First Aid Field Officer 2 at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

Under the supervision of the Health Delegate, the First Aid Field Officer 2 is a Member of the Health team and supports planning, implementation and monitoring of health activities including emergency response. S/He has the overall responsibility for First Aid Activities and Health Care in Danger (HCID).
Main Responsibilities:

• Actively participates in planning and overall implementation of the health programs in Area of Responsibility (AoR).
• Participates in the planning, implementation and monitoring of emergency health response as required.
• Participates in the identification of pathways of referral for wounded and sick, including victims of sexual violence
• Participates in data collection for Healthcare in Danger and reporting.
• Overall responsibility for First Aid Program.
• Collaborates with Deputy Head of Sub Delegation (HoSD), Protection to identify target groups including weapon bearers
• Coordinates, facilitates and provides First Aid (FA) training
• Ensures a collaborative approach to FA trainings ie Protection, Communication, Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS),
• Health Care in Danger (HCID).
• Ensures accurate data collection for FA activities.
• Contributes to institutional reporting including Medical Activity Database (MAD), Monitoring for Results (MFR), Quarterly
• Health Technical Report (QHTR), Field trip reports, Bi-weekly operational reports, project documents i.e. assessments,
• Proposals, Plan of Actions (PoAs) as required.
• Provides support for health logistics ie preparation of SRs monitoring emergency stock.
• Ensures appropriate Team space filing and retention of institutional documents.
• Supports logistic component of health programs and preparation of SRs

Education and Experience Required

• Registered Nurse with Valid license from Nigerian Nursing and Midwifery council
• Minimum of 5 years as active
• Previous experience with humanitarian work and advantage.
• First Aid training skills an advantage.

Personal Attributes

• Good understanding of culture/health structure in Central Nigeria.
• Fluent in written and oral English
• Fluent in local languages ie Hausa
• Computer literate (Word, Excel)