Weapon Contamination Field Officer

Responsibilities

• Assist in implementing weapon contamination activities and monitoring progress
• Contribute to assessing and analyzing the security, socio-economic, and political environment
• Build the capacity of national authorities and the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS)
• Develop and maintain professional contacts with local authorities
• Provide written reporting on weapon contamination (WeC) activities
• Conduct CBRN (Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) training and activities
• Represent the ICRC WeC programme in internal and external meetings as required
• Translate and interpret as necessary to support operations

Requirements

• Ukrainian citizenship or permanent residence permit in Ukraine
• University or technical college degree
• At least 3 years of overall professional working experience
• Knowledge of Weapon Contamination (WeC), mine action, or a similar field
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken)
• Professional fluency in both Ukrainian and Russian
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong teaching, presentation, and project management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working with the ICRC or other humanitarian agencies
• Knowledge of humanitarian principles and international humanitarian work
• Academic or professional expertise in a technical WeC-related subject or pedagogics

About the Company

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral, and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance. The ICRC is present in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 staff worldwide.