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. The overall aim of IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies 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.” 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 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 is 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, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster, and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.
The Kinshasa country cluster supports the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of Congo/Congo Brazzaville, Rwanda, and Burundi. These countries are in the Congo Basin and have a total population of over 123.7 million. The DRC is a very large country with 2.345 million km², while the other 3 countries are small in terms of area (Rwanda (26,338 km²), Burundi (27,834 km²), and Congo (342,000 km²).
These countries share several common humanitarian challenges, including health and epidemic risks, food insecurity and malnutrition, poverty, conflict, climate-related shocks (such as floods, droughts, and landslides), and large-scale displacement and population movements.
Reporting to the Head of the Country Cluster Delegation, the Corporate Services Coordinator will coordinate and facilitate the provision of comprehensive and effective corporate services for enabling IFRC operations and programs in the DRC Cluster office. In addition to the primary role of supervising the financial aspects of the cluster, the position holder will oversee and coordinate the support service areas of Administration, fleet and logistics, procurement, and Information Technology. This position will be based in one of the four Countries of the Cluster (DRC, Republic of Congo, Rwanda or Burundi) depending of where the best candidate will be found.
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