Main tasks

Manage the development of Climate & Environment Charter guidance and support

• Lead discussions with key partners, i.e., IFRC, ICRC, ICVA, Sphere and CHS Alliance, to identify the right framing for guidance and support, and to ensure the integration into existing standards of climate and environment-related elements
• Organize consultations with signatories and the wider humanitarian sector to refine the understanding of the necessary support and develop an adapted action plan
• Coordinate guidance development, including soliciting feedback from humanitarian organizations and liaising with potential partners including Sphere, CHS, and potential expert authors/contributors
• Co-lead with the ICRC the promotion of the Charter and represent the Charter in external events, as needed

Provide technical support to National Societies in their implementation of Charter targets

• Support the roll-out of the Charter across the Movement, including presenting at meetings and events
• Provide input to National Societies’ Charter targets and relevant plans, as requested
• Organize sessions to share experiences, challenges and opportunities

Coordinate the IFRC’s implementation of its own Charter targets

• Ensure baselines are established in coordination with, or by, relevant IFRC and Climate Centre teams
• Support the establishment of plans to deliver on the targets
• Monitor implementation and collect progress reports

Contribute to an effective, high quality IFRC team

• Be accountable to the team manager by providing progress reports on results against objectives and risk analysis
• Be flexible in your work definition according to needs and targets and improve team efficiencies and effectiveness within available resources
• Be a pro-active team member fostering a customer service-oriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation, high performance and cost effectiveness
• Foster a co-creative environment with colleagues in the Secretariat, Regions, the ICRC and the National Societies and open and co-operative view to the actors in the relevant external environment

We are searching for a candidate with the following experience and skills

• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in development or humanitarian studies, political science, climate change, international relations or other relevant area
• At least 8 years of work experience in the humanitarian or development sector
• At least 5 years of experience in climate change, climate-smart disaster risk reduction and/or related work
• Experience leading or coordinating multi-stakeholder processes
• Experience working in an international or cross-cultural environment
• Experience within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an asset
• Excellent understanding of climate, environmental and disaster risk management concepts
• Excellent understanding of the dynamics, institutions and political context of the international humanitarian and development sectors
• Fluent spoken and written English is essential, Understanding of another red cross official language (French, Spanish, Arabic, etc) is an asset.

Personal qualities

• Outstanding networking, collaboration and negotiation skills
• Results oriented and demand driven individual; entrepreneurial; ability to lead in unprecedented and/or ambiguous situations; proactive
• Energetic and enthusiastic individual, engaging, brokering and facilitating dialogue and agreement among diverse groups,
• High degree of tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels