Senior Program Quality and Learning Officer, POWER Partnership

• PositionSenior Program Quality and Learning Officer, POWER Partnership
• CompanyInternational Rescue Committee (IRC)
• LocationUganda (location flexible)
• Job typeContract
• ExperienceAt least 8 years
• ClosingApplications close on 30 November 2026. Official wording: “30 Nov 2026”.

The International Rescue Committee responds to humanitarian crises and helps people affected by conflict and disaster survive, recover and regain control of their futures. It works in more than 50 countries and in U.S. cities. Official organisation website.

The officer coordinates technical quality, implementation learning and delivery monitoring across the six-country POWER partnership. The hybrid role supports women-led and local partners, contributes to advocacy and learning, and may involve travel to partnership countries.

• Provide technical quality oversight across country programmes against IRC Women’s Protection and Empowerment standards and IASC GBV Minimum Standards.
• Coordinate cross-country learning cycles, documentation and reflection with IRC teams and partners.
• Track programme delivery against scope, timelines and budgets and flag deviations for adaptive management.
• Connect monitoring and programme evidence to implementation changes, learning and advocacy.
• Support local partners’ institutional strengthening and emergency-response readiness.
• Coordinate technical inputs and reporting across country teams and IRC functions, including contributions to donor communication and the next partnership phase.

• Advanced degree in social work, gender studies, international development, human rights, public health, law or a related field, or an equivalent combination of qualification and experience.
• At least eight years of professional experience in GBV, Women’s Protection and Empowerment or protection programming in humanitarian or conflict-affected settings, including technical leadership.
• Strong technical grounding in Women’s Protection and Empowerment practice and the IASC GBV Minimum Standards.
• Experience in locally led or feminist partnerships, programme quality or learning, and multi-country programme or grant management including budget oversight.
• Fluent English; French and Arabic are assets.

Salary and benefits are not stated in the official advert.

Apply through the IRC Workday Careers posting. Confirm that you are located in and authorized to work in Uganda, Kenya or Burundi; this posting is for internal candidates.

Applications close on 30 November 2026. Official wording: “30 Nov 2026”.

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• Checked on 8 November 2026 against International Rescue Committee (IRC)'s official advert.
• Closing date confirmed as 30 November 2026. NextRoleHub closes the listing at 23:59 Kampala time that day.
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