Overview
The ICRC Delegate contributes to organizing and implementing protection activities and other operational projects. The role involves responding swiftly to operational demands and evolving situations.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to comprehensive assessments of the general situation, including security, protection concerns, and humanitarian needs.
- Forge and nurture connections with diverse stakeholders.
- Conduct field missions to assess the situation and evaluate protection concerns.
- Implement contextual protection priorities.
- Collaborate with ICRC departments and the broader Red Cross/Red Crescent movement.
- Plan and conduct dissemination sessions on IHL, ICRC activities and mandate.
- Develop and maintain a dialogue with relevant actors for security guarantees.
- Monitor the security environment and draft reports on security incidents.
- Produce timely and confidential internal and external reports.
- Occasionally take on leadership roles within teams.
Required Experience
- 2 years of work experience, including 3 months internationally in humanitarian work, development assistance, or in a field related to IHL (Protection, Assistance, Development).
- Experience in Protection topics such as detention, judicial guarantees, missing persons and their families, protection of civilians, internal displacement, migration, community-based protection, Gender-based Violence, child protection, urban violence, etc.) is considered an asset.
- Experience in emergency response that includes assistance in areas such as economic security, Water and habitat, and health is an asset.
- Familiarity with the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement is a strong asset.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- First aid certificate is a requirement at the deployment stage once selected.
