Disaster Management Volunteer

Organizational context (where the job is located in the Organization) The Secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is organized into four Business Groups, one of which is Programmes Services, in which the Disaster Management Unit in MENA Zone lies. The mission of DMU in MENA is: To save lives, protect livelihoods and strengthen recovery from disasters and crises through enhancing and increasing DM capacities of MENA NSs towards safer and more resilient communities”  Job purpose The DM volnuteer will support the DMU members in providing support to develop/finalize technical tools in Arabic ( proof reading and following up the layout and printing) He/She will also support the administrative work related to the DMU with the admin team focusing on the DM strategy project, as well as any other DM task needed.  Job duties and responsibilities Technical documents (In Arabic) a) Support and work together with the DMU to finalize the pending documents in Arabic ( proof reading, ,layout and printing). b) Support the finalization of the DM curricula in Arabic including the dissemination plan. c) Assist in any other DMU related task that may arise with focus on collecting the migration related materials.  DM Strategy: a) Support and assist the administrative part related to the DM strategy development. b) Compile and document all steps related the development of the DM strategy.  Duties applicable to all staff 1. Actively work towards the achievement of the Federation Secretariat’s goals 2. Abide by and work in accordance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent principles 3. Perform any other work related duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager   Position Requirements  Education   Required Preferred A graduate degree in social sciences/ political sciences/public health/ development/business management   X       Experience Required  Preferred No previous experience required for this volunteering;           Knowledge and Skills Required  Preferred Advanced computer knowledge as user; x   Languages Required  Preferred Excellent command Arabic language X   Other languages: English   X