Intern, Audio Visual Archives

**Vacancy No.**

S11729

**Contract Type**

Intern

**Application Deadline**

07-Feb-2025

**Job Posted on**

24-Jan-2025

**Country**

SWITZERLAND

**Duty Station**

Geneva, Switzerland

**Duty Station Status**

Family Duty Station

**Duration**

3 months (12 weeks)

**Accompanied Status**

Non-Accompanied

**Grade**

Internship, Not Applicable

**Organizational Context**:
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.

The IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality.

The IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into four main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Coordination, (ii) Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization, (iii) Management and Accountability and (iv) People and Strategy.

The IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat.

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.

This position is located in the Financial and Administrative Management Department and reports directly to the Manager, Library and Archives Unit.

**Job Purpose**:
This position is located in the financial and Administrative Management Department and reports directly to the Manager, Library and Archives Unit. The IFRC Library and Archives Unit is looking for an archival studies student or recent archival studies graduate for 3 months.

The intern will work on a archival arrangement and description projects in its office in Geneva, Switzerland.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**:
Job Duties and Responsibilities:

- Write time-coded descriptions of digitized moving image and sound recordings for the historic Red Cross Red Crescent YouTube channel and for shaRED, IFRC’s Digital Asset Management System.
- Perform basic audio-visual editing, to prepare the recordings for online publication.
- Research copyright position of recordings to advise on publication risk.
- Correct and supplement descriptions of migrated assets in shaRED, including appraisal of assets to identify potentially redundant material.
- Appraise (in consultation with supervisor), scan and upload photos to shaRED, with descriptions. Repackage photographs after scanning.

**Job Duties and Responsibilities (continued)**:

- Share outputs of internship as appropriate, for example in an issue of the monthly IFRC Archives Bulletin.
- Additional tasks to assist the audio-visual archivist as required, such as assisting with research requests or checking deliveries of digitized material.

**Education**:
Required:

- Be currently enrolled in a university or equivalent level archival studies programme, or have graduated recently (less than 1 year before the date of hiring) from a university or equivalent level archival studies programme.

**Experience**:

- Some experience with audio-visual records is preferred.

**Knowledge, Skills and Languages**:
Required:

- Be able to read and write in English.
- Good command of another IFRC official language (French, Spanish or Arabic) is desirable.

**Competencies, Values and Comments**:
**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