ULAC Consortium Coordinator

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. IRC Ukraine is recruiting this position for the Consortium Management Unit (CMU) of the Ukraine Life-Saving Assistance Consortium (ULAC), an IRC-managed multi-partner humanitarian consortium being developed in connection with the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund (UHF) US Award Tranche II. The Consortium Coordinator is the senior day-to-day management and coordination lead for the CMU. The role ensures that participating organizations operate through a coherent consortium framework, with consolidated implementation planning, performance oversight, timely problem-solving, effective coordination mechanisms and clear escalation of material issues. The Coordinator maintains the overall picture of consortium performance and brings together programmatic, financial, monitoring, accountability and risk information to support timely management and donor engagement. The role coordinates and facilitates collective performance; it does not replace the management, technical or operational accountabilities of participating organizations. This position is contingent upon successful award of funding and confirmation of the project start. The position will be based in Kyiv, Ukraine, with travel to other locations as required for consortium coordination, monitoring and implementation support. Primary Responsibilities: Consortium coordination and implementation oversight: ·   Lead day-to-day consortium coordination and maintain a consolidated view of implementation progress, priorities, constraints, dependencies and emerging gaps across participating organizations. ·   Coordinate development, maintenance and follow-up of the consolidated consortium implementation plan, including key milestones, responsibilities, sequencing and dependencies. ·   Monitor overall partner performance against agreed deliverables and facilitate timely corrective action, support or escalation where implementation is off track. ·   Facilitate cross-consortium problem-solving and ensure actions, owners and deadlines are clearly documented and followed through. ·   Promote coherent, proportionate coordination that uses existing partner and IRC systems rather than creating duplicative structures. Programmatic and…