Job: Risk Education and Victim Assistance Field Officer at International Committee of the Red Cross Mission in Nagorno-Karabakh Company

Location: Nagorno-Karabaкh, Stepanakert

Category: Social, Non-Profit

Type: Full Time

Deadline: 15-Dec-19 12:00:00 AM

Salary: N/A

Description
Vacancy Announcement
Risk Education and Victim Assistance Field Officer

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organisation with the exclusively humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening International Humanitarian Law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
From various periods of armed conflict, Nagorno-Karabakh has been subject to weapon contamination on various levels. The presence of weapons pose risks to civilians on a daily basis. To reduce exposure to risks in this regard and support victims, the ICRC Mission in Nagorno-Karabakh is announcing a full-time six-month (with possible extension) position of Risk Education and Victim Assistance Field Officer based in Stepanakert.

Main responsibilities:
Under supervision of the Weapon Contamination Coordinator, the Field Officer's duties will be to support the Unit to implement a survey on knowledges attitudes and practices (KAP) survey, support local actors in risk awareness / risk education capacity-building and work with local actors on a victims' database.

Responsibilities
-Implement the KAP survey and analyse the results
-Work with local actors on risk awareness and safer behaviour on identifying needs, gaps and solutions
-Support training to local actors on risk awareness and safer behaviour
-Manage victim database, including follow-up, accuracy and analysis
-Identify, train and accompany suitable host of victim database

RequiredQualifications
-University degree
-Two years' work experience in social or community-related field or similar would be asset
-Fluent knowledge of spoken and written Armenia, Russian and English
-PC proficiency
-Detail-oriented person, high sense of task prioritizing and ability to handle multi-tasking
-Good knowledge of the geographic area assigned
-Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team will be an asset

Benefits

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