Job Vacancies at The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Grade: B2

Main Responsibilities

• Provides HR services in line with the ICRC’s and the delegation’s policies and the applicable laws and regulations.
• Acts as a focal point for general HR-management issues (Delegation Mobile staffing file).
• Monitors and ensures compliance with local labour laws and staff regulations as well as safeguards the recruitment policies.
• In charge of attracting and recruiting specialist and non-specialist staff with the skills and profiles needed by the ICRC.
• Works in collaboration with various units to identify and analyze recruitment challenges, methods, and processes and optimize recruitment tools.
• Reviews and publishes internal and external job offers.
• Evaluates candidates' files, conduct interviews and participates in selecting candidates.
• Serves as candidates' main point of contact during the recruitment process and answers their questions, including on the outcome of their application; carries out administrative tasks (e.g., handling employee files and organizing language tests) with support from the HR Administration Officers.
• Supports the internal and external recruitment process and provides HR expertise to all levels of the organization.
• Takes part in evaluating recruitment activities and adjusts action plans and programmes accordingly, particularly during emergencies.
• Keeps the recruitment tool and candidates' information up-to-date.
• Supports the HR Manager by representing the ICRC in external recruitment-related forums.
• Ensures that new employees are welcomed and well integrated.

Required Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent experience; specialized degree in HR as an asset.
• 4-5 year working experience in HR or a similar field
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English (Local Languages; i.e., Hausa is an asset);
• Computer literate with excellent knowledge of excel and power point
• Two years' experience in the humanitarian field work an asset.
• Knowledge of remuneration systems and management forecasting
• Willingness to travel around the country when needed.

Personal Attributes:

• Recruiter (Talent Acquesition Specialist)
• HR Generalist profile

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Grade: B2

Main Responsibilities

• Reviews medical invoices for anonymization and approval of medical expenses.
• Reports to staff health delegate and provides feedback and recommendations on issues related to the staff's health.
• Collects accurate and reliable data on illnesses, accidents and absenteeism, with a view to providing statistics on illnesses and the medical risks taken by all staff.
• Provides advice and support to ICRC staff with health problems.
• Provides advice on the medical needs of ICRC staff during transportation and coordinates medical evacuations from the field to the capital with the staff health delegate.
• Implements and supervises staff health policies and the ICRC HIV/AIDS programme (where applicable) at all sites under responsibility (delegation/sub-delegations).
• Monitoring drugs dispensing to the sites & handle the staff health medical supplies in delegation and sub delegations ( First aid and VTT kits)
• Carries out health briefings for all new ICRC residents’ staff.
• Assesses and supervises living conditions in the delegation and all sub-sites, promotes general hygiene standards (e.g. housing, use of mosquito nets, water filters, hygiene standards of cooks and cleaners, nutritional advice).
• Carries out defusing and creates peer support groups following critical incidents in the field; follows up if further intervention is required

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent higher education degree in Health (Pharmacist /Assistant, Nurses)
• Post Graduate Degree public health is an asset.
• 2-3 years of experience in HIV/AIDS programme (during or after education period)
• Expert level in computer skills
• Excellent English language skills
• Knowledge of Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo and Pidgin are an asset

Personal Attributes:

• Three years' public health experience.
• Experience in medical supply management.
• Knowledge on HIV/AIDS program.
• Knowledge of tropical health and public health.