INTERNSHIP – Researcher within the Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Unit (M/F) At French Red Cross

General presentation

In a context of multiplication, intensification and diversification of social challenges and crisis risks, the French Red Cross is acting to unconditionally protect and relieve people in vulnerable situations and build, with them, their resilience. The association thus strives to help populations cope with these collective and individual crises.

With its 75,000 volunteers and 17,000 employees in France and abroad, the French Red Cross offers places and opportunities to get involved in taking care of others and oneself. It prioritizes its activities around 3 missions:

1. Prevent and educate | Observe, prepare, train and mobilize local solidarity to reduce risks, allow everyone to deploy their potential and learn to protect themselves and others.
2. Protect | Provide assistance to people in situations of collective crisis or life breakdown and take care of physical and psychological injuries.
3. Recover by reestablishing social connections | Give everyone the keys to their recovery through their participation in society.

The International Operations Department In a troubled world, marked by complex crises and an explosion of humanitarian needs, the French Red Cross aims to be, internationally, an essential organization in the fields of health and disaster management, fully part of the Movement, working with and with the National Societies of the countries of intervention for the protection and resilience of the most vulnerable, at the heart of global crises and territories in decline.

Within the International Operations Department, the Disaster Risk Management unit’s mission is to contribute to strengthening the Movement’s preparedness and response capacity and the resilience of vulnerable populations in the face of disasters and crises.

The intern’s missions

Under the responsibility of the GRC Pole Manager and in collaboration with a team of 3 technical referents, you will have the opportunity to play a crucial role in the development and deployment of the French Red Cross’ strategy internationally on the challenges of adaptation to climate change. Your missions revolve around 4 main axes:

1. Monitoring & Benchmarking & state of knowledge:

• Explore the latest scientific, technical and social advances in adaptation to climate change
• Compare existing initiatives and projects to identify best practices
• Meet key players in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to enrich your understanding.

2. Content production: development of the “Adaptation” roadmap and tools:

• Contribute to the drafting of the detailed roadmap for international operations
• Contribute to the production of technical sheets allowing the concrete implementation of activities based on good practices (on CCA, waste management, preservation of ecosystems, etc.)

3. Information management and capitalization:

• Organize and manage the FIU’s internal and external information sharing platforms on the subjects of disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change
• Ensure the capitalization of technical documents for RRC/ACC projects and the establishment of a technical library

4.Technical and methodological monitoring of DRR/ACC projects:

• Ensure regular monitoring of projects by participating, with the GRC headquarters technical referent in the area, in meetings with project managers and external partners
• Contribute to the development of concept notes, project proposals, technical sheets and diagnostic and evaluation tools.

Experiences / Training

The profile sought

BAC +4 or +5 training (related to climate change, earth sciences, natural resource management, etc.).

• General knowledge of the issues, actors and policies on the subjects of adaptation to climate change
• Interest in disaster risk management
• Analysis, synthesis and writing skills.
• Autonomy, rigor and sense of organization
• Interest in teamwork and collaboration,
• Mastery of common IT tools (Microsoft Office, etc.)
• Good level of English

Conditions

• 6-month approved internship starting in May 2024
• Legal minimum compensation
• 50% reimbursement of the Navigo pass and employer share for lunches in the company restaurant
• Internship location: Red Cross Campus, 21 rue de la Vanne in Montrouge (92)