IRC Deputy Director, Performance Management Jobs in Kenya
Job Overview:
Are you passionate about IRC's mission, making a positive impact on engagement and seeing an improvement in people’s work lives? Then join us! The mission of the Learning and Development (L&D) team is to take the IRC’s people to the next level. We improve the capability of IRC staff by providing language, culture and technology-appropriate processes, tools, training, and guidance for individuals to advance their performance, skills and contributions.
The Deputy Director of Performance Enablement will have responsibility for driving engagement with direction and philosophy for performance at IRC and accountability to performance standards for our global staff.
They will design, develop, and deliver performance enabling interventions, using innovative, user-centered design and tools, to intentionally build environments that cultivate individual motivation and resilience needed to aim higher, solve challenges, and engage in continuous learning.
Major Responsibilities:
• Lead all operational aspects of the Global Performance Management program, online in Workday and in paper formats. In coordination with HR Operations, identify and implement improvements to performance tools in Workday. Explore additional tools to drive performance processes. Collaborate with Compensation team to better define and support the relationship between performance and salary planning.
• Integrate the IRC Values, Success Model and Leadership Standards, across the performance ecosystem to enable better organizational outcomes. Actively seek opportunities to use the Learning & Development portfolio such as onboarding and manager training to amplify inclusive performance practices.
• Support the development of a programmatic approach to a feedback based inclusive performance culture. Build adaptive performance enablement practices, and solutions that have applicability across the diverse work realities of IRC’s global staff.
• Responsible for identifying and integrating online and offline opportunities to reduce bias in
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