Organizational Context
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the worldโs largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs). The overall aim of IFRC is โto inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.โ IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.
The IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.
The IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into four main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Coordination, (ii) Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization, (iii) Management and Accountability and (iv) People and Strategy.
The IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.
The IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
In Myanmar, IFRC is supporting the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) to roll-out a multi-million Swiss franc humanitarian operation in response to the 28 March 2025 earthquake alongside longer-term programmes. IFRC launched an Emergency Appeal to provide immediate relief, recovery and rehabilitation assistance to the most affected households in these areas. The Federation-wide target is 20,000 households or approximately 100,000 people, with the IFRC Secretariat Funding Ask aimed at assisting 15,000 households, or about 75,000 people, across Bago, Southern Shan, Mandalay, Naypyidaw and Sagaing.
To effectively accompany the MRCS in addressing immediate to recovery humanitarian needs wrought by the earthquake, the IFRC Country Delegation in Myanmar is bolstering its operational capacity.
Job Purpose
Reporting to the Operations Manager, and under the technical supervision of the Regional Thematic Lead for Evolving Crisis and Disasters, the Recovery Coordinator is accountable for leading technical support to the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) in planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting interventions aimed at supporting communities affected by disasters and crises during the recovery phase, thereby helping affected people return to normal life. The incumbentโs responsibilities include โ but are not limited to โ coordinating needs analysis, developing recovery plans, steering the transition from relief to recovery, coordinating with other entities involved in recovery interventions, ensuring that affected populations are engaged in the design of solutions aimed at helping them return to normal life, guiding technical teams to pursue an integrated approach in which cash and voucher (CVA) assistance is used as the preferred modality, and ensuring that environmental sustainability and disaster risk reduction are embedded across all interventions.
This position will be based in Yangon and will involve travel. The role will focus on supporting the MRCS in its recovery interventions at headquarters level and all affected geographical areas.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Orientation
Provide strategic coordination and act as a trusted adviser to the IFRC Country Delegation and the MRCS on matters pertaining to recovery, including enabling overall organizational coherence and alignment on recovery, ensuring a Federation-wide approach. Encourage recovery thinking to support smooth and quality transition from relief to recovery, fostering approaches based on strengthening local capacities, MRCS ownership, and providing sustainable solutions, leveraging expertise and capacities within the IFRC network.Needs analysis
Support MRCS with detailed needs analysis to identify the specific recovery needs of affected communities and individuals. Coordinate with other humanitarian agencies to maximize collaboration around data collection on recovery, to bene๏ฌt from secondary data as well as to reduce duplication and the negative impact of assessment fatigue. Ensure a robust and coherent monitoring of the humanitarian context, its potential evolution, relevant trends, innovations, and best practices to inform timely adaptation of approaches, where necessary.Recovery Planning
Coordinate the development of recovery plan(s) that address(es) the needs of affected communities/individuals and ensure(s) a smooth transition from relief to recovery as well as links relief, recovery, and development. Support revision of the Operational Strategy to ensure that recovery approaches and interventions are elaborated. Ensure that humanitarian response strategies are forward-looking and agile to the evolving context and support development of an evidence-based and e๏ฌective recovery strategies.Cash and Voucher Assistance
Work closely with MRCS operational leads as well as technical counterparts in the IFRC network, ICRC, UN and other humanitarian agencies, the Cash and Markets Working Group, and other relevant entities โ such as the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) Network - to ensure that all programming sectors consider the use of CVA as a modality for effective recovery. Lead and support a robust response options analysis, in support of MRCS, based on a series of agreed criteria (timeliness, preferences of affected population, value for money, etc.) to determine whether CVA remains the best modality for effective recovery and โ where necessary โ adopt a different mechanism or combination thereof. Support the MRCS in ensuring that all necessary CVA tools and systems (including CEA, financial, information management, logistics, monitoring, risk management) are adapted, socialized, and utilized.Quality Implementation
Ensure that the delivery of recovery interventions is based on needs alone and prioritizes the most vulnerable without discrimination regardless of their gender, beliefs, ethnicity, disability, or other unique aspects. Ensure that recovery interventions apply essential principles including sustainability, ownership, DRR, participation, local empowerment, diversity, culturally sensitive approaches, conflict sensitive approaches, tackling root causes, โDo No Harmโ, building back safer, people centred, accountability, and inclusive & integrated approaches. Ensure practical application of a continuum approach that supports and strengthens community preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience across all programming areas. Work closely with PMER colleagues on a comprehensive M&E approach โ including data sources, collection methods (quantitative and qualitative), frequency, and audience โ for timely and reliable data collection that captures implementation of recovery interventions and informs quality programming.Job Duties and Responsibilities (continued)
