SCIENCES PO AVENIR MISSION TO GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC)« The ICRC, established in 1863, works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected byconflict and armed violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. Based in Geneva,Switzerland, it employs some 12,000 people in 80 countries». 1,453 are expatriates, 9908 aredelegates in the field and 823 staffs are based in Geneva.« The ICRC is committed to responding rapidly and efficiently to the humanitarian needs of peopleaffected by armed conflict or by a natural disaster occurring in a conflict area. » ICRC actions are thusin various sectors such as Health and Health Care, Economic Security, Water & Habitat, Protectingcivilians, etc.All vacancies are posted online, including internships. Internships are paid and usually for long period(12 months).ProfileEnglish is always a must, French is either a must or, at least, important. Linguistic skills in Arabic arecurrently strong assets : as positions depend on emergencies in the field and the evolution of ICRC’sactivities , ICRC maintains a strong presence througout Middle East countries (Egypt, Syria, Iraq,Yemen, …). Yet, for each position, linguistic skills will always be mentioned within the profiledescription but keep in mind that the local language is always required.Field experience is extremely important. You should first start looking at field opportunities (either inICRC, NGOs or international organisations for instance) before looking for positions in headquarters.While in the field, you will face complexe situations and develop specific skills to gain credibility forheadquarters positions. Look at Delegate positions under vacancies and take a look at therecruitment process.Duty station : « Staff are assigned to duty stations on the basis of events in the countries in conflictand the needs of humanitarian operations. In principle, they are not free to choose where they willcarry out their missions. The ICRC can decide to change the duty station at any time, if thecircumstances so require. »Opportunities – Internships / Full time positionsFor internships within the Multilateral Organisations, Policy and Humanitarian Action, MOPHA, youmay send applications to internship.mopha@icrc.org (with faustine.chevet@sciences‐po.fr in Cc).For full time positions, please look at :http://www.icrc.org/eng/who‐we‐are/jobs/index.jsphttp://www.icrc.org/eng/who‐we‐are/jobs/vacancies/index.jsphttp://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/job‐application‐procedure.htm1311, 12, 13 June, 2012