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About the Role

The Senior Specialist for Climate Health and WASH is the organization’s focal point for Climate Resilient WASH (CR-WASH) and Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Prevention within the Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) department. This role drives progress through leadership of strategic projects, delivering on global strategic priorities, and ensuring the scope, quality and relevance of organizational technical standards. The Senior Specialist leads delivery of CR-WASH and water security components of the Health Outcome Strategy, and co-delivers the Infectious Disease Prevention & Control (IDPC) Impact at Scale priority, covering a global portfolio including WASH service continuity in the face of climate shocks, water-related disease prevention, WASH in Healthcare facilities, anticipatory action and the water-energy nexus.

Responsibilities

Lead a complex portfolio of strategic projects across CR-WASH, water security, and the water-energy nexus.
Drive technical delivery of the IDPC Impact at Scale priority, with a focus on CR-WASH and water-related disease dimensions.
Provide intensive remote and in-country technical support to Technical Advisors, Regional Practice Leads and Country Program teams.
Identify and shape research opportunities in CR-WASH/IDPC.
Collaborate with the Emergency Unit on technical quality strengthening for WASH in Emergencies.
Monitor progress on technical program implementation, including budgets and expenditures.
Collaborate effectively on shared priorities within the Health Unit and with other Technical Units and Global Practice Areas.
Support partner and donor engagement for strategic projects.
Contribute to global strategy and delivery planning for CR-WASH/IDPC.
Lead finalization and roll out of the CR-WASH core indicators and Climate Resilient WASH MEAL package.
Convene and sustain a CR-WASH community of practice for peer exchange.
Synthesize lessons, strengthen technical guidance and capacity and support strategic work on Anticipatory Action for CR-WASH/IDPC.
Contribute to the development of the Environment & Climate Health technical competency framework and assessment.
Synthesize, adapt, and disseminate relevant technical standards, methodologies, and implementation tools for CR-WASH/IDPC.
Provide technical inputs to MEAL tools and methodologies.
Disseminate lessons learned across countries and regions for select strategic projects.
Contribute to shaping, refining and delivering the Environment & Climate Health Learning Agenda.
Collaborate with policymakers, implementing partners, humanitarian responders, and UN agencies to advance guidance, outcomes, research, implementation, and documentation on CR-WASH/IDPC.
Represent IRC in priority external forums, including technical, policy, and advocacy workshops.
Contribute to global prioritization and agenda-setting efforts.
Work with the Policy and Communications Teams to develop and advocate IRC’s and global policies on CR-WASH/IDPC.
Lead strategic business development opportunities in partnership with relevant technical and business development teams and regional and country colleagues.
Provide TAs and Country Programs with specialized support on program design in relevant technical areas of CR-WASH and IDPC.
Service as technical lead on large, complex and high value business development opportunities.

Requirements

Minimum of 6-8 years of progressive experience designing and leading programs relevant to Climate Resilient WASH in FCAS and/or across the humanitarian-development nexus.
Demonstrated experience developing and delivering new strategies to advance ambitious goals.
Strong ability to connect WASH infrastructure development to service models, sustained operations, financing, policy and systems strengthening.
Experience collaborating across health, nutrition, climate resilience and related domains.
Ability to clearly communicate the contribution of WASH and water security to health, climate resilience and other outcomes.
Knowledge of and ability to use and integrate data, including climate forecasts, epidemiological data, and geo-spatial data to inform program targeting and intervention design.
Demonstrated ability to use of data and research evidence for programmatic decisions and rigorous analytic skills.
Strong track record of driving uptake of evidence-based practice.
Ability to design technical approaches for proposals and identify new business development opportunities.
Ability to work, manage, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment.
Outstanding business acumen, critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills required.
Superb inter-personal, written and verbal communication skills with ability to collaborate across countries, cultures, and departments.
Excellent communication, influencing, and storytelling skills.
Ability to travel globally up to 30% of the time, occasionally on short notice.

Skills

Climate Resilient WASH (CR-WASH)
Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Prevention
WASH
Water security
Environmental management
Humanitarian-development nexus
WASH infrastructure development
Service models
Sustained operations
Financing
Policy
Systems strengthening
Health
Nutrition
Climate resilience
Data integration
Climate forecasts
Epidemiological data
Geo-spatial data
Programmatic decisions
Analytic skills
Evidence-based practice
Coaching
Mentoring
Capacity strengthening
Proposal design
Business development
Inter-personal communication
Written communication
Verbal communication
Collaboration
Influencing
Storytelling
English proficiency
French proficiency

Location

Global

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
6-8 years

Education Level

Master's degree in public health engineering, environmental management or related fields or equivalent professional experience

Salary/Compensations

US: ($104K - $120K)
UK: (GBP 58,476 - GBP 69,440)

Benefits

10 sick days
10 US holidays
20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
Medical insurance starting at $163 per month
Dental starting at $6.50 per month
Vision starting at $5 per month
FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
Disability & life insurance
Employee Assistance Program

About the Company

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster.
Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.
If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
IRC’s Technical Excellence team is comprised of four teams or sector “Units” which have deep expertise in their respective fields: Education, Economic Recovery and Development, Health, and Violence Prevention and Response, as well as teams which provide measurement and finance/grant management support.
Technical teams are also matrixed with a team that focuses on the quality and content of cross-sectoral programming in emergency responses.
IRC’s Technical Excellence teams offer five core services to IRC country programs and the wider organization: Program Design, Quality Assurance, Business Development, Research & Learning, and External Influence.
IRC’s health programs comprise the largest proportion of its overall program budget and are essential to both IRC emergency response and long-term programming worldwide.
The Health Technical Unit is a dynamic team of more than 70 professionals in Primary Health Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Nutrition, Mental Environment & Climate Health and Systems Strengthening.
They provide IRC’s 40 plus country offices and emergency response team with world class technical expertise, capacity strengthening and a cross-country view of what works to achieve outcomes in terms of both evidence and practical experience.
They also lead a focused research agenda, influencing donor policy to support interventions and innovations proven cost effective to achieve positive change in people’s lives.

Equal Opportunity

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation.
IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs.
IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.
IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.