A major player in the social and solidarity economy, the French Red Cross manages a network of more than 600 establishments and services in the health, medico-social and training sectors.
Humanity is today facing increasingly numerous, deep and prolonged crises, in which climate change plays a significant role.
In this context, the International Operations Department of the French Red Cross has refocused its expertise on two priority areas :
health and disaster management .
The CRf aims to develop actions aimed at strengthening the preparation of the Movement’s stakeholders, responding to crises and disasters in a coordinated manner and developing innovative anticipation approaches.
A second axis aims to help local populations and institutions reduce their vulnerabilities and better prepare for disasters and crises.
Actions are focused around the stages of the disaster management cycle :
**1_**Preparatory actions at the various organizational levels of the Movement, at the national level, by supporting the National Societies, but also the delegations of the French Red Cross when they are present, in order to enable them to position themselves as the essential actors of this system; at the regional and global level, by participating in the evolution and development of emergency response tools through the regional mechanisms coordinated by the Federation, our Regional Intervention Platforms (PIR) and the global tools with the Emergency Response Teams (ERU) and the Rapid Intervention Teams
(Rapid Response) ;
2_ Prevention and mitigation actions aimed at reducing the vulnerabilities of institutions and communities to crises and hazards in order to improve their resilience;
3_ Response actions through the various tools of the Movement and the French Red Cross with the dispatch of equipment and specialized human resources in the fields of health, including mental health, public health interventions and clinical care of patients, access to water, emergency distribution and humanitarian coordination.
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You lead a team of 6 people, working closely with the department head, and participate in defining and deploying the strategic directions of the French Red Cross in terms of risk and disaster management.
In this capacity, your mission will be:
Mission 1 Strategic management
Participate in defining strategic directions in terms of GRC and manage their implementation.
Ensure the management of the GRC strategic framework in line with the department’s objectives.
Develop reference frameworks to strengthen the quality of interventions.
Contribute to the development of research and innovation activities with various external technical partners, the Innovation Department and the CRF Foundation.
Work closely with the Health and Development Support Departments of National Societies to ensure consistency and complementarity of approaches, integrating the dimensions of preparedness, response and resilience into international projects.
Ensure that emergency response actions are coordinated with risk reduction and medium- and long-term adaptation dynamics, within a humanitarian-development-climate nexus logic.
Mission 2 Coordination of technical productions
Manage the department’s technical production (guides, tools, training) to meet the needs of technical teams in the field.
Guarantee the quality of technical productions, ensuring their relevance to operational needs and international standards.
Ensures the quality of technical support from CRF operations officers.
Mission 3 Animation of the Pole and development of skills
Ensure the running of the Pole and ensure team cohesion within the Department
Supervise the technical support of technical referents (validation of missions and prioritization).
Ensure the development of technical skills of team members through training and mentoring.
Encourage the personal and professional development of team members by identifying continuing education opportunities.
Set up feedback and capitalization sessions to promote collective learning.
Mission 4 Monitoring, representation and development of partnerships
Ensure technical and strategic monitoring of GRC, climate and resilience issues
Ensure the representation of the department with the Red Cross Movement and international partners.
Participate in thematic working groups at the international level and represent the department at conferences, forums and meetings with technical and scientific partners.
Develop strong relationships with external partners to strengthen the department’s recognition within the humanitarian community.
Develop technical and innovative partnerships.
Mission 5 CRF Response in International Emergency Situations
Join us
Would you like to join a large, meaningful association that works daily with vulnerable people and whose kindness is at the heart of its corporate culture?
The Red Cross Campus also has a company restaurant and cafeteria, free parking and a bicycle park.
Located in Montrouge (92), it houses the central services of the French Red Cross. This open-air space aims to improve the working environment, to encourage exchanges and new modes of collaboration, collective work, synergy and transversality between its employees. Very modern, it complies with the HQE (high environmental quality) standard, provides numerous outdoor and convivial spaces, a company restaurant and a gym of more than 140 m2 to improve the working environment.
Your status as an independent manager gives you 23 to 25 days of rest in addition to the 5 weeks of compulsory paid leave, and our teleworking policy allows you to benefit from 2 days/week or 10 days per month.
You can benefit from the social and cultural activities offered by our Social and Economic Committee (CSE-E). Cinema vouchers and culture vouchers at reduced rates, coverage of part of your registration fees for a sports activity, participation in your cultural activities (museum visits, shows, concerts, etc.), rental of accommodation by the sea or in the mountains, etc.
Higher education (master’s or doctorate level) in natural risk management, environment, geography, climate change
You have expertise in the field of disaster risk reduction
Expertise in development project management and emergency contexts in the field of GRC.
Proficiency in project cycle management, including design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Ability to contribute to knowledge capitalization processes and the dissemination of good practices.
You will know how to lead, develop, unite teams and ensure coordination between the different partners.
Flexible, committed, autonomous and responsive, you communicate efficiently.
This position requires a very good command of English , both spoken and written.