Senior Officer, Youth Mobilization and Leadership

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. IFRC uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on Strategy 2030. IFRC responds to disasters and crises, ensuring timely, coordinated and locally led humanitarian action. IFRC supports its members in building community resilience in the areas of climate and environment, health and wellbeing, and migration and displacement.

IFRC promotes respect for our fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality, including in our work on values, power and inclusion. The IFRC focuses throughout on our core mandate – our raison d’être – of strategic and operational coordination, humanitarian diplomacy, National Society development, and accountability.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General and has its Headquarters in Geneva and five regional offices in Africa (Nairobi); the Americas (Panama);
Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur);
Europe (Budapest); and MENA (Beirut) as well as representation offices, service centres and delegations across the globe.

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.

The National Society Development and Coordination Division consists of three departments: the National Society Development Department; the Disasters, Climate and Crises Department; the Health and Care Department and DREF, Information Management and Quality. It also includes the Operational Movement and Membership Coordination Team, and hosted projects of the IFRC, namely: the Global Road Safety Partnership, the Risk-Informed Early Action Partnership, and the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response.

The position is located in the NS Development Department in Geneva that provides technical guidance and assistance to National Societies.

Provide technical leadership and quality standards in IFRC Secretariat assistance provided to National Societies’ youth work.

The post-holder is responsible for:

• Promoting and supporting NS initiatives on humanitarian education. This includes coordination of IFRC flagship initiatives such as Youth as Agents of Behavioural Change (YABC) and development of new global programming in support of NS dissemination of Red Cross and Red Crescent Fundamental Principles and International Humanitarian Law (IHL).
• Designing and promoting various initiatives to encourage youth mobilization for National Society local services as part of Secretariat’s broader agenda and strategy on volunteering and NS development.
• Overseeing IFRC youth advocacy initiatives and coordinating with youth organizations and other external partners with the common goal to tackle global issues such as climate change, migration, social inclusion, promotion of peace and culture of non-violence, and protection of humanitarian personnel;
• Developing and facilitating global resource-sharing in priority areas and ensuring high quality technical support to NS across regions as well as to the IFRC Youth Commission.

• Oversee IFRC’s work on humanitarian education for young people in support of National Societies and develop global plans, coordination mechanisms and tools with special focus on value-based education in formal education…