Overview
The International Committee of the Red Cross is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization that protects and assists people affected by armed conflict and other violence. Its work includes protection, detention visits, health, water and habitat, economic security, international humanitarian law, and emergency response.
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Career context
ICRC careers include protection, detention, health, engineering, water and habitat, economic security, legal advisory work, logistics, security, finance, communications, and field management. Many operational roles require professional maturity, language capability, and readiness to work in complex environments.
ICRC is headquartered in Geneva and operates through delegations and missions in conflict-affected and other operational contexts worldwide.
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ICRC advertises opportunities on its official careers portal. The individual notice establishes the location, contract, languages, and application requirements.
ICRC says it reviews applications and shortlists candidates who best match the role and its values. Shortlisted candidates can complete prerecorded video, language, or technical tests and human-resources, technical, or panel interviews. Selection for mobile roles may lead to a candidate pool rather than an immediate deployment, and background checks are part of hiring.
Requirements and selection stages vary by vacancy. Check the individual job page for the exact criteria, deadline and application instructions.
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For hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, the living conditions remain extremely difficult, amid constant fear, insecurity, often repeated displacement, and a profound uncertainty about what the future holds. While the hostilities may have decreased, people in Gaza are yet to see any meaningful improvements in their daily lives.
Read moreKinshasa (ICRC) – The distribution of food and seed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resumed after some activities were suspended for several weeks because of the Ebola outbreak. More than 80,000 people in the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu received assistance between mid-July and the end of July this year.
Read moreOn 12 August 1949, states came together in the wake of the unprecedented death and destruction of the Second World War to adopt the Geneva Conventions. In doing so, they committed to universal redlines for how wars can be fought.
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ICRC’s mandate is rooted in humanitarian action during armed conflict and other violence, including protection and assistance under international humanitarian law.
Many roles support delegations and operations, while others are based in Geneva or regional support structures.
Protection, health, engineering, water and habitat, law, logistics, security, finance, communications, and operational management are among its major areas.
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