Induction to de IFRC Operations Course

We are pleased to announce that the next round of “Induction to IFRC Operations” Learning Programme will start on October 3rd 2022. We hereby invite you to nominate your candidates.  

   

• 3-7 October 2022: Onboarding and welcome session  

• 10 October – 11 November 2022: the learning programme  

 

The goal of this Programme is to prepare staff to navigate critical IFRC systems, policies, and procedures in emergency operations. It is aimed to make your life during surge deployments easier. The pilot round of the Learning Programme was run in spring 2022, and has been successful (4.5/5 rating). The feedback has confirmed that the Programme prepares personnel to spend more time on impactful work and less time on paperwork during deployment. 

  
Modality: interactive online learning experience with scenarios based on real-life cases. The Programme includes independent learning, live sessions with experts, practice workshops, graded assessments, and one-on-one sessions with tutors. Live sessions will run twice in 2 time zones to allow participation from different regions. 

 

Selection criteria: 
 

1. Individuals who are intending to deploy as part of Surge (Rapid Response or ERU). This training is designed primarily for implementation level staff (Tier 1) who have no or limited experience of deployments to IFRC emergency operations – these profiles are given a preference. Coordinator and Management (Tier 2-3) level staff with more experience in IFRC emergency operations may also apply for this training as a refresher, but these seats are limited.  

2. Individuals must be a staff member, volunteer or register member of a National Society, IFRC or ICRC. 

3. Experience in supporting at least 2 emergency response operations at national level or at least 1 emergency response operation at international level in the last 10 years. 

4. Technical sector expertise, ideally matching one of the role profiles in the Catalogue of Surge services (including member of an ERU)  - a strong advantage.  

5. Experience of working with National Society counterparts, including during emergencies. 

6. Experience of working effectively in highly stressful circumstances. 

7. Experience of working in multi-discipline and multi-national teams.  

8. Fluent (at least upper intermediate level) in both written and spoken English.  

9. Digital literacy to be able to complete the programme online (elearning, Zoom, Sharepoint, coworking tools, etc.)  

10. Support from line manager/supporting National Society is required to ensure that participants have enough time to complete the Programme and is available for a deployment at least one month during the next 24 months period. 

 

Outcomes of the Programme for Participants:  
 

Participants who complete the programme successfully will be eligible to become a Rapid Response Personnel Member and will be invited to register in the Rapid Response Management System (RRMS), if they are interested in future deployments and want to start receiving alerts. In the RRMS, they will be granted the tag “Induction”, meaning they are fluent in IFRC policies and procedures.  

 
Nomination of candidates and selection of training participants:  

 

There are 42 seats available that are distributed among the regions.   

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Application process:  

 

National Societies:  

 

• Please nominate 1-2 people (who meet the selection criteria) from your National Society.   

• Share this link to the application form with your selected candidates.

• At the end, please confirm the submission and the priority order of your candidates to surge.learning@ifrc.org.  Please note, most probably (unless there are drop-outs) maximum one seat will be given to any National Society. You can nominate 2 people, but please specify who is your priority and who should be put on the waiting list.  

 

Disaster and crisis units from the IFRC Regional Offices  

 

• Please kindly promote the opportunity in the region and invite candidates to submit application forms here.

• At the next stage, please expect to participate in the selection process for your respective Regions.  

 

IFRC staff (HQ and ROs):  

 

Please apply directly using this link. Please note that seats for IFRC personnel are limited, as we must prioritize NSs.  

 

Note: applicants will need to log in with a Google account in order to access the form.  

 

Deadline for all applications:  

 

The strict deadline for applications to be received by the Global Surge Learning Team is September 7, 2022 end of day CET. The final selection of successful candidates will be announced no later than September 23rd, 2022.  

 

The selection is done by the Selection Committee that includes Surge Desk HQ and Regional Offices, and Surge Learning team, and takes into consideration the application form, NS priority order, gender, sectorial balance, and diversity. 

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Availability for the training and deployment:

 

Please note, all applicants are requested to attach to their application an authorization form signed by their line managers. The form can be downloaded from the application form, and you also have it attached to this email.  

 

Costs:  

 

This Learning Programme has a cost of 300 CHF per participant. These fees will allow us to run the Programme on a regular basis, engage experienced tutors, and keep the content of the Programme relevant and regularly updated.  

 

A National Society has 3 options:  

 

 

• Pay for their own participant (300 CHF). 

• Pay for their own participant and sponsor another participant who would otherwise not be able to participate. This will allow us to grant fee waivers. (600 CHF)

• Request a fee waiver if they are not able to pay (0 CHF). 

 

IFRC will invoice you for the selected amount.