5 Traineeships at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The Policy and Humanitarian Diplomacy Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) offers five traineeship positions for a period of one year, starting either in January, February or March 2018.

Under the supervision of a Diplomatic or Policy Adviser, the post holder will be responsible for:

Analysing humanitarian trends, issues and policy developments;
Preparing/attending conferences, seminars and bilateral meetings;
Conducting research, writing speeches/speaking points, drafting reports, taking minutes of meetings;
Informing ICRC delegations in the field about a variety of international issues;
Assisting with the day-to-day management of relations with international organisations and UN agencies, regional organisations, major international NGOs and humanitarian think-tanks;
The candidate will support the work on regions and/or policy issues, such as:

Regions:

Africa;
Asia and the Pacific;
Americas;
Europe and Central Asia;
Near and Middle East.

Issues may include:

Access to education;
Assistance (cash, health, etc.);
Counterterrorism, preventing and combatting violent extremism;
Detention;
Displacement;
Gender;
International humanitarian law;
Healthcare in danger;
Humanitarian-development nexus;
Localisation of aid;
Migration;
Missing;
UN (UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council, ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, Inter-Agency Standing Committee, etc.);
Urban violence.

Deadline Application: 07-08-2017

Further details:
5 Traineeships at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)