HSRP Emergency Management Health Field Officer

What We Do Since 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to preserve human dignity and relieve suffering caused by war and armed violence. In collaboration with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world, we do everything we can to deliver life-saving aid, reconnect families and locate missing people – helping those who need it most, regardless of who they are and what side of the front line they are on. We engage with authorities and armed forces on all sides, often confidentially, pressing for access to detainees to improve their living conditions and urging compliance with international humanitarian law to protect non-combatants, including from digital threats. Our values At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect, and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviors based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC values, please visit this page. What We Offer By joining our organization, you will have an opportunity to practise your profession in stimulating, complex, and sometimes challenging environments, where your work can really make a difference. You will work with colleagues from various fields of expertise in a cross-cutting manner to help victims of conflict and other situations of violence. You will be dealing with humanitarian situations that require experience, resourcefulness, and innovation to achieve the best possible impact. You will work for the oldest major international humanitarian organization in the world, adding to your sense of achievement in alleviating the suffering of people and communities and giving you the chance to promote humanitarian values in these turbulent times. You will benefit from a competitive employment package, including different possibilities for career and personal development. You will take part in an onboarding course and follow continuous training to build your career within the ICRC and beyond. Competitive compensation package, a monthly salary with benefits including (13th salary, International Retirement Saving Plan (IRSP), medical coverage, life insurance, mobility allowance, and social security scheme). Purpose The Health System Resilience Project (HSRP) Emergency Management Health Field Officer (HFO) supports the Programme Manager in implementing, coordinating, monitoring and documenting activities within assigned areas, in line with programme objectives and annual planning. The HFO contributes to field-level planning and coordination and may oversee and deliver assigned activities with a degree of autonomy. The Health Field Officer serves as the operational link between the Programme Manager, Iraqi health authorities, partners, technical specialists, field locations and ICRC support departments, providing knowledge of the Iraqi health system, context and professional networks. The Health Field Officer facilitates delivery and provides technical or clinical input within their qualifications, while escalating matters requiring management or specialist approval. Relationships Internally, interacts with Health team, Delegation and SD management, relevant delegation departments and programmes (e.g. Armed and security forces (FAS), Protection), support departments (e.g. Logistics, Finance and Administration (FAD)). Externally, interacts with the NCC under the Ministry of Interior; Ministry of Health /Operation Emergency Medical Services (MoH-OEMS) and the Directorate of Nursing; (Directorate of Health ) DoHs; hospital and ED leadership; (Emergency Operation center )EOCs; Emergency Medical Services (EMS) directorates, dispatch centres, ambulance services and training institutions; IRCS; Civil Defence; police; and other Iraqi institutions involved in emergency management as well international NGOs (WHO, MSF), UN agencies and movement partners, Worls Association for Disaster and Emergency Medecine (WADEM), academic and professional bodies and other humanitarian or technical partne