Job Vacancies at The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Main Responsibilities:

• Supports the delegation and the various structures in the field in defining and implementing in a coherent
• manner HCiD action through a Delegation-approved strategy.
• Supports all the sites, in cooperation with Protection, Assistance (Health & Mental Health and Psychosocial
• Support (MHPSS)), Prevention and Cooperation department, in the initiation, development and
• implementation of local and contextualized projects on HCiD.
• Through bilateral meetings and roundtable engagements, he/she progressively mobilizes the humanitarian
• stakeholders and the relevant national authorities, in particular the Ministry of Health, to promote the idea of
• establishing a platform for monitoring and data sharing of HCiD incidents, supporting the protection and
• security of medical missions, and promoting the respect of medical ethics.
• Supports the management in mobilising and convening concerned stakeholders and the authorities on the
• issue (humanitarian diplomacy) while raising awareness and sensitizing them on the topic.
• Includes a Protection component in the assessment / analysis, monitoring and evaluation of related HCiD
• issues

Required Qualifications:

• University degree in Health or equivalent field
• 4 years work experience in health management field or a humanitarian organization
• Awareness of the socio-political environment in Nigeria
• Good command of written and spoken English
• Good command of Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba as asset
• Excellent computer skills

Personal Attributes:

• Coordination of multidisciplinary projects and solid organizational skills

Training and coaching skills

• Strong communication and negotiation skills, strategic and creative thinking, analytical skills, flexibility, and
• open, diplomatic management style
• Team-player in multicultural environment
• Empathetic and diplomatic approach

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Location: Biu, Borno State

Main Responsibilities

• Executes all financial and administrative duties as assigned by the Finance and Administration Manager.
• Anticipates cash needs of the office and plans payments and request transfers accordingly
• Ensures that financial supporting documents are produced according to ICRC financial rules (translation,
• supplier information and stamp, logistic support documents, approvals / signatures etc.)
• Prepares and sends accounting documents for monthly closing to the Admin Assistant
• Ensures regular payments related to administration activities ex: electricity, water, office bills e.t.c
• Collates staff leave and overtime compensation requests and transmits them in a timely manner to the HR
• Service Provider in Yola SD
• Keeps up to date about HR policies and procedures and disseminates them to colleagues
• Supervises domestic staff including: organization and execution of tasks, organization of replacement when absent.

Minimum required knowledge experience

• Secondary education and Certificate in Business Administration or Secretarial Studies
• 1 years’ work experience in a similar position
• Knowledge of socio and economic environment of Northern Nigeria
• Good level of computer literacy and very good computer skills especially Office software
• Good command of written and spoken English

Personal Attributes:

• Resourceful, motivated, has initiative and is organized
• Conscientious and methodical approach to tasks

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Location: Biu, Borno State

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Restoring Family Links (RFL) activities in the south of Borno state
• Ensures proper treatment and follow up of enquiries following family separation as a result of conflict,
• violence or natural disasters
• Identifies and registers unaccompanied minors (UAM), vulnerable separated children (VSC) and vulnerable
• adults (VA) under direct supervision of RFL delegate NE
• Acts as team leader and coordinates between ICRC and the National Red Cross Society (NRCS) (under the
• supervision of the RFL delegate NE).
• Interacts with beneficiaries visiting or calling the Office and responds to their RFL-related enquiries.
• Drafts the RFL contribution to the Weekly Operational Report.
• Assists in any other Protection activities when and if required.

Required Qualifications:

• University degree in relevant technical field
• 2 years work experience in a similar field
• Excellent command of written and spoken English, Hausa, and Kanuri
• Good computer skills: knowledge in Excel, Word, if possible PowerPoint.
• Good knowledge of Nigerian geography

Personal Attributes:

• Good analytical skills
• Capacity to work within a team
• Good inter-personal skills: ability to deal with people respectfully and showing empathy towards others, very
• good communication skills
• Committed to work and able to work under supervision or independently as required
• Able to work under pressure; flexible and open to extra working hours if necessary
• Capacity to learn and to adapt to new work methods
• Discretion and confidentiality, self-control