Protection Field Officer 1 (800678)

What we do

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and, at the same time, promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.

Purpose

The Protection Field Officer 1 contributes to the implementation and monitoring of ICRC protection activities.

Accountabilities & Functional responsibilities

• Implements protection activities under the supervision of the line manager.
• Contributes to analyses of the security, socioeconomic, cultural and political environment relevant to the ICRC, shares relevant information with team members, and reports any change in the situation.
• Contributes to the design and implementation of projects.
• Collects, compiles and interprets protection-related information (with appropriate care for staff risk management).
• Analyses and contributes to written internal reporting and activity programming (as part of institutional exercises).
• Helps to make internal and external meetings meaningful (through preparation, participation, reporting and follow-up).
• Develops and maintains contact with the municipal/regional authorities, local/regional National Society branches, the local population, suppliers, etc.
• Prepares, participates in and reports on all aspects of field assignments.
• May support and supervise staff in the implementation and monitoring of field projects.
• Fosters a conducive environment (multidisciplinary approach, good team dynamic) among team members.
• Ensures the sustainability of their work and puts in place a system for archiving their work for the purposes of institutional memory.

Our Values

• At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect, and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviors based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC values, please visit this page.

Reports to (role)

• ProtectionDelegates and Team Leaders

People management responsibilities: No

Scope & Impact

• Remit: local, national and regional.
• In charge of small-to-medium protection activities (detention, protection of the civilian population, restoring family links, missing and/or urban violence).
• May have financial responsibilities.

Relationships

• Internally, interacts with stakeholders on matters related to protection.
• Externally, interacts with a network of contacts at local level, such as authorities, civilians, etc., under the supervision of their line manager (subject to staff risk management).

Certifications / Education required

• University degree or relevant professional experience.
• Excellent command of English or French (or Arabic, Spanish or Russian depending on the context).
• Computer literacy.

Professional Experience required

• 3-5 years’ previous professional experiences, for instance in the field of social/political/economic science or similar.

Deadline: 31.12.2024