RFL and Migration Manager

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

1. Migration

• Monitor population movement trends events in Lebanon.
• Mainstream migration across all the humanitarian activities implemented at LRC.
• Update contingency plans and preparedness packs, including capacity building action if required, at the level of protection and assistance of People on the Move.
• Monitor migration trends and events, and provide relevant updates to key internal and external stakeholders.
• Design and implement interventions aiming to protect and support Migrants, when required.
• Ensure quality and effective reporting for institutional donors.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with IFRC, ICRC and National Societies in regards to the areas of work.
• Ensure coordination between the LRC and the IFRC on Migration issues (internal and external meetings)
• Reports regularly to the Secretary-General

2. Restoring Family Links

• Receive victims and beneficiaries and provide privacy for applicants
• Establish procedures and criteria for acceptance / treatment of cases.
• Understand the RFL guidelines and ensure that they are followed by staff and volunteers
• Refer beneficiaries to other organizations if the RC mandate does not cover the specific case.
• Complete search requests and write Red Cross Messages (RCMs) for people who request them.
• Ensure the censorship of the contents of the RCMs (strictly familial content).
• Write letters addressed to NSs with a comprehensible and correct style.
• Open files for individual cases and follow-up (classifying, raising, closing, statistics).
• Ensure the proper classification system (individual and thematic).
• Report activities, statistics and problems encountered.
• Explore new areas where there is a humanitarian need in RFL (migrants, natural disasters, etc.).
• Oversee the organization of the main RFL and RFL antennas.
• Responsible for the communication between the main RFL office and the branch or local office and other Movement representatives who conduct RFL activities in the affected area.
• Direct the planning of local RFL activities, including field visits.
• Organize the activities of the teams in the field (composition of the teams, tasks, places to visit, briefing and debriefing of teams);
• Supervise and assist collaborators and volunteers within the National Society, according to the needs through training courses, workshops and sessions.
• Ensure coordination between the LRC and the ICRC on RFL issues (internal and external meetings).
• Be the LRC reference person for the implementation of the " Restoring Family Links Strategy for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (and Implementation Plan 2008-2018).
• Cooperate closely and at all times with other teams from the Movement involved in the disaster and make recommendations on RFL activities to be undertaken, in relation to the disaster or ongoing needs.
• Liaise, where necessary, with the competent authorities and other organizations based on clearance from the Secretary-General.
• Reports regularly to the Secretary-General