Midwives Pool

GRC is expanding the surge capacity of its Clinical Health and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Pool and welcomes qualified midwives to apply. We are opening the pool for qualified, experienced midwives who have the skills and expertise to be deployed as delegates in an emergency response anywhere in the world for a minimum of six weeks and up to three months.

GRC’s midwives are typically deployed as part of an Emergency Response Unit (ERU) which can be a hospital or clinic, and which provides basic and advanced healthcare to affected communities together with its sister National Societies overseas. An ERU is a standardised package of trained personnel plus modules of equipment ready to be deployed at short notice. Midwives can also be seconded to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

As a midwife you will provide high-quality and ethically sound professional and technical services to support the work of the ERU or other Movement partners and must therefore be able to work independently. You will organise and manage the maternal child health services in coordination with other personnel, and supervise, mentor, and provide training to local staff as required. In partnership with relevant stakeholders, midwives furthermore ensure the smooth operation of the Reproductive Health Unit and other wards in the clinic or hospital.

You can read the full generic job profile here:

Midwive job profile

Does the following profile sound like you? If yes, we encourage you to apply and look forward to guiding you through the admission process.

• You are available for a surge deployment for a minimum duration of six weeks up to three months in the coming two years.
• You are a practising midwife with a minimum two years of work experience in a level 1/2 hospital.
• You are willing to provide comprehensive sexual reproductive care in low-resource, emergency settings and have experience in managing a delivery room and handling high volumes of patients.
• You have empathy but can also maintain a professional distance.
• You have experience in training and/or mentoring other health personnel.
• You can work autonomously but collaborate well within a multidisciplinary team.
• You enjoy working with people from other countries and cultures and can communicate with them in an effective, respectful, and courteous manner.
• Your English level is C1 or higher. Further languages are an asset.
• You preferably have previous work experience overseas* in a low-resource setting.
• You have preferably worked within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement before.

*International experience can be gained through assignments, internships, and volunteer work overseas.