Enlighten Your Career: CBS Networking Event 2009

You could've met International Committee of the Red Cross on November 4, 2009. One of the 20 participating companies.

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International Committee of the Red Cross

An independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and other situations of violence

At the event

Hear what it's like working as an ICRC administrator.

It includes:

• providing managerial and administrative support for an entire delegation
• managing a delegation's finances
• providing head quarters with financial analysis
• participating in a delegation's planning exercise
• supervising and managing local personnel
• managing premises
• organising and running a delegation's infrastructure
• maintaining relations with contacts outside a delegation

Did you know?

The ICRC has delegations in some 80 countries around the world and employs about 1,450 expatriate field staff and 10,000 nationals of those countries. About 800 people provide the essential back-up to the field operations from its headquarters in Geneva. The budget for 2009 amounts to more than a billion CHF.

Facts

We offer:

• ICRC business administrator
• The ICRC also recruits delegates, secretaries, database administrators, logistics specialists, interpreters (Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu) and many more roles.

About the company:

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), founded in 1863, is a neutral and independent humanitarian organization. Its nature and membership are non-governmental. Its mandate to protect and assist the victims of armed conflicts and other situations of violence has been conferred on it by States through the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 as well as the Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

Contact information:
International Committee of the Red Cross,
C/O Markus Dolder HR Promotion,
19 Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
www.icrc.org/eng

Other information

For which functional areas do you typically hire MBAs?
In each of our approximately 80 delegations worldwide, the ICRC needs one or more professional allrounders who can manage all financial & human resources aspects.

For which countries do you wish to hire?
The ICRC needs up to 25 financial & human resources managers per year to send them wherever we need. Flexibility is the key word.

What generally are your preferred candidate requirements?
Confirmed softskills such as initiative, flexibility, diplomacy combined with a sound professional experience (i.e. BA) and the interest to excel in difficult conditions abroad.

Do you plan to hire MBA students for corporate internships?
No, the ICRC does not offer internships. Whoever is sent to the field needs to be ready to perform independently upon arrival.