Protection of Family Links (PFL) Field Officer 2 at ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross

The Purpose

• Under the direct supervision of the Protection of Family Links Team Leader, The Protection Family Links Field Officer 2 supports the implementation and monitoring of ICRC Protection Family Links (PFL) activities in Yobe State.
• S/He assists the input and analysis of data in the Prot6.

Your Role

• Perform internal and external follow-up of individual cases autonomously, in his/her area of responsibility.
• Register unaccompanied children and vulnerable persons, ensures they are regularly visited, and families are traced.
• Receive visitors and ensures that visits are appropriately followed up.
• Translates and interprets from and to Hausa upon request.
• Plan and carry out and reports autonomously on PFL activities and the collection of statistical data in his/her area of responsibility.
• Contribute to analyses of the security, socio-economic, cultural, and political environment in which the ICRC is working, shares relevant information with team members and reports any changes in the situation.
• Assist in institutional exercises relating to planning, budgeting, and monitoring programmes.
• Develop and maintains contact with municipal/regional stakeholders, local/regional NRCS branches, the local population, and suppliers.
• Provide technical supports and supervises volunteers in the implementation and monitoring of PFL activities.
• Foster a constructive working environment (multidisciplinary approach, good team dynamics) among team members.
• Ensure the sustainability of their work and puts in place a system for archiving their work for the purposes of institutional memory.
• Organise periodic meeting and supervises the activities of the NRCS PFL volunteers in his/her area of responsibility in Yobe state through the PFL focal point and team leaders.
• Contribute to the identification of needs, design, and implementation of projects.
• Collect, compiles, and translates PFL-related information and prepares written reports.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Humanitarian Affairs, or any other relevant field
• 3 to 5 years working experience.
• Previous working experience with an INGO is an asset.
• Experience with the Nigerian Red Cross Society is an asset.
• Working proficiency in English and Hausa compulsory – Kanuri or Fulani an asset.
• Computer literacy: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), collaborative spaces.
• Knowledge of the cultural and socio-economic environment in Northern Nigeria.
• Excellent planning and writing abilities.
• Empathy and patience.
• Proactiveness and dynamism.
• Good analytical skills.
• Respect for confidentiality levels.
• Strongly motivated by humanitarian work and especially by the ICRC.
• Applicant must have a valid working permit to work in Nigeria.

What we offer

• Rewarding work in a humanitarian and multicultural environment.
• Competitive employment package with medical insurance and ICRC pension plan.
• In-house training opportunities for personal development.
• A full-time, fixed-term contract (1year – renewable).
• The opportunity to join an ICRC talent pool, be considered for future assignments elsewhere and experience different contexts, fields, and challenges.