Team Leader- Refugee Programs

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility for rapid response to emergencies. International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND
International Medical Corps is responding to the influx of Syrian refugees in Iraq.

JOB SUMMARY
Management of the International Medical Corps Syrian refugee response activities in Iraq.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Management & Leadership

• Oversee program operations and reporting, ensuring compliance with agency policies and procedures, Donor regulations and local laws
• Lead, manage and coordinate the overall contribution of International Medical Corps' refugee response activity
• Establish systems for maintaining an overview of all staff activity
• Maintain HR management tools incl. organizational charts, job descriptions, performance evaluations, disciplinary processes as per International Medical Corps policies
• Line manage staff, including regular performance management and appraisals in coordination with the country team
• Ensure effective teamwork among staff

Administration

• Ensure that appropriate logistic, administrative and financial structures and procedures appropriate for emergency response are established and / or maintained in accordance with IMC guidelines.

Finance

• Oversee budget preparation, setting the parameters and the process
• Establish and / or maintain the International Medical Corps field accounting systems
• Oversee the completion and return to LA/Split of field accounts within the agreed deadlines.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.Skills & Requirements:
• Minimum of three years in a senior management position in an INGO environment, preferably in insecure environments and to include two years responsibility for project management including budget control.
• Experience of general management, including finances, human resources and planning
• Significant experience of emergency response
• Ability to travel at short notice for periods of up to three months at a time.
• Relevant IT skills
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to represent IMC to a broad range of people and organizations
• Knowledge, practical understanding of and ability to work within both relief and development NGO contexts
• A strong experience and understanding of security management and insecure environments
• A degree level qualification in a relevant discipline
• Knowledge and experience of the health sector in a developing country.
• Team working, flexibility and relationship building skills, ability to develop positive working relations across functions and cultures, quite often at a distance
• Problem solving skills in day to day and crisis situations
• Resilience and stress management skills for self and team
• Identify and analyze opportunities that contribute to strategic aims, translate them into practical plans and implement them
• Good written and spoken English
• Experience of donor liaison, securing donor funds, reporting and managing large budgets
• Masters level qualification in a relevant discipline

How to apply:

To officially begin the application process, qualified candidates please go to our career pagehttp://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx , noting where you noticed the position you are applying for and complete the online employment application form.