Dissemination Field Officer Vacancy at ICRC in PHC

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial,
neutral and independent organisation whose exclusively humanitarian
mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict
and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.

We are looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Dissemination Field Officer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers

Required Qualifications

• University degree in communication or any relevant fields
• Good knowledge of geographically assigned environment
• Is familiar and comfortable to work with social media
• 2 years work experience in a similar field
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Good computer literate and efficient internet user

Main Responsibilities

• Assists the Head of Sub Delegation in running dissemination,
  communications and networking activities in the field for emergency
  interventions
• Contributes to the implementation and running of specific projects / programmes
• Identifies, establishes and maintains contacts with key civil
  society actors, local Red Cross Branches concerning their particular
  programmes
• Identifies communications needs and work with other departments in information dissemination
• Takes charge of all dissemination materials in the SD including stocking and restocking
• Takes record of happenings within the states of operation and
  makes weekly presentation of General Situation of events of ICRC’s
  interests
• Carries out Civil Society Dissemination to CSOs/CDOs in areas of ICRC’s operations
• Carries out regular media monitoring in English and local
  language and contributes to the ICRC analysis of the local media
  landscape
• Produces written reports on the activities
• Collects information on the situation in the field and reports to the delegate

Personal Attributes:

• Good analytical and writing skills
• Capacity of treating information confidentially
• Ability to adapt behaviour to the various interlocutors
• Capacity to analyse the political and social environment

How to Apply
Interested and qualified should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and contact details of three referees to: ABJ_Recruitment_Services@icrc.org

Note:

• Late application will not be considered.
• Please clearly indicate “Dissemination Field Officer” as the subject of your application.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

 
Deadline  9th October, 2015, 16:30 h.