Strategy and Planning Senior Officer, Global Policy & Advocacy

The Strategy and Planning Senior Officer leads strategic planning and prioritization efforts for the Policy & Advocacy team, coordinating organization-wide strategy and investment planning. This role facilitates priority-setting, strategy development, cross-team collaboration, KPI development, and manages long-term projects to support IRC's policy and advocacy objectives.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate priority-setting processes translating organization-wide strategy and policy products into department strategies and advocacy priorities
• Lead strategy development processes supporting Policy and Advocacy team members to develop actionable strategies including stakeholder mapping and activity planning
• Develop and facilitate activities and processes across Policy and Advocacy teams to maintain efficient ways of working and address collaboration challenges
• Manage long-term projects including Annual Planning, Quarterly Pause processes, and retreat planning
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration and communication, managing workflows and internal reporting
• Lead KPI development and progress tracking, planning and facilitating quarterly internal progress reviews
• Support a positive team culture by acting collaboratively, organizing team retreats, meetings, and trainings

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science or other related field
• 5-6 years work experience, experience in policy and advocacy preferred
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, including juggling competing priorities and tight deadlines and prioritizing tasks appropriately
• Experience designing and implementing strategic planning processes and progress metrics
• Positive, resourceful and flexible attitude with ability to problem solve, work productively both in a team environment or independently as needed, and take initiative in a fast-faced environment
• Familiarity with or experience in policy analysis or advocacy to high-level policymakers and thought leaders
• Strong project management skills, ideally within a cross-organizational team to deliver on projects/strategies
• Solid English language writing and editing skills with a focus on details
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop and manage complex relationships, including with high-level individuals
• Familiarity with or proven interest in humanitarian aid sector, foreign policy, and/or refugee issues
• Fluency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and ability to learn online web-based applications
• Ambition to learn and grow skills by taking on challenging tasks, and mastering complex content and concepts
• Commitment to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion at the IRC and in the humanitarian field
• Lived experience with conflict or crisis-driven displacement, resettlement, asylum, immigration or migration is an asset in this role

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Policy Analysis
• Advocacy
• Project Management
• Cross-Organizational Collaboration
• KPI Design
• Policy & Advocacy Awareness
• Time Management
• Organizational Skills
• English Writing and Editing
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
• Microsoft Outlook
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Humanitarian Assistance Knowledge
• Foreign Policy Knowledge
• Refugee Protection Knowledge

Languages

English