ICRC Engineer Data Manager Specialist Job in Nairobi Kenya

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organisation with the exclusively humanitarian mission to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. 

It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening International Humanitarian Law and universal humanitarian principles.

The ICRC’s Regional Delegation in Nairobi co-ordinates the institution’s humanitarian activities in Kenya, Tanzania and Djibouti. 

It also runs Regional specialist units that provide support and expertise to the ICRC’s delegations in Africa.
 

Engineer Data Manager Specialist
 

The ICRC Regional Delegation in Nairobi is seeking for an experienced and highly motivated person to fill the above-mentioned position.

Job Profile: Since 2011, the ICRC formally made the commitment to integrate principles of sustainable development in its modus operandi. 

To develop coherent, adequate and feasible solutions throughout the organization, technical expertise is needed, in order to analyse databases and to provide concrete and relevant answers to issues and requests coming from the field.
 

To support this approach, the ICRC is opening an “engineer data manager specialist” position to be in charge of the management and the analysis of the data base for the sustainable development unit.

Responsibilities:

• Creating and maintaining a database for indicators for sustainable development analysis, reporting on this regularly.
• Use of specific IT tools, such as Life Cycle Analyses, to analyse the potential environmental impacts of some products used in delegations and in the field. This method measures the potential environmental impacts during different stages of life of a given product, in order to help make a more informed decision on the use of this product.
• Maintain and update an ICRC electronic platform (Intranet site) to facilitate the exchange of information, norms and best practices among delegations and describing sustainable development issues.
• Explain and promote, through documents, presentations, or via the ICRC electronic platform, the findings related to the analyses.

Minimum requirements:

• Master’s degree in environmental engineering.
• Minimum three years of experience in a data management environment.
• Strong ability to use a variety of computer software and tools for data management analysing.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to look at cross cutting issues related to sustainable development.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Knowledge in French would be an asset.
• Be results-focused and solutions-oriented.
• Strong motivation in sustainability issues.

Other requirements:

• Good organizational and analytical skills;
• Good interpersonal and reporting skills;
• Ability to work independently.

Interested and qualified persons, with the required experience are invited to submit their application to the Head of Human Resources on the below address, before 23rd of April 2013.

Please include; Detailed curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, current and expected remuneration and contact details of three referees.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification 

International Committee of the Red Cross,
Nairobi Regional Delegation, Denis Pritt Road, 

P.O.Box 73226, 

Nairobi, 00200, Kenya:

E-mail: nai_hr@icrc.org