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We regularly have job opportunities in our economic and food security department.
Areas: agronomists, nutritionists, livestock veterinarians, cash and market specialists, analysis and evidence specialists
WHAT WE DO
The ICRC defines economic security as the ability of individuals, households or communities to cover their essential needs and unavoidable expenditure sustainably and with dignity, given their physical needs, environment, and prevailing cultural standards. Working directly with the people and/or communities affected, the ICRC carries out a broad range of emergency-relief, food-security and livelihood-support activities. These include relief distributions (both in kind and through cash-based transfers); nutrition-sensitive and -specific programmes; micro-economic initiatives to foster resilience; animal-health programmes; agricultural interventions; various cash and voucher responses; and capacity-building linked to the above for both individuals and local and national bodies. Accountability to people affected by conflict and other situations of violence is central to all our activities, and helping those in need remains squarely at the heart of all our economic security work.
Our staff are skilled in project-cycle management and have extensive experience in emergency relief, food security and livelihoods and/or more specific professional skills in agronomy, livestock management, cash and markets, nutrition, income-generating activities or household economy.
WHAT WE LOOK FOR
- Strong motivation for humanitarian work and the ICRC’s mandate
- Ability to lead a multicultural team
- Capacity to work in a cross-cutting manner with a diverse team of experts (also from other ICRC areas of activity)
- Ability to work under pressure in a potentially dangerous environment
- Strong sense of accountability to affected persons
- University degree in economics, humanitarian emergencies, disaster management, anthropology, agronomy, veterinary science, nutrition or public health, or strong equivalent field experience in food security and/or livelihoods (including assignments abroad)
- Direct field experience of some or all typical economic security activities, including large-scale relief, livelihood support, income-generating projects, cash-transfer programming and nutrition-sensitive/specific responses
- Proven experience in project-cycle management, including needs-assessment methodology and analysis; project design/planning and proposal; beneficiary selection and identification; implementation; monitoring and evaluation frameworks
- Fundamental knowledge of and skills related to the sustainable-livelihood framework, household-economy assessment, market assessment and key nutritional concepts
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Very good command of English and French (knowledge of another ICRC working language – Spanish, Arabic or Russian – is a strong asset)
- Full proficiency with IT tools; prior experience of digital data collection and analysis and beneficiary and distribution management tools an asset
WHAT WE OFFER
By joining our organization, you will have an opportunity to practise your profession in stimulating, complex and sometimes challenging environments, where your work can really make a difference.
You will work with colleagues from various fields of expertise in a cross-cutting manner to help victims of conflict and other situations of violence. You will be dealing with humanitarian situations that require experience, resourcefulness and innovation in order to achieve the best possible impact, often with limited resources.
You will work for the oldest major international humanitarian organization in the world, adding to your sense of achievement in alleviating the suffering of people and communities and giving you the chance to promote humanitarian values in these turbulent times.
You will benefit from a competitive employment package, including different possibilities for career and personal development. You will take part in an onboarding course and follow continuous training, in order to build your career within the ICRC and beyond.