HSRP Emergency Management Health Field Officer

What we do

Since 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to preserve human dignity and relieve suffering caused by war and armed violence.

In collaboration with our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners around the world, we do everything we can to deliver life-saving aid, reconnect families and locate missing people – helping those who need it most, regardless of who they are and what side of the front line they are on.

We engage with authorities and armed forces on all sides, often confidentially, pressing for access to detainees to improve their living conditions and urging compliance with international humanitarian law to protect non-combatants, including from digital threats.

Our values

• At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect, and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviors based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC values, please visit this page.

What we offer

• By joining our organization, you will have an opportunity to practise your profession in stimulating, complex, and sometimes challenging environments, where your work can really make a difference.
• You will work with colleagues from various fields of expertise in a cross-cutting manner to help victims of conflict and other situations of violence. You will be dealing with humanitarian situations that require experience, resourcefulness, and innovation to achieve the best possible impact.
• You will work for the oldest major international humanitarian organization in the world, adding to your sense of achievement in alleviating the suffering of people and communities and giving you the chance to promote humanitarian values in these turbulent times.
• You will benefit from a competitive employment package, including different possibilities for career and personal development. You will take part in an onboarding course and follow continuous training to build your career within the ICRC and beyond.
• Competitive compensation package, a monthly salary with benefits including (13th salary, International Retirement Saving Plan (IRSP), medical coverage, life insurance, mobility allowance, and social security scheme).

Purpose

The Health System Resilience Project (HSRP) Emergency Management Health Field Officer (HFO) supports the Programme Manager in implementing, coordinating, monitoring and documenting activities within assigned areas, in line with programme objectives and annual planning. The HFO contributes to field-level planning and coordination and may oversee and deliver assigned activities with a degree of autonomy.

The Health Field Officer serves as the operational link between the Programme Manager, Iraqi health authorities, partners, technical specialists, field locations and ICRC support departments, providing knowledge of the Iraqi health system, context and professional networks. The Health Field Officer facilitates delivery and provides technical or clinical input within their qualifications, while escalating matters requiring management or specialist approval.

Relationships

• Internally, interacts with Health team, Delegation and SD management, relevant delegation departments and programmes (e.g. Armed and security forces (FAS), Protection), support departments (e.g. Logistics, Finance and Administration (FAD)).
• Externally, interacts with the NCC under the Ministry of Interior; Ministry of Health /Operation Emergency Medical Services (MoH-OEMS) and the Directorate of Nursing; (Directorate of Health ) DoHs; hospital and ED leadership; (Emergency Operation center )EOCs; Emergency Medical Services (EMS) directorates, dispatch centres, ambulance services and training institutions; IRCS; Civil Defence; police; and other Iraqi institutions involved in emergency management as well international NGOs (WHO, MSF), UN agencies and movement partners, Worls Association for Disaster and Emergency Medecine (WADEM), academic and professional bodies and other humanitarian or technical partners.

Accountabilities & functional responsibilities

Core Accountabilities

• Supports the Program Manager in implementing the program and its constituent projects, ensuring assigned activities are delivered on time, documented accurately and in line with ICRC procedures and approved technical guidance.
• Promotes an integrated approach across Armed and security forces (FAS), prehospital and hospital emergency care, emergency nursing, rehabilitation, MHPSS, forensic and community-facing emergency preparedness and response components.
• Supports assessments of health systems, hazards, vulnerabilities, capacities and preparedness; maintains updated evidence on risks, needs, gaps and opportunities; and contributes field analysis to program design, objectives, indicators, plans of action and resource requirements.
• Coordinates assigned activities with program staff, technical specialists, counterparts, service providers and relevant actors; maintains workplans, trackers and records, prepares meetings and correspondence, and follows up agreed actions to ensure coordination and timely exchange of information.
• Coordinates with Logistics and other support departments on procurement, supplies, contracting, facilities, travel, transport, venues, equipment and other operational requirements.
• Collects, verifies and securely manages program data; prepares draft reports, operational updates, briefings and management information; and supports activity-cost tracking, budget follow-up, Planning for Results inputs and narrative/results reporting, without financial or management approval authority.
  
  

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

• Supports the collection, organization and monitoring of emergency-management policies, plans, SOPs, tools and operational arrangements, including information management, communication, referral, surge, deployment, mutual aid and resource tracking.
• Supports the Program Manager in strengthening institutional emergency-management arrangements, including NCC, EOC functions, Incident Command Systems, escalation pathways and coordination links between national authorities, EMS and health facilities.
• Maintains updated mapping of NCC, EOCs, hospitals, EDs, EMS and dispatch services, referral pathways, critical infrastructure, specialist resources, training institutions and emergency-response partners.
• Supports the development and maintenance of the emergency-management learning and development framework, including curricula, competency records, instructor requirements, simulation tools and quality-assurance systems.
• Supports the selection, mentoring and development of Iraqi instructors, emergency-management leaders and technical cadres, including progressive transfer of training and quality-assurance responsibilities.
• Coordinates approved trainings, workshops, exercises, simulations and drills, including participant and instructor arrangements, materials, equipment and required documentation; supports scenarios, evaluations, debriefings, after-action reviews and corrective-action tracking.
• Supports the technical integration of hospital preparedness, HICS, mass-casualty management, EMS incident command, dispatch and ambulance operations, as well as mass-fatality management, CBRNE preparedness, decontamination, risk communication and resilient EOC infrastructure.
• Supports national ownership and sustainability by tracking institutionalization, capacity transfer, transition and handover milestones, and documenting lessons learned, good practices and residual gaps.

Professional experience required

• Typically, at least five years of relevant professional experience, including at least two years in emergency care systems.
• Demonstrated experience supporting at least one of hospital emergency care, emergency nursing or prehospital EMS and the ability to coordinate effectively across all three components of the emergency-care pathway.
• Demonstrated ability to work with ministries, the NCC, directorates of health, hospitals and Emergency Department EDs, nursing authorities, Emergency Medical Services EMS and dispatch services,Iraq Red Crescent Society IRCS, Civil Defence, academic and professional bodies and other public institutions.
• Excellent knowledge of the Iraqi context, health and emergency-management structures, professional culture, institutional relationships and assigned geographic areas; humanitarian experience is a strong asset.
• Strong organisation, coordination, communication, facilitation, Arabic-English translation, analytical writing, data management, problem-solving and team-working skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent activities and field travel, meet deadlines, maintain accurate and confidential records and work effectively in complex and sensitive environments.

Certifications / Education required

• University degree in medicine, nursing or paramedic science/paramedicine from a recognised institution.
• Valid professional licence or registration to practise in Iraq, where required for the profession.
• Qualification or demonstrated training in emergency care, hospital preparedness, Incident Command Systems, mass-casualty management, and disaster or emergency management is a strong asset.
• Fluent written and spoken Arabic and English are required. Kurdish is an asset.
• Strong computer literacy, including Microsoft Office and digital tools used for project planning, data management, presentations, online meetings and reporting.

Additional information

• Job Title: HSRP Emergency Management Health Field Officer
• Level: B2
• Duty Station: Iraq – Baghdad Delegation
• Reports to: HSRP Emergency Management Programme Manager
• Duration of Contract: 12 Month fixed-term contract.
• Date of Issue: 08 Oct 2026
• Deadline for applications: 21 Oct 2026
  
  

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
This position is open to national candidates.

No Fee: ICRC DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS WHETHER APPLICATION, TESTS, INTERVIEWS OR PROCESSING.