Urgent Recruitment @ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies – Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is looking for qualified and dynamic Sierra Leonean to fill the position of French Speaking Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer.
Job Title: – French Speaking Risk Communication and Community Engagement Officer
No. of Post: – One (1)
Duration: 18 months
Duty Station: – Freetown
Organizational context (where the job is located in the Organization)
| The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 192-member National Societies. The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies 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.” The 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 the 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. Background The IFRC Membership and Africa CDC/Mastercard Foundation entered into an ambitious partnership to support 55 Africa Union Member States in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines. This partnership was built upon the Africa CDC/Mastercard Foundation – Save Lives and Livelihoods Program (SLL) – a continental-wide initiative, which objective is to scale up COVID-19 vaccination in the Africa Union Member States by end of 2022. The SLL program consists of several pillars, including RCCE, that together will support delivering the goal of “reaching at least 60% of the African Population with COVID19 vaccines by end of 2022”. The IFRC and Africa National Societies (ANS) were selected by AfCDC and Mastercard as an implementing partner to deliver the RCCE component of the SLL Program. Programme consortiums were established per Sub-Region, and ANS will work under the leadership of 4 National Societies (lead applicant) and the IFRC. Lead applicants are the contract holders and responsible for management and reporting of the program for that sub-region. The regional division is as follows: • IFRC – Contract-holder for Northern Africa and Nigeria (with a continental technical and coordination support role included). • Cameroon Red Cross – contract holder for Central Africa • Kenya Red Cross – contract holder for Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean Islands • Botswana Red Cross – contract holder for Southern Africa • Cote d´Ivoire Red Cross – contract holder for Western Africa (except Nigeria) This partnership identifies the IFRC and Africa National Societies to project themselves as leaders in delivering RCCE programs and lead the efforts on the continent to reduce the vaccine hesitancy. As part of the “Agenda for Renewal”, the programme establishes a first Pan-African partnership with Africa CDC (and Africa Union) and an important donor such as MasterCard Foundation. It will also entail greater level of scrutiny and risk, hence requiring an “all of IFRC” support approach to program management, accountability, and governance, at all levels of the organization. |
Job purpose
| The Bilingual RCCE Officer will be responsible for the technical design and coordination of RCCE support provided by the IFRC to the Freetown Country Cluster Delegation which includes Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea Conakry, Guinea Bissau that will deliver the SLL programme at national level/cluster level. To this end, the RCCE officer will work closely with the CEA and Community Health teams in the National Societies focal points and the Head of program management unit cluster in-country delegations to ensure the technical quality of the RCCE programme. |
Job duties and responsibilities
| The Bilingual RCCE Officer is responsible for providing consistent quality work and support to the four National Societies while engaging all relevant team members including Federation members (Regional/Country), NS counterparts, Partner National Societies, and external partners. The postholder is therefore accountable for the following tasks: RCCE Technical Support in RCCE design and implementation :
Capacity Building:
Programmatic Coherence, Quality and Accountability:
Advisory role
Coordination:
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Duties applicable to all staff
| 1. | Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals |
| 2. | Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles |
| 3. | Perform any other work-related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager |
Position Requirements
| Education | Required | Preferred | |
| A university degree in a relevant area such as community engagement, community development, social and behaviour change communication, sociology, anthropology, health education, or relevant work experience | X | ||
| IMPACT or equivalent knowledge | X | ||
| Experience in and knowledge of project management cycle | X | ||
| Experience | Required | Preferred | |
| Demonstrable technical experience (3 years+) in risk communications, social and behaviour change communication and community engagement in epidemics, working at a national/cluster level | X | ||
| Experience in setting up and managing projects with a qualitative data collection focus, with sources such as community feedback mechanisms, interviews, focus group discussions, social media posts, etc. | X | ||
| Experience in planning and implementing targeted and appropriate behaviour change or risk communication under health approaches and activities | X | ||
| Experience of designing and delivering/trainings and building the capacity of staff and volunteers | X | ||
| Experience of supporting social science research and/or community feedback systems, including presenting and advocating for action based on findings | X | ||
| Experience working with WHO, UNICEF, IFRC and/or other partner organizations | X | ||
| Experience of working with UN Humanitarian Coordination Teams, clusters and health emergencies coordination systems | X | ||
| Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team in a challenging and highly fluid environment, handle constant change and stay flexible | X | ||
| A good understanding of information management (including data flows, protection and analysis), as well as qualitative and quantitative data collection methods | X | ||
| Experience in designing and developing culturally appropriate and context specific IEC materials and messages, and media campaigns. | x | ||
| Red Cross Red Crescent experience is an asset | X | ||
| Knowledge and Skills | Required | Preferred | |
| Previous working experience in the Africa Continent | X | ||
| Able to analyze and identify areas for improvements in programmes, operations through the integration of RCCE/CEA approaches and activities | X | ||
| Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills, able to build relationships with people at all levels of the organisation and with external partners and organizations | X | ||
| Good knowledge of epidemic response, including gender and diversity analysis | X | ||
| Highly motivated, self-starter and team player able to lead a process, engage others and create ownership, across multiple countries and cultures, both in person and remotely | X | ||
| Clear and engaging written and verbal communication skills | X | ||
| Proven good judgment and ability to work with complete integrity and confidentiality | X | ||
| Programme and project management skills | X | ||
| Ability to work within multi-cultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary teams | X | ||
| Languages | Required | Preferred | |
| Fluently spoken and written English and French | X | ||
| Good command of another IFRC official language (Spanish or Arabic) | X | ||
Application should be sent with the following documents
- Application letter
- An updated C.V. + Names and contacts of three (03) referees to be sent to.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
5C Cantonment Road
Off King Harman Road
For the attention of the IFRC Admin/HR Officer.
Closing dated for the receipt of applications would be on Friday 16th September 2022.
Interviews will be conducted, and only French speaking applicants will be selected and contacted.
