THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC) OFFICE IN PORT HARCOURT IS LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE CANDIDATE TO FILL THE FOLLOWING VACANCY:

FIELD OFFICER (M/F)
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
• TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN EXTERNAL RELATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND BRIEF THEM ON ICRC’S ACTIVITIES
• TO KNOW ICRC’S PRINCIPLES OF ACTION AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CONDUCT OF SESSIONS OF DISSEMINATION OF THOSE PRINCIPLES TO TARGET PUBLICS
• TO ASSIST THE LOCAL BRANCHES OF THE NIGERIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR PROJECTS
• TO PARTICIPATE IN NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN DIMENSIONS AND ASSURE THE FOLLOW-UP WITH LOCAL-PARTNERS AND AUTHORITIES
• TO PROVIDE SOUND ELEMENTS OF REPORTING AND STATISTICS
• TO ENSURE NECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW-UP
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS OR RELATED FIELD
• PROVEN WORK EXPERIENCE IN A SIMILAR FIELD PREFERABLY WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• AWARENESS OF THE PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIO-POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE NIGER DELTA REGION
• EXCELLENT COMMAND OF WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ENGLISH
• GOOD COMPUTER SKILLS
DESIRED PROFILE:
• STRONGLY MOTIVATED BY HUMANITARIAN WORK
• EXCELLENT ANALYTICAL SKILLS
• ASSERTIVENESS, STRONG CAPACITY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES AND PLAN OF ACTIONS
• OPEN-MINDEDNESS, FLEXIBILITY AND SENSE OF INNOVATION
• PROVEN ABILITY TO WORK IN A TEAM AND UNDER PRESSURE
• WELL-DEVELOPED VERBAL AND WRITING SKILLS

METHOD OF APPLICATION:
PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION (LETTER OF MOTIVATION, CV, COPIES OF CERTIFICATES/DIPLOMA, REFEREES) TO
THE ICRC, DELEGATION IN ABUJA,
ADMINISTRATOR,
PLOT 436 KUMASI CRESCENT,
OFF AMINU KANO CRESCENT,
WUSE II ABUJA.
PLEASE CLEARLY INDICATE “FIELD OFFICER” ON THE ENVELOPE AND SEAL IT.
YOU CAN ALSO APPLY BY EMAIL DIRECTLY TO admco.abj@)icrc.org
ONLY COMPLETE FILES MATCHING WITH THE PROFILE WILL BE CONSIDERED.
ONLY SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.

CLOSING DATE: 4TH JANUARY, 2010.