Climate and Environment Charter Implementation Coordinator

The Norwegian Red Cross is seeking a Climate and Environment Charter Implementation Coordinator for a one year temporary position based in Oslo, reporting to IFRC Headquarter in Geneva.

The main objectives of this post are to coordinate the development of guidance and support for the humanitarian sector to ensure an effective translation of the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations into practice, support National Societies’ development of targets and implementation plans, and contribute to the IFRC’s implementation of targets.

The Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations is a set of seven high-level commitments intended to guide humanitarian action and shape the way humanitarian organizations respond to the climate and environmental crises. In order to turn these commitments into concrete action, organizations will need to adopt institutional targets and implementation plans that articulate precisely how they intend to make and measure change. The guidance that will be developed will aim to guide the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of Charter targets across the sector. As of early 2022, the Charter has gathered over 200 signatures from across the humanitarian sector. There is now an opportunity to further galvanize the implementation of the Charter through guiding humanitarian organizations in their implementation of the Charter’s commitments.

For the first objective, this position will report to both the IFRC and the ICRC, as co-leads of the Charter; for the other objectives, in terms of helping IFRC and National Societies deliver on their targets, this position will report to IFRC. The post will work closely with relevant teams within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement as well as ICVA, Sphere and the CHS Alliance.

Main tasks

Manage the development of Climate & Environment Charter guidance and support

• Lead discussions with key partners, i.e., IFRC, ICRC, ICVA, Sphere and CHS Alliance, to identify the right framing for guidance and support, and to ensure the integration into existing standards of climate and environment-related elements
• Organize consultations with signatories and the wider humanitarian sector to refine the understanding of the necessary support and develop an adapted action plan
• Coordinate guidance development, including soliciting feedback from humanitarian organizations and liaising with potential partners including Sphere, CHS, and potential expert authors/contributors
• Co-lead with the ICRC the promotion of the Charter and represent the Charter in external events, as needed

Provide technical support to National Societies in their implementation of Charter targets

• Support the roll-out of the Charter across the Movement, including presenting at meetings and events
• Provide input to National Societies’ Charter targets and relevant plans, as requested
• Organize sessions to share experiences, challenges and opportunities

Coordinate the IFRC’s implementation of its own Charter targets

• Ensure baselines are established in coordination with, or by, relevant IFRC and Climate Centre teams
• Support the establishment of plans to deliver on the targets
• Monitor implementation and collect progress reports

Contribute to an effective, high quality IFRC team

• Be accountable to the team manager by providing progress reports on results against objectives and risk analysis
• Be flexible in your work definition according to needs and targets and improve team efficiencies and effectiveness within available resources
• Be a pro-active team member fostering a customer service-oriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation, high performance and cost effectiveness
• Foster a co-creative environment with colleagues in the Secretariat, Regions, the ICRC and the National Societies and open and co-operative view to the actors in the relevant external environment

We are searching for a candidate with the following experience and skills

• Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in development or humanitarian studies, political science, climate change, international relations or other relevant area
• At least 8 years of work experience in the humanitarian or development sector
• At least 5 years of experience in climate change, climate-smart disaster risk reduction and/or related work
• Experience leading or coordinating multi-stakeholder processes
• Experience working in an international or cross-cultural environment
• Experience within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an asset
• Excellent understanding of climate, environmental and disaster risk management concepts
• Excellent understanding of the dynamics, institutions and political context of the international humanitarian and development sectors
• Fluent spoken and written English is essential, Understanding of another red cross official language (French, Spanish, Arabic, etc) is an asset.

Personal qualities

• Outstanding networking, collaboration and negotiation skills
• Results oriented and demand driven individual; entrepreneurial; ability to lead in unprecedented and/or ambiguous situations; proactive
• Energetic and enthusiastic individual, engaging, brokering and facilitating dialogue and agreement among diverse groups,
• High degree of tact and sensitivity in dealing with internal and external clients and stakeholders at all levels

We offer

• Meaningful and exciting work tasks in Norway’s largest voluntary humanitarian organization
• Committed colleagues and a wide network of contacts in a diverse organization
• Very good pension and insurance schemes
• The employment relationship is regulated by the collective agreement(s) in force at any given time in the company, currently: the main agreement Tekna and the salaried Employee Agreement Negotia

The position involves some travel.

The position is based at the Norwegian red Cross National Office in Oslo and you will need a valid permit for work and residence in Norway. It is further required that you are willing to learn Norwegian and achieve higher intermediate level (B2) within 12 months of employment.
The Red Cross is concerned with diversity. We encourage everyone who is qualified to apply, regardless of age, gender, functional ability, outlook on life or ethnic background. We adapt the workplace if needed.

Start date as soon as possible. Duration 12 months