Manage the production process and Global Strategic Planning and Reporting Centre team:

•     Oversee the recruitment and training of the reporting officers and other staff of the Global Strategic Planning and Reporting Centre.
•     Direct, coordinate and supervise the work of the reporting officers.
•     Develop quality checklists for plans and reports.
•     Ensure the reporting officers follow the due process and guide them in their work to improve the contents of documents from the internal plans and reports submitted.
•     Provide guidance to reporting officers on the IFRC network’s way of working and organize trainings on substantive areas as required.
•     Keep track of sensitivities in the particular context on any parts of the context analysis and action by the NSs, and ensure sensitivities are appropriately reflected and addressed in documents.
•     Provide quality assurance for all plans and reports before publication ensuring coherence.
•     Support reporting officers through the validation process with IFRC Delegations, while ensuring the provision of timely feedback.
•     Review final drafts before layout and check final versions before publication in case of any errors after layout.
•     Supervise the layout of the documents with the design officer and propose relevant evolutions.
•     Track the status of the development of the external facing plans and reports.
•     Keep abreast of emergencies leading to a change of situation at country-level and liaise with the Strategic Planning Department to monitor needs for revisions of the IFRC Network Plans.
•     Oversee the setthing up and maintenance of relevant archives as an integral function for all plans and reports undertaken, in a timely and effective manner, within agreed guidelines of the Global Strategic Planning and Reporting Centre.
•     Maintain repository of resources, precedents, standards, guidelines, directives in an effective manner for practical reference and to support knowledge-sharing / capacity building efforts.
•     Create and implement an operating plan for the Global Strategic Planning and Reporting Centre.

Preferred:

•     Experience of working for the Red Cross / Red Crescent.
•     Experience working in both emergencies and developmental contexts within an international organization.
•     Knowledge of IFRC Strategy 2030, strategic priorities and enablers, results-matrix.
•     Knowledge of and experience in contributing to Mission Plans, Integrated Strategic Frameworks, or result-based frameworks.
•     Direct experience in planning, budgeting, drafting reports.
•     Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Required:

•     Strong research and analytical skills.
•     Strong reporting and editing skills.
•     Ability to prioritize, work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
•     Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to negotiate while maintaining effective working relations.
•     Ability to adapt and adjust to change.
•     Ability to achieve results through collaboration/teamwork.
•     Ability to work well in a multicultural team and in a changing environment.
•     Ability to generate new ideas and approaches, research best practices and propose new, more effective ways of doing things.
•     Advanced computer skills: Windows, Word Processing, PowerPoint, Excel (spreadsheet and database application) and ability to use video conferencing application i.e., Microsoft Teams, Zoom etc.
•     Fluent spoken and written English.

Preferred:

    Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).

Contribute to increase the production capacity through various means:

•     Contract and manage consultants for additional capacity as required, including to mentor the reporting officers, provide additional quality assurance, and support with translation needs of source documents.
•     Work closely with the Director, Strategic Planning to engage participating National Societies in the production process for additional capacity and explore full or part-time remote staff-on-loan possibilities as part of a wider virtual Global Strategic Planning and Reporting Centre team.
•     Support the Strategic Planning Department with the organisation of write shops at key times of the production process to absorb heavy workload, add to content and carry out cross-contexts analyses.