Job
Title: Emergency Operations Support Intern
Classification
Level: NA
Organizational
Unit / Duty Station: Operations Unit, East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands
Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya - Africa Zone.
Duration
of internship: 6
months
Organizational context: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Regional Office in Nairobi supports Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies in 15 countries across East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
Organizational context: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Regional Office in Nairobi supports Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies in 15 countries across East Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
The
East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands (EAIOI) regional office is sharing
premises with the IFRC Africa Zone office.
The Regional office operations unit supports national societies in disaster response.
The Regional office operations unit supports national societies in disaster response.
The
current crisis in South Sudan has countries for a large part of the region and
the regional office is active in responding to this disaster as well as other
emergencies such as flooding, drought, mudslides, disease outbreaks, etc.
across the region.
The
regional operations unit currently consists of a Regional Operation Coordinator
and two regional Disaster Management Delegate.
The
Operations Unit works closely with the IFRC regional office technical teams
within Watsan, Health, Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Preparedness, Food
security and Beneficiary Communications as well as with the IFRC Africa Zone
Disaster Management Unit.
Strategy 2020 of the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) places emphasis on developing a culture of active engagement with, and transparent accountability to the communities that we serve and work with.
Strategy 2020 of the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) places emphasis on developing a culture of active engagement with, and transparent accountability to the communities that we serve and work with.
One
approach towards improving our effectiveness and building greater
accountability in programme delivery is to develop a more systematic and
coordinated approach towards communicating with ‘at-risk’ and
‘disaster-affected’ communities.
Internship Purpose: The role of the operational support intern is to provide support to the emergency operations unit at the IFRC Regional Office in Nairobi.
The intern will support the coordination of timely, efficient and effective IFRC support to National Societies that are dealing with the impact of the population movement within and from South Sudan, as well as other sudden and slow onset disasters and crises events.
Internship Purpose: The role of the operational support intern is to provide support to the emergency operations unit at the IFRC Regional Office in Nairobi.
The intern will support the coordination of timely, efficient and effective IFRC support to National Societies that are dealing with the impact of the population movement within and from South Sudan, as well as other sudden and slow onset disasters and crises events.
The
intern will report on a day to day basis to the IFRC Regional Operations
Coordinator. A mid-term evaluation will be held between the intern and the
Regional Ops Manager.
Based
on the performance and the interests of the intern the case-load of tasks and
responsibilities will be re-assessed during the mid-term evaluation
Internship duties and responsibilities
Internship duties and responsibilities
- Assist
the Operations Unit with daily support to emergency operations.
- Collect
data and information from emergency response operations and provide a
regional overview by the use of tool already existing, and by supporting
the development of new management and planning tools.
- Assist
with planning and development of DREF and Emergency appeals processes
- Support
monitoring of emergency operations through use of IFRC tools
- Support
the development of a functional information management system in support
of operations management
- Assist
with formulation of relevant operational reports including report writing
- Support
with the rapid deployment of delegates, RDRT, FACT or ERU’s
- Support
to administrative and financial management functions of the Operation unit
- Preparations
for operations meetings, note taking
- Undertakes
other duties as assigned by the supervisor, including operations
coordination tasks, in support of the objectives of the Regional
Operations Coordination Unit.
Duties applicable to all interns
- Actively
work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals
- Abide
by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles
- Perform
any other work related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by
the line manager
Intern Position Requirements
Education
Required
- A
university degree in a relevant area
Experience
Required
- Experience
of working in an office environment
Preferred
- Relevant
experience working or interning with a humanitarian organization
- RC/RC
experience
Knowledge and Skills
Required
- Able
to take initiative and to deliver on very short deadlines
- Good
interpersonal skills
- Excellent
verbal and written skills
- Self-supporting
in computers (Windows, spreadsheets, word-processing)
Preferred
- Good
understanding of humanitarian or development sector
Languages
Required
- Fluently
spoken and written English
Preferred
- Good
command of French or Arabic
Competencies
- Collaboration
and Teamwork
- Creativity
and Innovation
- Communication
- Judgement
and Decision Making
- National
Society and Customer Relations
- Building
Trust
- Empowering
Others
Submission of applications:
Applications
should be submitted by email to hr.eastafrica@ifrc.org; to be received not
later than 8th September 2014.
Kindly note that due to the large volumes of applications received;
Kindly note that due to the large volumes of applications received;
- Only
e-mail applications will be accepted
- Only
short listed candidates will be contacted.