Senior Officer - Resilience (NAT)

Australian Red Cross; Sydney; Hybride; AUD 70 000 - 110 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working

Salary packaging

Me day & paid leave

Résumé du poste

Australian Red Cross is seeking a Senior Officer - Resilience to lead nationwide resilience initiatives. You will develop evidence-based resources, train communities, and foster collaboration across sectors to strengthen disaster preparedness.

Hybrid work arrangements apply with 18-month contract and 0.8 FTE; two days in office and three days from home. You will engage communities, monitor impact and report outcomes to inform continuous improvement and inclusive participation.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of disaster resilience and community development.
• Experience delivering training, workshops and resources.
• Excellent advocacy and stakeholder engaging skills.
• Experience monitoring, evaluating and reporting resilience initiatives.

Responsabilités

• Develop and deliver resources, training and workshops to boost nationwide resilience.
• Conduct activities at individual, household and community level to strengthen preparedness.
• Encourage broad community participation in resilience-building activities.
• Advocate for humanitarian needs and preparedness actions to reduce disaster impact.
• Collaborate with organisations to share best practices and align resilience efforts.
• Build and maintain relationships across the emergency management sector.

Connaissances

Disaster resilience

Training delivery

Stakeholder advocacy

Monitoring & evaluation

Description du poste

• 18 month contract - Part time hours, 0.8FTE
• Hybrid working arrangement, 2 days in office 3 days from home

About Red Cross

Australian Red Cross is part of the world's largest humanitarian movement. We support and empower people and communities in times of vulnerability. We act for humanity.

About the role

The Senior Officer - Resilience is responsible for developing and enabling targeted support to individuals, households, and communities across the nation to ensure they are strong, resilient, and capable of anticipating, responding to, and recovering well from disasters and other crises.

Day to day you will

• Develop and implement evidence-based and best-practice resources, training, tools, and workshops to enhance disaster resilience nationwide, particularly through scaling of community-led resilience teams.
• Conduct activities at individual, household, and community levels to fortify resilience and disaster preparedness.
• Encourage community engagement and participation in resilience-building activities, ensuring inclusive and broad-based involvement.
• Advocate for humanitarian and psychosocial needs, emphasizing the importance of preparedness actions to bolster community resilience prior to disasters.
• Influence the practice and approach to disaster resilience within the organisation through collaborative relationships and shared best practices.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships across the emergency management sector, engaging with stakeholders to promote and enhance disaster resilience initiatives.

What you will bring

• Strong knowledge, expertise and understanding of disaster resilience and community development principles.
• Proven ability to successfully develop and deliver engaging and effective training, workshops, and resources.
• Excellent advocacy and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders.
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to assess the effectiveness of resilience-building activities and initiatives, with a focus on continuous improvement and impact measurement

Benefits that act for you wile you act for humanity

• Work flexibility: Australian Red Cross operates under a hybrid working model which includes two days on-site and three days from home
• Financial wellbeing: In addition to your salary, you can take advantage of salary packaging that could provide you with a great way to reduce the amount of tax you pay - and get more from your salary. You can salary package up to $15,900 for living expenses (such as rent, groceries, utility bills); up to $2,650 for holiday accommodation and meals when dining out; Novated car leases; superannuation and purchase additional annual leave.
• Life, Health & Wellbeing: You can access a paid 'Me' day just for you and a wide range of other paid leave options. You can also tap into specialist health and wellbeing advice.
• Career development: Access to ongoing learning, training, and development.

Applications close

Wednesday 4th November

For additional enquires, please contact Brad Watson - [e-mail].

While we appreciate the interest in our roles, we will not be engaging with agencies or agency candidates for this position.