Health Care in Danger (HCiD) Assistant at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

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