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.
This is an internal opportunity open to current IRC Staff only.
Job Overview : We are looking for an experience Project Manager who will take charge of the SkillsPath project, a noteworthy social innovation initiative designed to enhance employability and provide skill development opportunities for young refugee and migrant NEETs aged 18-29. Collaborate with international partners, coordinate planning and implementation, and integrate project takeaways into sustainable frameworks in Greece. This position offers an outstanding chance to work in a dynamic environment, lead exceptional initiatives, and deliver outstanding results.
Major Responsibilities :
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Project Management and Coordination
•**Project Leadership:** Coordinate the daily operations, timelines, deliverables, and budget of the SkillsPath project, ensuring timely and on-budget completion.
•**Project Strategy:** Implement the project’s work plan and monitoring framework, coordinating project activities, setting achievements, and ensuring alignment with goals related to employability, skills development, and access to green economy jobs.
•**Meetings & Coordination:** Coordinate and lead project coordination meetings, including Youth Advisory Board (YAB) meetings, to review progress, address challenges, and share knowledge.
Collaborator Engagement and Communication
•**Collaborator Networking:** Engage important collaborators in the local community, such as employment service providers, educational institutions, local government, and private sector partners, to foster effective collaborations.
•**Awareness Building:** Lead all aspects of awareness-raising activities and workshops aimed at employment services, training providers, and employers. The objective is to boost their knowledge and drive to adopt project models in their work.
•**Communications:** Ensure regular project updates and disseminate learnings through newsletters, success stories, and social media in collaboration with communication teams.
Capacity Building and Training
•**Employment Readiness:** Coordinate skills development workshops for youth, including job readiness, soft skills, and green economy-focused training opportunities.
•Lead the development of educational materials and guidelines aimed at improving the capacity of professionals working with young refugees.
Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation
•**Impact Monitoring:** Track project progress, outcomes, and deliverables, including assessing the impact of AI-powered tools on youth skills assessment and employment outcomes.
•**Risk Management:** Implement mitigation strategies to address project risks and challenges, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
•**Documentation & Reporting:** Prepare progress, impact, and final reports for internal use and submission to donors, highlighting key findings, lessons learned, and recommendations.
Coordination & Representation
•**Internal Coordination:** Attend IRC meetings to align SkillsPath activities with IRC’s broader goals and share project progress.
•**Public Representation:** Represent IRC and SkillsPath in external meetings, conferences, and workshops to promote the project’s approach to youth skills activation.
Other
•**Other duties as assigned by the Senior Livelihoods Manager to enable and develop IRC programs.
Job Requirements :
•**MA/S or equivalent in human rights, education, social sciences or other relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
•**At least three years of experience implementing integration/economic empowerment programming. Experience working with refugee youth is a plus.
•**Strong training and technical assistance skills and significant experience leading participatory trainings, capacity building and mentoring of professionals or local partners.
•**Strong technical capacity in employability and skills development for youth and understanding of the needs of the target population.
•**Good computer skills in programs such as: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
•**Personal qualities:** Great teammate, adaptable, diplomatic, relationship-builder, strong negotiation skills, awareness of gender and cultural differences, and able to handle pressure effectively.
•**Proficiency in Greek and English;
•**Experience in EU funded projects and consortiums are desirable assets.
Demonstrated Skills & Competencies:
•Demonstrated ability to promote an organizational culture that reflects IRC’s core values of service, accountability, integrity, and equality. Ability to lead in a way that recognizes that IRC’s work is best accomplished through the true collaboration of individuals from many cultures with a great variety of skills and perspectives.
•Strong relationship building, diplomacy, and networking skills; ability to effectively build internal and external relationships.
•Demonstrated success working and communicating effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
•Standard of Professional Conduct: IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.
•Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity: IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.
•Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.