Director, Global People Development & Talent Strategy

International Rescue Committee; Walthamstow; À distance; GBP 66 000 - 73 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

International Rescue Committee (IRC) seeks a Director, People Development to lead learning and development for its Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) division. You will partner with Global L&D and P&C to plan and facilitate leadership programs, talent reviews, and succession planning across a globally distributed humanitarian operation.

You will translate strategic priorities into scalable development plans, build field-ready onboarding, and track L&D metrics to demonstrate impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in learning & development, talent management, or organizational development.
• Experience designing and implementing people development programs across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to design and facilitate leadership and manager development programs, talent reviews, and succession planning processes.
• Experience conducting learning needs assessments and translating findings into targeted, scalable development solutions.
• Proficiency in tracking and reporting on L&D metrics and using data to evaluate and iterate program effectiveness.
• Familiarity with instructional design methodologies and adult learning principles.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior leaders and stakeholders across functions and geographies.
• Strong in-person and virtual facilitation skills, with experience leading workshops, peer learning groups, and leadership programs across diverse, multicultural audiences.

Responsabilités

• Serve as a member of CRRD People & Culture leadership team and contribute to its strategy development and establishment of L&D priorities connected to IRCs Strategy 100 and Delivery Letter goals.
• Build and maintain trusted partnerships with senior CRRD leaders, regional directors, and country directors to ensure sustained engagement and measurable adoption of people development programs across CRRD.
• Translate CRRD's strategic priorities into scalable learning and talent development plans, providing guidance on how programs should be adapted to varying contexts.
• Design and deliver onboarding experiences for leaders and country directors to accelerate effectiveness and cultural alignment.
• Contextualize, communicate and drive org-wide learning initiatives across CRRD.
• Develop and deliver talent review, succession planning, manager capability building, and P&C capacity strengthening programs.

Connaissances

Learning & Development

Talent management

Organizational development

Stakeholder engagement

Facilitation

Data-driven decision making

Instructional design

Cross-functional collaboration

Description du poste

International Rescue Committee (IRC) seeks a Director, People Development to lead learning and development for its Crisis Response, Recovery and Development (CRRD) division. You will partner with Global L&D and P&C to plan and facilitate leadership programs, talent reviews, and succession planning across a globally distributed humanitarian operation.

You will translate strategic priorities into scalable development plans, build field-ready onboarding, and track L&D metrics to demonstrate impact.