Weapon Contamination Field Officer

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a vacancy for a Weapon Contamination Field Officer in Beirut, working on the programme that reduces the risks weapon contamination poses to affected people. Candidates need 2 years in Humanitarian Mine Action on top of their wider field experience, plus native Arabic and full professional English.

What the weapon contamination field officer job in Beirut involves

The officer works within the delegation’s area of responsibility under the WeC Field Manager, feeding information and analysis into the team’s decisions and keeping contact with local stakeholders. The contract is fixed term for one year, renewable depending on performance and need, with Monday to Friday hours from 8am to 5pm and an estimated start in January 2027. Selection runs in two equally weighted stages: a written test with a pass mark of 60/100, after which the five highest scorers go on to an interview.

Responsibilities

• Helps the WeC team carry out, monitor and follow up approved field activities according to existing plans and guidance
• Gathers and maintains reliable WeC information, including entries in the WeC Incident Database
• Analyses the security, socio-economic, cultural and political setting, and tracks events and trends in the area that could affect ICRC operations
• Writes field trip, activity and WeC casualty reports, and manages the WeC Quarterly report
• Supports training, mentoring and field support for national authorities and National Societies, under the RASB Field Manager
• Keeps working-level contact with local authorities and community representatives, translating, interpreting and documenting during meetings
• Represents the WeC programme in internal and external meetings in place of the WeC Field Manager when asked, within delegated authority

Requirements

• The 3 years can come from humanitarian field work, community engagement or protection-related activities
• Native Arabic and full professional working English
• Legal eligibility to work in Lebanon

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced skills in context and dynamic analysis and in community and outreach activities
• Proficiency in report writing, capacity building, security awareness and dialogue with authorities and arms carriers
• Proficient leadership, teamwork and accountability, and the ability to represent the ICRC
• Basic knowledge of conventional weapons policies and modes of action, EORE/RASB methodology and the clinical effects of explosions
• Familiarity with the result-based management cycle and flexibility within the job and context

Benefits

• Transportation allowance of 13 USD per day
• 13th-month salary paid in December, pro rata to the period worked
• Annual salary review
• 20 working days of paid annual leave, pro rata
• Health insurance with 90% of class B premiums paid by the ICRC, covering in-patient care including pre-existing cases plus doctor visits, medicines, lab tests and therapy sessions
• International Retirement Saving Plan contribution worth 11.5% of monthly salary, paid as a lump sum at the end of service
• High Cost of Living Allowance, schooling allowance, eyeglasses reimbursement, learning opportunities and internal mobility towards expatriate roles, subject to internal rules

About ICRC

Founded in 1863, the ICRC works to protect human dignity and ease the suffering caused by war and armed violence. Alongside its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners, it delivers aid, reconnects families and searches for missing people on every side of a front line. It also talks with authorities and armed forces, often confidentially, about access to detainees and respect for international humanitarian law.

How to apply

Candidates submit their application through the ICRC careers portal here. Screening takes about four weeks, and the ICRC contacts shortlisted applicants only.