Assistant, Restoring Family Link (RFL) at The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Employment Nigeria
18-Aug-2017
ABUJA ,
Administrative
NGO
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an independent humaniatrian organisation whose mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence is recruiting to fill the vacancy below :
POSITION : Restoring Family Link (RFL) Assistant
Responsibilities
- Supports the team in field work, when needed, which entails traveling within the area of responsibility, sometimes for several days
- Participates in the preparation and logistics of RFL trainings held by ICRC and NRCS
- Raises Requisition Orders to purchase the items needed for field activities
- Interviews beneficiaries for RFL purposes and documents cases
- Responsible for the management of the stock and dispatch of dissemination material
- Supports the coordination of ICRC/Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) RFL activities in the different regions and the implementation of RFL activities in Abuja
- In charge of office-based tasks, such as reporting, filing, submitting and reconciling expense reports, corresponding with the teams on the field
- Receives visits and phone enquiries from the beneficiaries and respond to them
- Helps maintain regular contact with the beneficiaries with periodical follow-up by phone and visits
Qualifications
- Degree or specialized training;
- 2 years work experience in humanitarian work;
- Good command of written and spoken English, and spoken Hausa; Kanuri and/or French are an asset;
- Good computer skills, in particular with Excel, Word, if possible PowerPoint;
- Knowledge of Nigerian geography.
Skills
- Committed to work and able to work under supervision or independently as required;
- Able to work under pressure; flexible and open to extra working hours if necessary;
- Capacity to learn and to adapt to new work methods;
- Discretion and confidentiality, self-control;
- Good analytical skills;
- Detail-orientation and precision;
- Very good writing and reporting skills;
- Capacity to work within a team;
- Good inter-personal skills: ability to deal with people respectfully and showing empathy towards others, very good communication skills;
- Aptitude for applying and ensuring compliance with ICRC directives and procedures.
- Very well organized, with good planning abilities
How To Apply
Candidates should send their application letter, CV and contact details of three referees to: ABJ_Recruitment_Services@icrc.org
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