Intern, GRSP Grants

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs). The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.”  The IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination; (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services.

IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas.  IFRC also has country cluster delegation and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.

The Global Road Safety Partnership (www.grsproadsafety.org) is a hosted programme of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and is a voluntary association of governments, businesses and civil society organisations. Both the IFRC and Global Road Safety Partnership are headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The aim of the Global Road Safety Partnership’s work is to reduce death and serious injuries as a result of road crashes in low- and middle-income countries. Globally, road crashes are estimated to cause over 1.4 million fatalities and 50 million serious injuries annually. One important way to address this humanitarian crisis is to ensure that strong, evidence-based laws are in place and effectively implemented in order to protect road users.

GRSP manages a competitive grants programme, namely the Road Safety Grants Programme. The Road Safety Grants Programme is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and its primary objective is to support civil society organisations and National Societies to advocate for the passage and implementation of evidence-based legislation to protect road users. This support includes the provision of funding, building the capacity of grantee organisations to effectively advocate, and broader capacity building of grantee organisations to effectively manage projects and funding. At present, the Road Safety Grants Programme is operational in 15 countries around the world.

The primary purpose of this internship is to support the Advocacy and Grants team with processes, procedures, and systems related to the implementation and monitoring of the grants program. It offers the selected individual valuable exposure to a dynamic, international humanitarian organization and an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in this field.

• Support the updating and development of website content and materials.
• Support the development of online course materials, manuals, and templates.
• Support grants management tasks related to contracts, payments, and reporting.
• Prepare and finalize draft internal documents and reports on specific issues as requested by the supervisor.
• Support for e-filing: sort, organize, scan, and file documents.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned by the line manager.

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.

Required

• Be currently-enrolled in a university or equivalent level, or have graduated recently (normally within 1 year from the date of hiring) in business, finance or related field.
• Professional certification in accounting.

Preferred

• Advanced degree in business, finance or related field.

Required

• Practical knowledge and experience in project management.

Preferred

• Experience working for the Red Cross/Red Crescent and famility with its systems and procedures; or an NGO with a focus on policy change or another humanitarian organisation.

Required

• Fluently spoken and written English.
• Skills in database management, web design, and visualization.
• Excellent organizational capabilities, written and verbal communications skills are essential, with the ability to craft an analytical narrative.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to synthesize, order, process and prioritize large amounts of information.
• Able to demonstrate interpersonal skills required to communicate with and work effectively with people from diverse cultures and ethnicities.
• Strong attention to detail.

Preferred

• Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic).
• Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships with many stakeholders.
• Ability to take initiative to create new processes from scratch and act to fill identified gaps.

Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability.

Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust.

Application Instruction

Please submit your application in English only.