INEE Team Lead, Standards & Practice. at International Rescue Committee

Job Overview:

INEE’s Standards & Practice Team Lead guides and manages a technical team working to achieve INEE’s strategic priorities (SPs). This role is responsible for INEE’s work related to Standards & Practice and in specific INEE’s Strategic Priority II: Strengthen Capacity to Deliver Quality, Safe, Relevant, and Equitable Education for All.  This position represents the network in global forums, establishes relationships with key partners, and guides technical staff. The Team Lead, who is hired and hosted by the International Rescue Committee, works as a member of the INEE Secretariat. All core functions will be coordinated with the Secretariat staff in order to ensure coherence and harmonization across activities.

INEE Strategic Priority I: Thought leadership and advocacy:

The Team Lead works closely with the Policy & Advocacy Team as well as the Thematic Areas Team to ensure linkages between Standards and Practice work with advocacy, policy and thematic areas. The position also ensures that INEE’s standards and practice work is informed by the emergent policy, advocacy, and thematic area needs. The Team Lead represents INEE in key fora as it relates to standards and practice.

INEE Strategic Priority II: Strengthen capacities:

This position strategically guides and oversees the INEE Standards & Practice Team to ensure the team is supported and able to deliver programs that build upon and share capacities.  The role ensures the products and activities generated by technical staff are relevant to sector needs and standards. This includes supervising the development, curation, and dissemination of content of a vast portfolio of products for public consumption, including publications, dashboards, platforms, tools, resources, training packages, e-learning courses, and other multimedia products such as podcasts, infographics, videos, webinars, etc. The position also provides direction, advice, and guidance on workflows, funding, processes, and contracts related to product development, finding solutions to complex challenges. The role engages regularly with the Member Services Team to ensure thematic areas products align with the organization’s Resource Protocols, Branding, and other internal processes and workflows. The position also coordinates with the INEE Evidence Team to align with INEE’s Learning Agenda and other strategic work on evidence

INEE Strategic Priority III: Provide, curate, and organize knowledge and resources:

This position coordinates and collaborates with the Member Services Team and especially in the areas where capacity-sharing and the INEE Minimum Standards are involved.  

INEE Strategic Priority IV: Strengthen and diversify membership:

This position motivates and empowers technical focal points to ensure thematic network spaces are inclusive and representative of the INEE’s diverse global membership, especially those living and working in crisis-affected contexts. The role strives to create a diverse and inclusive team environment, and guides and supervises staff to use inclusive and participatory approaches in their work. The Team Lead works with the Secretariat to ensure products and services developed by the team are made available and disseminated in multiple languages. The position engages directly in relevant network spaces and initiatives to stay abreast of developments, provide strategic input, and to engage key partners in the work.

Strategy, Finance, Administration, and Partnership:

This leadership role is responsible for oversight of the Standards & Practice Team portfolio and multiple donor funding streams. The position provides grant oversight, including monitoring project spending, supervising all project outputs, reviewing donor reporting, assessing implementation risks, and working with staff to seek mitigation strategies. The role works closely with the Operations Team to ensure donor requirements are met and solutions are found when projects encounter challenges. The Team Lead also promotes the sustainability of project activities through effective collaboration, networking, fundraising, and linkages to other programs, partners, and donors. This position coordinates closely with all of INEE’s team leads to ensure effective partnership and representation of the network.

Job Requirements:

Work Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of directly relevant professional experience.
• Strong theoretical and practical background in the field of education and education in emergencies, including both development and humanitarian contexts.
• In-depth understanding of INEE’s ways of working and role in the EiE sector.
• Experience working with networks and employing network approaches.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Understanding and experience in the areas of research, monitoring & evaluation, and data highly valued;
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written in English;
• Strong technical knowledge of the field of education in emergencies and familiarity with INEE;
• Ability to be flexible and work well independently, virtually and under pressure, and in a fast-paced environment;
• Excellent organizational skills: the ability to track and follow-up on various tasks;
• Skilled in participatory approaches and in particular managing others with the aim of providing support and guidance;
• Excellent analytical and writing skills: the ability to draft briefs, reports, and syntheses;
• Willingness to travel 30% to challenging field locations;
• Excellent interpersonal skills: the ability to successfully interact with a variety of people;
• Flexible work attitude and contributes to teamwork while effectively learning and working within an inter-agency framework and approach.
• Education:  Advanced university degree (and/or experience) in a relevant field (international comparative education; international relations; etc.).
• Language Skills:  English required. Working knowledge of other INEE languages are highly valued (Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish). If applicant is based in the Latin America region Spanish language is also required.