Protection of Family Links (PFL) Field Officer 2 at International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and at the same time promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Protection of Family Links (PFL) Field Officer 2

Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Employment Type: Full-time
Grade: B2

The Purpose

• Under the direct supervision of the Protection of Family Links Team Leader, The Protection Family Links Field Officer 2 supports the implementation and monitoring of ICRC Protection Family Links (PFL) activities in Yobe State.
• S/He assists the input and analysis of data in the Prot6.

Your Role

• Perform internal and external follow-up of individual cases autonomously, in his/her area of responsibility.
• Register unaccompanied children and vulnerable persons, ensures they are regularly visited, and families are traced.
• Receive visitors and ensures that visits are appropriately followed up.
• Translates and interprets from and to Hausa upon request.
• Plan and carry out and reports autonomously on PFL activities and the collection of statistical data in his/her area of responsibility.
• Contribute to analyses of the security, socio-economic, cultural, and political environment in which the ICRC is working, shares relevant information with team members and reports any changes in the situation.
• Assist in institutional exercises relating to planning, budgeting, and monitoring programmes.
• Develop and maintains contact with municipal/regional stakeholders, local/regional NRCS branches, the local population, and suppliers.
• Provide technical supports and supervises volunteers in the implementation and monitoring of PFL activities.
• Foster a constructive working environment (multidisciplinary approach, good team dynamics) among team members.
• Ensure the sustainability of their work and puts in place a system for archiving their work for the purposes of institutional memory.
• Organise periodic meeting and supervises the activities of the NRCS PFL volunteers in his/her area of responsibility in Yobe state through the PFL focal point and team leaders.
• Contribute to the identification of needs, design, and implementation of projects.
• Collect, compiles, and translates PFL-related information and prepares written reports.

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Humanitarian Affairs, or any other relevant field
• 3 to 5 years working experience.
• Previous working experience with an INGO is an asset.
• Experience with the Nigerian Red Cross Society is an asset.
• Working proficiency in English and Hausa compulsory – Kanuri or Fulani an asset.
• Computer literacy: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), collaborative spaces.
• Knowledge of the cultural and socio-economic environment in Northern Nigeria.
• Excellent planning and writing abilities.
• Empathy and patience.
• Proactiveness and dynamism.
• Good analytical skills.
• Respect for confidentiality levels.
• Strongly motivated by humanitarian work and especially by the ICRC.
• Applicant must have a valid working permit to work in Nigeria.

What we offer

• Rewarding work in a humanitarian and multicultural environment.
• Competitive employment package with medical insurance and ICRC pension plan.
• In-house training opportunities for personal development.
• A full-time, fixed-term contract (1year – renewable).
• The opportunity to join an ICRC talent pool, be considered for future assignments elsewhere and experience different contexts, fields, and challenges.

Application Closing Date
23rd January, 2026.