The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs). The overall aim of IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises.
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 core function of the Country Cluster Delegation (CCD) for Central African Republic and Chad is to strengthen the capacities and support the cluster National Societies in disaster and crisis prevention, response, and recovery, as well as other key thematic/programmatic areas defined by key pan-African initiatives. The CCD also strengthens collaboration among Movement partners by facilitating context analysis and coordination toward common and harmonized approaches, alignment of plans, effective use of resources, and national development to carry out their humanitarian mandates.
The Sustaining Employment, Careers, and Resilience for Community Health Workforce (SECURE) program is a four-year initiative led by the IFRC and the Mastercard Foundation, implemented in partnership with the Central African Red Cross (CRCA) and the Ministry of Health in the Central African Republic (CAR). It aims to professionalize and economically empower 11,824 Community Health Workers (CHWs) across the CAR, with a focus on employability, entrepreneurship, ecosystem strengthening, and coordination.
The Socio-Economic Empowerment Delegate will lead the design, contextualization, implementation and monitoring of entrepreneurship and livelihoods strategies for Community Health Workers (CHWs) under the SECURE program in the Central African Republic (CAR). This includes developing inclusive business training curricula, coordinating transparent seed grant disbursements, strengthening financial inclusion, facilitating CHW market integration, and building institutional and community capacity to support sustainable micro-enterprise development.
In line with the IFRC's Strategy 2030 and the Pan-African Key Initiative on National Society Development (NSD), this role will be central in advancing locally led, youth-inclusive and gender-responsive economic empowerment models. The Delegate will ensure that entrepreneurship pathways for CHWs are embedded in resilient systems that are community-driven and National Society-owned. This will include supporting the co-development of policies, capacity-strengthening frameworks, and sustainability plans anchored in the outcomes of Organisational Capacity Assessment and Certification (OCAC), Branch Organizational Capacity Assessment (BOCA), and Preparedness for Effective Response (PER).
The Delegate will further contribute to operationalizing the IFRC’s Renewal and the Grand Bargain Workstream 2 by enhancing local capacities and reinforcing CHW-led enterprise systems that promote volunteer retention, dignity, and decent livelihoods. The position will ensure strategic alignment with Mastercard Foundation's Young Africa Works Strategy, reinforcing IFRC’s broader efforts to build a robust and inclusive health and economic ecosystem in a fragile context. Through deliberate collaboration with the Central Africa Red Cross (CRCA), the CAR Ministry of Health, private sector actors, and microfinance institutions, the delegate will champion shared leadership, localized implementation, and scalable entrepreneurship pathways that contribute to long-term community resilience and stronger regional membership.
More details will be found on the IFRC website.
Qualified and interested candidates are invited to apply on or before 19 November 2025 through the link below: