First aid, including resuscitation, is a vital action to treat trauma and illness effectively and quickly to improve a person’s chances of survival. Every year, millions of people die or suffer complications from injuries due to lack of timely assistance or adequate first aid. At the heart of the CRCR Movement, first aid and resuscitation are acts of humanity, emphasizing the desire to save lives without discrimination. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is, together with National Societies, the leading trainer and provider of first aid and resuscitation services worldwide.
At the IFRC General Assembly in 2011, several National Societies requested that the IFRC intensify and harmonize its first aid support. This led to the establishment of the IFRC Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFRC) in 2012, hosted and supported by the French Red Cross (FRC). To achieve its overall objective, and subject to the availability of funds, the IFRC GFRC works and provides services as part of the IFRC Global Health and Care Team, under the joint direction and leadership of the IFRC Secretariat and the French Red Cross.
Lead the activities of the IFRC World Reference Centre for First Aid (WRCF), coordinate the implementation of its missions and ensure its operational, partnership and financial development. Provide medical reference, in line with the scientific reality of WRCF and represent the French Red Cross and the IFRC in all circles where its presence is required or desirable. The Director reports administratively and functionally to the Director of International Operations of the French Red Cross and technically to the Director of the Health and Care Department of the IFRC in Geneva.
As part of a retirement, we are looking for our Head of the Global Reference Center for First Aid (CMRPS)
Job
Your mission will be to
– Manage the administration, finances and human resources of the CMRPS
And in particular administrative and financial management, the preparation of annual budgets, the monitoring of financing agreements.
Recruitment, training, GPEC
Overall team animation and information sharing
-Supervise the administrative and financial management of the CMRPS
-Develop annual budgets and ensure budgetary management and monitoring of actions,
– Management and monitoring of financing agreements
-Implement the human resources policy within the department in terms of recruitment, career management, development and training
– Manage, lead and develop the operational activity of the global first aid reference center
Supervise the implementation of CMRPS projects and activities
Coordinate and participate in the development of first aid tools
Develop project proposals to submit to financial partners
Directly manage technical projects such as the implementation of international guidelines for first aid, resuscitation and education
Support capacity building of CMRPS teams in project planning, monitoring and evaluation.
Ensure regular communication with the IFRC
With the development of project proposals, and their monitoring
Direct management of technical projects such as the implementation of international guidelines on first aid, resuscitation and education
Compliance with CMRPS annual objectives and reporting to the centre’s steering committee
Compliance with procedures and feedback to the IFRC
– Follow the strategy of the French Red Cross and the IFRC in the field of first aid
-Implement the decisions of the steering committee and ensure that the center achieves the goals and objectives it has set.
-Contribute to the development and operationalization of the CMRPS strategy in line with the IFRC 2030 commitments and international strategy, the IFRC-French Red Cross cooperation agreement (2012), the IFRC Health & Care 2030 strategic framework and the IFRC First Aid Policy and Vision 2030.
-Participate in monitoring the strategic working groups of the French Red Cross and the IFRC in the field of first aid.
-Participate in ad hoc strategic meetings within the French Red Cross and the IFRC.
-Prepare and facilitate meetings of the steering committee and attend these meetings,
-He will work closely with the focal point of the IFRC Health and Care Department in Geneva to ensure, in addition to the Steering Committee, close day-to-day integration of the Centre within the IFRC Global Health Team and any other relevant work and initiatives of the Secretariat.
Join us
You want to join a large association that works daily with vulnerable people!
You are looking for meaning and want to flourish within a committed company that upholds values.
You give importance to the principles and values defended and carried by the French Red Cross (Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Volunteering, Unity, Universality)
Desired start date
September 2024
Practical information related to the position
– Guarantee the scientific quality of CMRPS activities.
Supporting collaborators and national societies in their medical and scientific contribution
Participate in scientific and technical groups within and outside the association
Represent the reference center at national and international events and conferences
Represent the IFRC in scientific and technical groups within and outside the association, as well as at national and international conferences and events related to the activities of the centre.
Carry out international missions related to the center’s activities.
Support the various international and national poles in their scientific and medical contributions
Medical Doctor, Experienced Nurse or Experienced First Aid Trainer
you have strong emergency experience and skills in education and training
You have expertise in strategic and operational planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning systems, as well as strong reporting skills.
You have at least 10 years as an international project and programme manager and are comfortable with the procedures of major international donors and with supporting the capacity development of organizations, ideally National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
You have a perfect command of French and English
Spanish and Arabic are a plus