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Openings at International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Deadline of these Jobs: 30 January 2023

Established in 1863, the ICRC operates worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We are based in Geneva, Switzerland, and employ some 14,500 people in more than 80 countries. T...

Assistant & Information Management Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Co-ordinates the flow of information and ensures that staff understand and apply the appropriate institutional policies and procedures; sets and revises information management and communication procedures
  • Drafts and reviews correspondence, presentations, and other documents; ensures information is shared among users
  • Takes minutes of meetings and follows up on the action points, prepares and distributes reports
  • Manages appointments and organizes briefings, periodic and ad hoc meetings within ICRC and with external interlocutors
  • Welcomes visitors and organizes meetings and events while observing protocol
  • Distributes all electronic documents sent to the delegation through the Teambox/Shared mailbox and ensures that all paper documents and received at the chancellery are distributed accordingly
  • Supervises and monitors the use and update of a range of collaborative tools and databases and offers regular training/information sessions on information management
  • Updates general information in the reference tools; Team Space and Local Network databases
  • Ensures all new staff are briefed on IM aspects, provides regular trainings to all users and IM relays and evaluates the effectiveness and impact of the trainings
  • In coordination with the Executive Assistant and IM Officer (EAIMO) supports in the organization of national seminars and workshops
  • Shares with all staff information on; ICRC rules regarding correspondence, ICRC protocol and monitors to ensure compliance
  • Ensures that proper procedures are in place for protection, usage, and storage of sensitive office supplies ICRC stamps, seals, letterhead, and stationery
  • On annual basis, conducts audits in the sub sites to ensure the compliance to the information management procedures and guidelines

Minimum qualifications and required competencies

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, or equivalent qualification in a related field of study
  • 3 years’ experience in same level in busy environment
  • Detail-oriented, highly organized and practices strict adherence to timelines
  • Excellent analytical, team management skills and a problem-solving attitude
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Excellent command of English and Somali language
  • Computer proficiency especially in MS Office suite
  • Possessing a strong degree of honesty and integrity, and a solid sense of ethics including the ability to appropriately handle confidential information

We Offer

  • A challenging job opportunity within a dynamic work environment in an international humanitarian organization
  • Training and development opportunities
  • A competitive salary with benefits, based on the ICRC Compensation and Benefits framework

Protection Interpreter

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Supports in oral interpretation from Somali to English, and English to Somali in the context of regular visits to places of detention meetings with interlocutors, and protection-related trainings or presentations for external audiences.
  • Translates relevant documents/texts from English to Somali or vice-versa.
  • Assists in the preparation of dissemination material adapted to the Somali context.

Minimum qualifications and required competencies

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Linguistic Studies or equivalent qualification in a related field of study
  • 4 years’ experience in a similar field in a humanitarian organization
  • Knowledge of International Humanitarian Law (IHL)/ International Human Rights Law (IHRL) is an asset
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
  • High level of confidentiality and discretion
  • Fluency in written and spoken English and Somali language
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite

We Offer

  • A challenging job opportunity within a dynamic work environment in an international humanitarian organization
  • Training and development opportunities
  • A competitive salary with benefits, based on the ICRC Compensation and Benefits framework
 
 

Job Info
Job Category: Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 31 January 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 24-01-2023
No of Jobs: 2
Start Publishing: 24-01-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 24-01-2067
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