Commercial Professional Maturity Internship MPC3+1

Job Description

Who are we ?

The ICRC, established in 1863, provides humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict or armed violence and promotes the rules that protect victims of war. A neutral and independent organization, its mandate derives mainly from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it employs nearly 20,000 people around the world; it is funded mainly by donations from governments and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Your apprenticeship at the ICRC

The ICRC is investing in training the professionals of tomorrow and is recruiting several apprentice trainees for the 2025 school year as MPC3+1 commercial employee trainees – Services and Administration stream.

During this internship, you will join the ICRC’s logistics division. Your workstation will be located in the ICRC’s logistics centre located at 6 Rue Pré de la Fontaine, in the Meyrin/Satigny industrial zone (ZIMEYSA).

Your tasks and responsibilities

• Management of paper mail flows (incoming and outgoing), centralized warehouse and printer fleet including consumables.

• Support for various administrative tasks necessary for the proper functioning of the center.

• Organization and support of logistical events and seminars taking place on the premises.

• Creation and monitoring of transport files allowing the sending of ICRC equipment to our delegations by air or sea.

• Administrative support for the unit in charge of the vehicle fleet (activity based at ICRC headquarters).

• Administrative support for monitoring training requests made within the division.

• Ad hoc support within the more general framework of logistics activities, at the request of division management.

Your profile

• Motivation and interest in humanitarian work.

• Excellent command of French and good knowledge of English.

• Schooling at a business school, professional maturity course successfully completed.

• Comfortable with Microsoft office software, knowledge of Lotus Notes, a plus.

• Good organizational skills.

• Autonomous, responsible, motivated, proactive and with a creative mind with a solution-oriented approach.

LANGUAGES

• Fluent French

• English, minimum B2

Our values

• At the ICRC, we value impact, collaboration, respect and compassion. We seek candidates who demonstrate behaviours based on these shared values. For more information on the ICRC’s values, please visit this page .

Additional information

• Location: Meyrin/Satigny, Geneva
• Type of contract: Apprenticeship – Professional Maturity Internship (MP3+1)
• Duration: 1 year at 100%
• Hire date: August 11, 2025
• Required documents to submit: cover letter, CV, last three years of school reports, copy of criminal record extract.

About the Organization

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.