarters in New York. Our team in the UK works to raise the profile, deliver policy, and practice change, and increase funding to help restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Since 2021, IRC UK has also provided integration services directly to refugees in England, a programme that is rapidly growing.
- Lead Healing Classrooms design processes that ensure programmes are aligned to IRC’s Outcomes to Evidence framework, evidence-based, and appropriate to context to maximize impact.
- Lead on the delivery of all Healing Classrooms programmes, including in-person and online.
- Take an innovative and leading role in creating resources and webpage updates.
- Continue to improve and adapt the Healing Classrooms programme to meet the needs of schools, councils, and educators in the UK.
- Manage the Healing Classrooms Education Officer.
- Meet regularly with staff, and partners to assess progress toward objectives, discuss issues and assist in finding solutions to identified challenges.
- Update the education manager regularly on progress.
- Analyse data emerging from the education program and ensure that this analysis informs programming.
- Engage effectively with IRC staff (comms, procurement etc.) to ensure effective delivery and promotion of the programme.
- Develop effective working relationships with key partners – including NGOsand civil society, public authorities at the national and local levels and education institutions.
- Identify and develop strategic partnerships with UK partners for education programming
- Support in the development of new business opportunities to allow the portfolio to grow and develop;
- Progressively responsible relevant work experience, esp. in the implementation of education projects in support of asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants
- Solid understanding of the UK education system and challenges for students with immigrant backgrounds.
- Experience teaching in a UK school is preferred but not essential.
- Professional written and oral communication skills in English
- Experience crafting non-traditional, innovative programming and creating suitableorganisational structures; strong proposal writing skills.
- Proven diplomatic and networking skills: the ability to effectively handle a variety of internal and external relationships including with education sector leaders and government staff;
- Ability to respond to multiple priorities promptly, producing high-quality outcomes.
- Ability to travel occasionally to the service delivery area.
The application deadline for this role is 4th of April 2024.
IRC UK strives to be an equal opportunities employer. IRC-UK is committed to equality of opportunity and to non-discrimination for all job applicants and employees, and we seek to ensure diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious beliefs, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability.
IRC UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK.
IRC UK will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job functions if appointed to a role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments.
If you have any questions or need assistance with the online recruitment process, please contact the IRC UK HR team at applications@rescue-uk.org
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