International Rescue Committee Director, People Development Jobs in Kenya
Job Overview
The Director, People Development is responsible for planning and implementing a broad range of people development initiatives for the International Rescue Committee (IRC)'s Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) department.
Working closely with the Global Learning & Development Team and People & Culture (P&C) Partners, the role supports talent management, leadership development, succession planning, peer learning, onboarding, and capability-building initiatives across CRRD.
The position aims to strengthen organizational capability, leadership diversity, employee retention, internal talent mobility, and succession readiness while advancing IRC's Strategy 100 goals.
Duties and Responsibilities
Serve as a member of the CRRD People & Culture Leadership Team and contribute to strategic planning and learning and development priorities aligned with Strategy 100 and Delivery Letter goals.
Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior CRRD leaders, Regional Directors, and Country Directors to ensure engagement and adoption of people-development programmes.
Represent CRRD within the Global Learning & Development Team to ensure global learning initiatives reflect the realities and needs of field-based staff and leaders.
Translate CRRD strategic priorities, leadership diversity goals, and retention objectives into scalable learning and talent-development plans.
Partner with CRRD People & Culture Partners to design and deliver onboarding and integration programmes for new leaders and Country Directors.
Adapt, communicate, and drive organization-wide learning and development initiatives across CRRD.
Design and implement people-development programmes including talent reviews, succession planning, manager capability building, and People & Culture capacity-strengthening initiatives.
Develop talent-mobility structures, workforce-planning frameworks, and succession pipelines across CRRD.
Manage and deliver a strategic roadmap of people-development initiatives while responding effectively to emerging and urgent organizational needs.
Identify and champion responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and technologies to improve learning, talent development, personalization, efficiency, and scalability of programmes.
Establish, monitor, and report on key performance indicators and learning metrics to evaluate programme effectiveness and impact.
Key Working Relationships
Reports To
Senior Director, CRRD People & Culture (dual reporting).
Director, Global Learning and Development (dual reporting).
Direct Reports
None.
Key Internal Relationships
Collaborate with CRRD Regional People
& Culture Directors.
Work closely with Gender Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (GEDI), HR Operations, Compensation & Benefits, Global Learning & Development, and other People & Culture functions.
Partner with CRRD Leadership and Country People & Culture Teams.
Qualifications
Minimum of eight (8) to ten (10) years of progressive experience in Learning & Development, Talent Management, Organizational Development, or a related function.
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing people-development programmes within complex, matrixed organizations.
Proven expertise in leadership development, manager capability programmes, succession planning, and talent-review processes.
Experience conducting learning-needs assessments and translating findings into scalable development solutions.
Strong experience tracking Learning & Development metrics and using data to evaluate and improve programme outcomes.
Working knowledge of instructional design methodologies and adult-learning principles.
Exceptional relationship-building, stakeholder-management, and influencing skills across multiple functions and geographies.
Strong facilitation abilities, including virtual and in-person workshops, leadership programmes, and peer-learning groups.
Ability to work effectively in ambiguous environments while balancing long-term strategic priorities with emerging operational needs.
Strong understanding of field-based and humanitarian operating environments, including designing accessible and practical learning interventions for resource-constrained settings.
Ability to collaborate across multiple time zones and globally distributed teams.
Willingness to travel internationally as required.
Experience applying AI tools and technologies to learning content design, workforce analytics, talent management, or programme personalization is preferred.
Fluency in English is required.
Proficiency in an additional IRC language such as French, Arabic, or Spanish is strongly preferred.
How to apply
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