Job
International Rescue Committee
Ebola Response Director
📍 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo - Kinshasa
🏷 Governance & Public Policy
🗓 Posted 31 Aug 2026
- Direct the IRC's emergency response to the 17th Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province, DRC, delivering life-saving assistance and outbreak containment in a complex humanitarian and security context
- Lead cross-functional response teams to coordinate rapid emergency operations across multiple sites, ensuring timely deployment of public health, protection, and stabilisation resources
- Manage partnerships with the Ministry of Public Health, WHO, local actors, and humanitarian stakeholders to align response strategy and maximise effectiveness in a highly insecure environment
- Drive innovation in outbreak containment protocols, adapting approaches to address chronic insecurity, armed group activity, and cross-border population movement
- Build local capacity and champion community-led response mechanisms that empower affected populations and local actors to lead sustained epidemic control
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