Lead evidence-based monitoring of recovery interventions to ensure that implementation of activities follows the agreed minimum standards, including the IFRC minimum standards for protection, gender and inclusion (PGI) in emergencies and Movement minimum standards for community engagement and accountability (CEA). Ensure that review, research or evaluation work around recovery is evidence based and considers the outcomes and outputs of interventions, to inform decision-making, quality programming, and future implementation.Coordination
Work closely with MRCS operational leads, technical counterparts in the IFRC network, ICRC, UN, other humanitarian organizations, relevant stakeholders, authorities and community leaders to ensure a coordinated and effective recovery effort. As requested, represent the IFRC Country Delegation in technical forums/events related to CVA and recovery as well as in the engagement on these areas with relevant internal and external stakeholders.National Society Capacity Strengthening
Collaborate with and leverage support from the IFRC network and ICRC to develop innovative approaches and initiatives that build the CVA and recovery programming capacity, skills and experience in the MRCS. In close coordination with the IFRC Recovery Coordinator based in Mandalay, lead the provision of expertise and tools to the MRCS to enable development of its CVA and recovery programming policies and strategies as well as to socialize and implement them at national and sub-national levels. Facilitate sharing of the MRCSโ knowledge or expertise of CVA and recovery programming with other National Societies in the region as well as facilitate peer to peer exchanges. Support the MRCS in its business continuity and in developing an exit/transition strategy.Risk Management
Team and Resource Management
Select, manage, and mentor CVA and multi-sector recovery technical staff, including ensuring that they have well-defined results-based priority plans and capacity to deliver on tasks. Supervise IFRC CVA and multi-sector recovery technical staff to ensure they work closely with the MRCS counterparts in all related programming roles and responsibilities, providing advice and recommendations that carefully consider local capacity and context. Ensure sound financial management is applied to CVA and recovery interventions, that budgets are monitored, any problems are identified, and solutions implemented in timely and effective manner. Manage operational budgets to ensure that expenditure relating to CVA and recovery interventions is within income and approved ceilings, in compliance with IFRC finance procedures and donor requirements. Ensure that the CVA and multi-sector recovery technical staff prepare accurate and timely analyses, progress highlights, other updates as may be requested, with the PMER undertaking the final quality checks on allJob Duties and Responsibilities (continued)
Support to Resource Mobilization
Work closely with Strategic Partnerships and Resource Mobilization (SPRM) colleagues in developing funding proposals for CVA and recovery interventions according to donor requests or based on horizon scanning. Develop high-level updates to be used in providing periodic briefings to partners and donors so that they successfully maintain or increase their funding contributions for CVA and recovery interventions.
Support to Operations Management
Cover as acting Operations Manager, as needed, when the incumbent is out of the country.Effective Matrix Management
Engage with CVA and sectoral/thematic leads of the IFRC Asia Pacific Regional Office and/or Geneva head office to ensure that country-level practices align with regional and global approaches. As part of the โOne IFRC Teamโ, be available for time-bound interim support to other IFRC Country Delegations, Country Cluster Delegations, Regional Offices or IFRC Secretariat when agreed with line and technical managers.Education & Experience
Education
Required
University degree or relevant qualifying experiencePreferred
Qualification or certification in CVA, project management, or other relevant area Basic Delegates Training Course (BTC), IMPACT, WORC or equivalent knowledge
Experience
Required
5-year practical field level experience in disaster relief, recovery, and/or community based developmental programming 2 yearsโ proven practical experience of designing and overseeing recovery programmes 2 yearsโ experience in designing, establishing and managing cash-based programmes Demonstrated professional experience in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or in an international organization or INGO in a developing country Experience in project cycle management, including budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, risk management and exit / transition planning Experience in capacity building, coaching, skills transfer, and collaborative working models Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams or staff Solid experience in networking and building relationship with internal and external stakeholders Field experience in fragile and complex context(s)
Preferred
Demonstrated experience in participatory planning processes, community engagement approaches, applying humanitarian standards and guidelines Field experience in Asia PacificKnowledge, Skills and Languages
Required
Good understanding of key disaster recovery issues and linkages to relief and community based developmental programming Knowledge of conceptual frameworks, global standards, and good practice in livelihoods, shelter, and/or DRR A comprehensive understanding of major donor policies, regulations, and approaches Strategic analysis, systematic planning, data analysis and implementation skills and ability to translate strategy into reality Proven team management and motivation skills Excellent collaborative and teamwork skills in a multi-cultural environment Communication, interpersonal, influencing skills, networking, and representation skills Ability to work in a stressful and demanding environment while keeping a consistent, courteous, and positive attitude towards others Demonstrated integrity and accountability Self-supporting in computers and internet-based tools Fluent spoken and written English
Preferred
Comprehensive understanding of IFRC policies, procedures, and IFRC-wide approaches Possesses a broad understanding of global humanitarian issues, international humanitarian standards, and latest developments in Myanmar Valid international driving license (manual gears) Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic)Competencies, Values and Comments
Values: Respect for Diversity, Integrity, Professionalism, Accountability.
Core competencies: Communications, Collaboration & Teamwork, Judgement & Decision, National Society & Customer Relations, Creativity & Innovation, Building Trust.
Functional competencies: Strategic orientation; Building alliances; Leadership; Empowering others.
Managerial competencies: Managing staff performance; Managing staff development