Archives and Information Management
-
Select with space bar to view the full contents of the job information.
Loading more jobs
Expert guidance on information management
We provide advice on information management and security to our delegations around the world and to headquarters, ensuring the use of approved applications, documentation standards and archival procedures. In this way, we help enable operational continuity, accountability and rapid response in humanitarian emergencies.
Facilitating information-sharing
We support effective information-sharing across the organization to strengthen collaboration and ensure consistency, thereby improving coordination, safeguarding sensitive data and reinforcing trust with internal and external stakeholders.
Promoting internal knowledge
We develop and promote internal knowledge to inform policies and decision-making, ensuring that accurate information and lessons learned directly shape the ICRC’s humanitarian strategies.
Preserving institutional memory
We acquire, organize and preserve records and provide access to archives, audiovisual collections and library resources, both onsite and online, thus protecting the ICRC’s institutional memory and making past experiences and key decisions available to guide future efforts and strengthen transparency.
Managing beneficiary archives
We manage archives related to detainees, missing persons and other beneficiaries of ICRC protection activities. We issue official certificates, thus supporting our protection mandate by helping individuals and families secure their rights, access services or find closure.
Please note that not all positions are open at all times.
At the ICRC, our information management and archival experts play a key role in safeguarding knowledge, enabling field operations and preserving institutional memory. We look for people who can bring expertise, rigour and passion in the following roles:
Executive assistants and information management officers
You help ensure that work runs smoothly at headquarters or in delegations. Thanks to your strong organizational skills and mastery of digital tools, you manage and share information effectively so that teams can act with clarity and efficiency.
Information management coordinators
You lead information management at the delegation level, driving good practices, processes and tools. As change enablers, you ensure that teams know, adopt and use ICRC standards to improve impact across field operations.
Librarians
You curate, digitize and maintain our collections. By organizing and promoting knowledge, you serve ICRC staff, researchers, governments and the wider humanitarian community, making vital resources accessible worldwide.
Archivists
You safeguard the ICRC’s institutional memory by preserving and providing access to archives with legal, historical and operational value. Your work strengthens our understanding of past and present contexts, ensuring continuity in humanitarian action.
For more information, please see the main What We Look For page.