Job Opportunities at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Job Reference No: ABJ202200283
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Job Description

• Under the direct supervision of the Community Health Delegate, the Community Health Field Officer 2 is the focal point for all matters related to the ICRC and NorCross (Norwegian Red Cross) supported community-based health in Adamawa and Borno states, with emphasis on especially promotive and preventive healthcare, communicable diseases, nutrition, hygiene promotion, and sexual and gender-based violence.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure timely implementation and quality monitoring of the NorCross supported community health projects through structured and regular monitoring, field visits, follow up and reporting.
• Advises the NRCS on evidence-based interaction with community members and groups on issues related to diagnostic screenings, sanitation or hygiene, self-care, risk or prevention of conditions and issues related to improving general health
• Collaborates and ensures complementarity with ICRC health programmes which are carried out in the same areas.
• In a collaboration with sub delegation and NRCS branches, organizes for a joint filed monitoring field visits to the selected project sites.
• Ensure Community Engagement and Accountability methodologies are used in the design and implementation of community-based health projects.
• Ensure that community health volunteers receive consistent professional clinical supervision, and that outreach activities are tied to the provision of adequate clinical services.
• Support the integration of relevant activities to improve health status of beneficiaries and facilitate access to adequate services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, when relevant and in coordination with other ICRC teams e.g. protection.
• Supports multi-disciplinary assessments, identifies needs and contributes to planning new programs and ongoing monitoring of existing programs.
• Oversee the coordination of all the components of the nutrition activities in collaboration with the Community Health Delegate
• Liaise with health authorities State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), State Ministry of Health (SMoH), Local Government Authorities (LGAs) and humanitarian organisations working in nutrition and health as required by his/her supervisor
• Prepares timely weekly field movement plan and field trip reports
• Identifies training needs with the Community Health delegate and NRCS focal person (s), and prepares plan and budget, and implements training programs including on-site training.

Education and Experience Required

• Degree in related Health Sciences e.g. Nursing, Midwifery; registered and with relevant experience,
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing community-based health or other related health programs.

Desired profile and Skills:

• Previous experience in community-based health and/or nutrition programs
• Previous experience in humanitarian context in N.E Nigeria
• Very good understanding of culture/health structure in Northeast
• Understanding of humanitarian cluster systems
• Fluent in written and oral English, Local Languages i.e. Hausa
• Good reporting and analytical skills, Computer literate (Word, Excel)
• Good negotiation and diplomatic skills.

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Reference Number: ABJ202200281
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Career Category: Program / Project Management
Theme: Safety and Security

Job Description

• Under the direct supervision of the Head of Sub Delegation (HoSD), the FAS Adviser acts as the local FAS file-holder on issues related to the ICRC’s dialogue with arms carriers in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, providing support to the Sub-delegation in terms of networking with relevant military and security, authorities, and the planning, coordination and execution of IHL/IHRL training and dissemination activities.
• He also supports in the setting of the sub-delegation’s communication priorities, objectives and strategies, as well as to the planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation of its communication activities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Advises the HoSD on all matters concerning the best way to relate with the military hierarchy deployed in the North East operation.
• Proactively takes step to expand the interlocutor base with relevant military interlocutors who can ensure better and deeper collaboration between the Sub-Delegation and the military in the North East.
• Supports in the setting of the sub-delegation’s communication priorities, objectives and strategies, as well as to the planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation of its communication activities.
• Supports the Protection Unit in their day to day engagement with the military in the area of visit to places of detention in the North East.
• Support the Management and Protection Unit in developing and sustaining a dialogue on conduct of hostilities with relevant military commanders in the NE operations.
• Organises IHL/IHRL training, including case studies, and conducts dissemination with the support of the MAG Head of Unit (HoU).
• Conducts dissemination and training sessions on the applicable laws to relevant members of community defence groups deployed in the area of responsibility of the Sub-delegation.
• In coordination with the MAG HoU, conducts IHL/IHRL briefing for troops in situ in the NE or during pre-deployment training sessions within the North East.
• Contributes to writing reports.
• Contributes to the development and production of dissemination tools.
• Acts as a relay between the Sub-Delegation and the PGE Unit in Abuja in respect of activities related to the Police file.

Education and Experience Required

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences
• 3 - 4 years experience
• Retired commissioned military officer not below the rank of Major with a pass staff college (psc) award.
• Basic knowledge of IHL and human rights law.

Desired profile and Skills:

• Fluent in written and spoken English (Knowledge of Hausa language an advantage)
• Good communication skills
• Good analytical and writing skills
• Efficient use of PowerPoint and Microsoft words.

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Job Reference No: ABJ202200284
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Job Description

• Under the direct supervision of the Communication Delegate, the Communication Officer 2 contributes to designing, planning and implementing communication projects and activities in coordination with the management of the field sub-structure and/or Communication Delegate.
• The Communication Officer 2 contributes to representing the ICRC externally and building the necessary understanding and acceptance of and support for the ICRC among key stakeholders.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of Communication strategies and Plan of Action for the Maiduguri area of responsibility (AoR) in line with sub-delegation/ Delegation’s Prevention/Communication Strategy.
• With minimum supervision, organises and implements relevant activities: operational communication sessions, community engagement sessions, engage in public and digital communication, interaction with religious and traditional circles and civil society organisations, public affairs and resource mobilization.
• Support in building the capacity of National Red Cross communication coordinators and volunteers to correctly represent and present the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement.
• Support the Maiduguri sub-delegation and Delegation’s drive to increase the visibility of the ICRC by generating audio-visual content for print and electronic use on ICRC publications and on-line media platforms.
• Develops context specific tools for public communication with stakeholders and provide support to operational departments on ensuring the content and design of their publications meets the ICRC visual identity.
• Maintains existing contacts and develops new relationship with journalists in key print and electronic media in order to increase the visibility of the ICRC within the AoR through the various media avenues.
• Supports the Head of Sub-Structure and/or in networking with relevant stakeholders and represents the ICRC to various audiences.
• Carries out information analysis/environment scanning to identify and follow political, security, humanitarian developments that could impact ICRC operations and relevant to the ICRC’s reputation/perception and access within the AoR.
• Provides interpretation and translation of documents to and from the local languages (internally or via identified external service providers) to support communication programmes as well as other departments when required.
• Supports operations by providing periodic communication-related (operational communication training) and coaching for field-structure staff and/or other departments/external employees (guards) on the ICRC and the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement when needed.

Education and Experience Required

• University Degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or relevant field.
• 2-5 years’ prior experience in the field of communication and/or with the humanitarian sector.
• Excellent written and reporting skills.
• Excellent skills in MS office; familiarity with online and social media communication tools
• Excellent command of English, Hausa and Kanuri.
• Desired profile and Skills
• Excellent relationship-building/maintaining skills with diverse group of stakeholders.
• Good knowledge of the media landscape in the region.
• Good understanding of the humanitarian context in the North East of Nigeria.
• Proven ability to listen, gather feedback, analyse and make recommendations.