The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191-member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. IFRC uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on Strategy 2030. IFRC responds to disasters and crises, ensuring timely, coordinated and locally led humanitarian action. IFRC supports its members in building community resilience in the areas of climate and environment, health and wellbeing, and migration and displacement. IFRC promotes respect for our fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality, including in our work on values, power and inclusion.
The IFRC focuses throughout on our core mandate – our raison d’être – of strategic and operational coordination, humanitarian diplomacy, National Society development, and accountability. IFRC is led by its Secretary General and has its Headquarters in Geneva and five regional offices in Africa (Nairobi); the Americas (Panama); Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur); Europe (Budapest); and MENA (Beirut) as well as representation offices, service centres and delegations across the globe.
The IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
The Ebola outbreak, declared mid‑May 2026, is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, with hundreds of suspected cases and hundreds of deaths reported across Ituri, South Kivu and North Kivu provinces. It began with clusters of unexplained deaths in early May and is spreading in a context of weak health systems, population movement, insecurity, and community mistrust, which together increase the risk of sustained transmission and cross‑border spread to neighbouring countries such as Uganda and South Sudan. The absence of an approved vaccine or specific treatment for this strain makes the outbreak particularly complex and heightens the urgency of rapid containment.
The IFRC is scaling up a national society‑led response centred on community engagement, surveillance, and infection control, supported by an emergency appeal. Red Cross volunteers are mobilized in affected areas to conduct door‑to‑door awareness, counter misinformation, encourage early care‑seeking, and support safe and dignified burials, key to breaking transmission. At the same time, the IFRC is coordinating closely with governments and partners, strengthening cross-border preparedness, mobilising resources and surge capacity, and supporting logistics, infection prevention control, and community-based surveillance to contain the outbreak and reduce regional spread.
This role will primarily support the IFRC Kinshasa Country Cluster Delegation and Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the most complex humanitarian and operational contexts globally, characterized by overlapping crisis, large scale emergency responses, substantial donor funding and extensive procurement and logistical activities which are protracted by ongoing conflict and recurrent disease outbreaks. These factors increase exposure to programmatic, operational, financial, safeguarding and reputational risks. The environment, therefore, requires robust governance, strong internal controls and risk mitigation measures, an effective compliance system and a proactive approach to risk management
The Kinshasa Country Cluster Delegation is strengthening its risk management and accountability framework to enhance operational effectiveness, safeguard resources, reinforce institutional systems, improve partnerships relations, and ensure compliance with established policies and procedures. Based in Kinshasa, this role will play a key role in supporting the Kinshasa Country Cluster Delegation and the Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo strengthen internal control systems, governance practices, audit follow-up, program implementation, volunteer management and compliance monitoring.
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Risk and Compliance Officer will work closely with the IFRC technical and programme teams and the National Society leadership to improve efficiency and effectiveness of processes and the quality of programming at the Country Cluster Delegation and the Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of Congo by promoting consistent application of IFRC policies, internal and external compliance requirements and following up on the implementation of recommendations from internal and external auditors and other assurance providers.
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Values: Respect for diversity; Integrity; Professionalism; Accountability
Core competencies: Communication; Collaboration and teamwork; Judgement and decision making; National society and customer relations; Creativity and innovation; Building trust
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