Senior Economic Recovery & Development Officer - Team Lead

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. Major Responsibilities: Under the direct supervision of ERD Manager, ERD Team Leader will be responsible for the following tasks. Program Implementation & Quality Assurance Lead field implementation of Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), livelihoods, and broader economic recovery activities, ensuring high‑quality assessments, gap analysis, market survey and price monitoring, and reporting processes. Facilitate community mobilization for CVA, livelihoods programming including small business grant, vocational training, agriculture, and livestock activities. Conduct regular field visits with program teams to lead and support beneficiary registration, verification, distribution and documentation in line with donor requirements, agency’s compliance, and safeguarding requirements. Lead on‑site delivery of cash distributions, skills training, small business grants, and other livelihood support activities, ensuring timely reporting of findings, issues, and gaps to the ERD Manager. Conduct joint monitoring visits with MEAL staff to the target recipient communities and other program beneficiaries, compiling feedback to support program improvement. Ensure timely documentation and reporting of field activities, including progress updates, issues, success stories, and lessons learned. Conduct CFRM, safeguarding, and accountability awareness sessions in communities, ensuring safe reporting pathways and community understanding of rights and entitlements. Provide technical training such as L2E/financial literacy, agriculture, and livestock topics, and support team members in delivering community‑based training sessions. Planning, Coordination & Activity Management Lead planning, scheduling, and sequencing of field activities in close consultation with the ERD Manager to ensure timely accomplishment of registration, verification, distribution, monitoring, and community engagement. Serve as the primary field focal point for assigned location, ensuring efficient day‑to‑day communication with other departments, partners, and relevant stakeholders. Work with the ERD Manager on developing monthly workplans, field travel schedules, procurement requests, and cash forecasts related to ERD programming. Provide consolidated updates on activity progress, contextual changes, challenges, risks, and recommended mitigation measures. Coordinate closely with other program and operational departments (admin, supply chain, finance, MEAL, protection, etc.) to ensure smooth implementation of activity. Maintain strong relationships with local authorities, community leaders, and other relevant stakeholders to support safe access and positive engagement. Perform any other tasks assigned by the ERD Manager to support effective program delivery. Team Supervision Supervise two ERD Officer and Community Incentive Workers, ensuring quality performance, accountability, and adherence to program standards. Support staff in preparing high‑quality project documentation, ensuring all forms, beneficiary files, and supporting documents are complete, accurate, and properly archived. Deliver technical support and capacity‑building sessions to field volunteers (enumerators, community mobilizers) on ERD concepts and cash programming toolkits. Guide team members during calls for applications, screening, and interviewing candidates for vocational training, business grants, and other livelihoods opportunities. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients. Cookies: https://careers.rescue.org/us/en/cookiesettings The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps people whose lives have been shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and rebuild. We are trusted for our ability to reach people in the toughest places, put our clients at the center of everything we do, and - as an evidence-based organization - to relentlessly improve the impact we deliver for those we serve. If you’re ready to be part of a team that brings ingenuity, fortitude and optimism to making a lasting impact, we want to hear from you. The IRC Way, our code of conduct, is founded upon our core values of Integrity, Accountability, Service and Equality. These values unite IRC staff around the world and keep our programs firmly directed towards the well-being of our clients while meeting the expectations of our donors as responsible stewards of their resources.