The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an
impartial, neutral and independent organisation with the exclusively
humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and
internal violence and to provide them with assistance.
It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening International Humanitarian Law and universal humanitarian principles.
The ICRC’s Regional Delegation in Nairobi co-ordinates the institution’s humanitarian activities in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti. It also runs regional specialist units that provide support and expertise to the ICRC’s delegations in Africa.
Regional Reporting Delegate / Officer
The ICRC Regional Delegation in Nairobi is seeking an experienced and highly
motivated person to fill the above mentioned position:It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening International Humanitarian Law and universal humanitarian principles.
The ICRC’s Regional Delegation in Nairobi co-ordinates the institution’s humanitarian activities in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti. It also runs regional specialist units that provide support and expertise to the ICRC’s delegations in Africa.
Regional Reporting Delegate / Officer
The reporting Officer / Delegate is responsible for producing the narrative part of funding proposals and reports to the European Commission (EC), and in particular to ECHO.
The position is based in Nairobi and will cover mainly delegations in Africa where ICRC has contracts with EC/ECHO. The position will require travelling to these countries whenever opportune.
Main responsibilities:
Preparing and writing the narrative part of the funding requests, interim and final reports for ECHO and possibly other EC Departments, ensuring that the level of information provided is coherent across operations and takes into account ICRC’s long-term interests and relationship with the European Commission.
Main tasks
- Collect
relevant information in internal documents/reports from ICRC HQs and
field.
- Summarize
ICRC’s analyses, approach, needs assessment, objectives, activities,
results and outcome for one or several specific actions in a coherent and
readable way, based on a given format;
- Complete
missing information through direct contacts with concerned file holders
(mainly protection and assistance coordinators) and submit draft documents
to the file holders for completion when necessary;
- Conduct
briefing sessions for new ICRC colleagues concerned by EC contracts,
requirements and policies;
- In
coordination with concerned Heads of Delegation and / or file
holders/program responsible, participate in meetings with EC
representatives when opportune;
- Other
reporting tasks: the management of the Regional delegation, or any other
ICRC delegation in the region, and in coordination with the External
Resources Division, may require ad hoc reporting support for other than EC
files.
Starting date: March 2012
Deadline for applications: 09.01.2012
If you are interested, please visit our website www.icrc.org for all details concerning this positions and how to apply (Working for the ICRC – Vacancies).
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