Project Coordinator, Early Warning Early Action (EWEA)

Vacancy No. S17994

Category of Contract International

Position Type International

Application Deadline 13/07/2026

Job Posted On 29/06/2026

Duty Station Geneva, Switzerland

Country SWITZERLAND

Grade D2

Duty Station Status Family Duty Station

Accompanied Status Accompanied

Duration 12 months Organizational Context

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.

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.

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Job Purpose

The Project Coordinator leads and coordinates IFRC’s implementation of relevant global early warning and early/anticipatory[1] action projects, grants, partnerships and funding opportunities, including the Water at the Heart of Climate Action programme, the GCF Multi-country Project Advancing EW4All and the CREWS initiative. The position combines strong programme and project management capabilities with solid technical expertise in early warning and anticipatory action.

The position holder is responsible for managing, coordinating and providing technical oversight for the IFRC component of relevant programmes and grants, ensuring high-quality implementation, compliance with donor requirements, effective reporting and delivery of results. The role provides quality assurance and implementation support across the IFRC network, working closely with relevant IFRC technical focal points, Regional Offices, Country Offices and National Societies, and supporting effective collaboration with other implementing partners.

The role also serves as a key coordination focal point for strategic partnerships, proposal development and resource mobilization related to early warning and anticipatory action, including CREWS, GCF and other relevant financing mechanisms. The position supports the identification and development of new funding opportunities, contributes to programme design and proposal development, and helps position IFRC and National Societies to expand their early warning and anticipatory action work.

The Project Coordinator will collaborate closely with IFRC technical colleagues (early warning and anticipatory action, climate, DRR and WASH) at Geneva and regional levels, along with other project implementing partners.

[1] IFRC uses the terms “early action” and “anticipatory action” synonymously.

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