Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, January 28 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance. The ICRC also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
About the Job
The Movement Cooperation Officer 2 contributes to developing and implementing the delegation's objectives for cooperation with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (the Movement) in line with the ICRC’s Movement policies and in consultation with the Rwanda Red Cross Society (RRCS). S/He contributes to building positive relationships between the ICRC and the other Movement components, particularly the Rwanda Red Cross, Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Partner National Societies (PNS).

Duties and Responsibilities
Program Management (50%)
• Oversees the implementation (including monitoring and reporting) of the Cooperation activities in line with the Agreed Plan of Action in Safer Access Framework (SAF), emergency Services, International Humanitarian Law (IHL) with the RRCS in consultation with the Regional Movement Cooperation Coordinator.
• In close collaboration with RRCS identifies, its strengths, capacities and opportunities to better set strategies and objectives for capacity-strengthening.
• Makes aware ICRC departments (Cooperation, RFL and Communication) on the RRCS capacity development gaps and objectives.
• Facilitates the work of the ICRC/RRCS financial management by supporting the Regional Movement Cooperation Coordinator in the verification and check of all submissions of accountabilities with the RRCS regarding accuracy and compliances.
• Follow up on National Society Investment Alliance (NSIA) implementation for the RRCS Accelerator Grant as ICRC Liaison.
• Discusses financial issues with ICRC and RRCS Finance departments to ensure coherence and compliance.
• Acts as Safer Access Framework focal person of the ICRC delegation
• Ensures that the institutional memory of the Delegation and the Red Loop are regularly updated.
Movement Coordination (30%)
• Supports the Regional Movement Cooperation Coordinator in issues related to Movement Coordination.
• Makes regular follow up on implementation of all kind of Movement Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Agreements, letter of intentions etc.
• Internally, interacts with other departments of the delegation who work with RRCS.
• Maintains regular contact with Movement partners in Kigali, collects information regarding their activities/projects/programmes and regularly updates Movement Partnership mapping tools.
• Participates in the Movement Coordination meetings together with Regional Movement Cooperation Coordinator.
• Represents ICRC when required due to the absence of other ICRC representatives in meetings with Movement Partners.
Institutional Reporting and Briefing (20%)
• Keeps the Regional Movement Cooperation Coordinator, the Deputy Head of Delegation and the Head of Regional Delegation updated on RRCS issues, critical analysis of humanitarian needs vs. RRCS interventions on a regular basis.
• Focal person for the Information Management (IM) of Cooperation file at the Kigali delegation
• Briefs newcomers on Cooperation issues, in-depth analysis of the RRCS and humanitarian space in Kigali when requested.
• Writes Coop reports/minutes of meetings with RRCS and Movement partners as required.

About you
To be successful as a Movement Cooperation Officer, you should possess the following qualifications and experience and have the following characteristics:
• University Degree or equivalent experience
• Excellent command (spoken and written) of English and French
• Computer proficiency
• Minimum 3 years work experience in a field relevant to Movement Cooperation (inside or outside the ICRC)
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in international humanitarian work with the ICRC or any other Movement Component (National Societies, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) or PNS)
• Previous experience working with teams in a multicultural work environment.

What we offer
• A dynamic and challenging work setting in the humanitarian environment.
• Training and development opportunities.
• A competitive salary plus benefits based on the ICRC Compensation and Benefits framework.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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