Multilateral Liaison Field Officer at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Multilateral Liaison Field Officer (Humanitarian Affairs Adviser 1) provides support to the ICRC Delegation in
understanding and influencing the humanitarian environment in Nigeria. S/He also helps shaping the engagement of the
Delegation with the ECOWAS and other international and civil society organizations.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Develops strategies and plans of action for ICRC’s engagement with ECOWAS and implements them;
• Reinforce the ICRC’s network of interlocutors at ECOWAS and within international organizations working with ECOWAS;
• Promotes International Humanitarian Law and ICRC thematic issues of concern with the ECOWAS and within international organisations working with ECOWAS;
• Initiates and organises events with key Commissions and Directorates in ECOWAS and the diplomatic community;
• Collects and analyses relevant information in order to identify the emerging actors and issues within ECOWAS, so as to enable, if required, an adequate positioning of the institution;
• Conducts analyses of the general multilateral environment in Abuja Nigeria, and in West Africa;
• Identifies, participates in and/or organises relevant events (e.g. conferences, workshops, meetings) on multilateral issues of concern to the ICRC and represent the ICRC when required;
• Facilitates regular exchange of information between the Delegation in Abuja and other Delegations in ECOWAS Member States/the ICRC’s Delegation to the African Union (AU) as well as with HQ in Geneva.

Education and experience required

• Masters degree in Law, Diplomacy, International Relations or closely related fields;
• Very good knowledge of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international affairs;
• Minimum 4 years work experience in multilateral field with governmental, international organizations, or NGO;
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and good knowledge of French;
• Knowledge of treaty implementation or governmental/parliamentary law-making processes.

Personal Attributes:

• Excellent networking and diplomatic skills;
• Very good drafting as well as analytical reporting capacities;
• Very strong capacities to develop strategies and plan of actions and to implement them;
• Ability to handle various thematic files in a transversal manner;
• Capacity to work in a team, but also to act independently and to take initiative;
• Excellent communication skills; able to represent ICRC and ICRC institutional positions to external audiences.