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About the Role
The IRC is seeking a Program Officer to support the implementation of Catalyst, RAI’s new systems strengthening identity. This role will focus on project management and coordination of various Catalyst systems strengthening projects, leading cross-team coordination, supporting strategy and outreach, managing deliverables, and ensuring timely, high-quality completion of work.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the designated project manager for state-specific training and capacity-building initiatives.
- Manage projects across multiple teams, establishing clear processes, tracking progress, and ensuring deliverables meet internal standards, established deadlines, and funder expectations.
- Identify risks and adapt plans to ensure project goals are met in evolving contexts.
- Contribute technical expertise by developing and delivering trainings, providing consultations, and producing written materials aligned with state-identified needs and priority topic areas.
- Cultivate and manage relationships with internal teams and external partners, serving as a point of contact to sustain effective collaboration.
- Support outreach and partnership development for emerging opportunities and assist senior leadership in identifying and pursuing new initiatives.
- Collaborate with the Monitoring & Evaluation team to ensure accurate data collection, analysis, reporting, and documentation of outcomes, lessons learned, and promising practices.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- 3+ years of experience in program or project management.
- Demonstrated experience in assessing and building organizational capacity, monitoring and evaluation, and managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
- Proven ability to liaise effectively with multiple stakeholders, including government agencies (federal, state, and municipal), nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, the business sector, and community groups.
- Strong familiarity with relevant Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)-funded programs and services, with an emphasis on state-administered programming.
- Familiarity with grant-funded programming and federal funding requirements.
Skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with a track record of effective collaboration across diverse teams.
- Strategic thinker with attention to detail and a solutions-oriented approach.
- Ability to remain calm, flexible, and effective in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in project management tools and Microsoft Office Suite (experience with Airtable preferred).
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
Experience Level
- 3+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree in Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, Social Work, International Affairs, or a related field preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000 - $85,000
Benefits
- 10 paid sick leave
- 10 U.S. holidays
- 20-25 generous paid time off based on role and tenure
- Medical insurance starting at $163/month
- Dental starting at $6.50/month
- Vision starting at $5/month
- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care, and commuter)
- 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match (immediate vesting)
- Non-elective employer contribution based on age and years of service (3-year vesting)
- Disability and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering confidential counseling and support services
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.
- IRC workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct: Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability.
- IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation.
- IRC is committed to taking all necessary preventive measures and creating a safe environment, and taking corrective actions when harm occurs.
- IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to clients.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.