Intern, Migration and Displacement

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  • Added Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
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Organizational Context

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the worldโ€™s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs). The overall aim of IFRC is โ€œto inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.โ€ IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination; (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services.

IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.

Job Purpose

The Migration and Displacement, under the Health, Disaster, Climate and Crises (HDCC) Unit at the IFRC MENA Regional Office, is responsible for the coordination of region-wide efforts to implement the IFRC Global Strategy on Migration, to advance the goals of the Global Route Based Migration Programme, and to lead the Secretariat of the RCRC MENA Migration Network.

The Migration and Displacement intern will support the Migration and Displacement thematic team in its role to support the IFRC delegations and National Societies to implement its strategic priorities on migration and displacement. The Migration and Displacement intern will have a particular focus on supporting the migration and displacement senior officer with key activities related to migration strategy, humanitarian diplomacy, technical guidance, capacity building.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
Ability to work independently and as part of a team - Required Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously - Required
Good analytical and research skills, with good understanding of data analysis and report writing - Preferred Good analytical and research skills, with good understanding of data analysis and report writing - Preferred Ability to work in a fast-paced, diverse cultural context - Preferred Good report-writing skills - Preferred

Languages

Fluent spoken and written Arabic and English - Required Good command of another IFRC official language (French and/or Spanish) - Preferred
Competencies, Values and Comments

Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust

Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability

IFRC Disclaimer

IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.

If you appointed to or undertake a role within IFRC, whether as staff, staff on loan or secondees, you will be subject to the organization's Code of Conduct, which is available here and on our website.

Note: All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which include prior professional conduct checks and review of criminal records. IFRC will request a conduct check from all prior employers for a period of 5 years, including but not limited to employers who like IFRC participate in the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. For more details on the Scheme, please see ont-style: italic;\">THE MISCONDUCT DISCLOSURE SCHEME โ€” SCHR.

IFRC ensures equal employment opportunities!

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