Senior Officer – Resilience Project

• Full time project role until 30 June 2025
• North Melbourne based (relocating to Docklands in 2025)
• Join the world’s largest humanitarian movement and manage the delivery an innovative resilience pilot project

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 will manage the delivery of a new and innovative community climate adaptation and disaster resilience pilot with the Dargo community in Victoria. The role will support the community to co-design the pilot and undertake community led resilience action through technology enabled approaches in collaboration with the Australian Red Cross Humanitech team.

Day to day, you will:

• Work with the Victorian Emergency Services, Resilience, and Humanitech teams to deliver the project with the community
• Deliver evidence-based and best-practice resources, training, tools, and workshops to enhance disaster resilience within the community.
• Apply a community development approach to build disaster resilience capacity and capability.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have sound discipline knowledge gained through experience in an emergency management role and a proven track record leading strategic projects/pilots.

You will bring:

• Significant experience in disaster resilience, emergency management, or community development.
• Experience in applying technology innovation and co-design to humanitarian programs, services and systems.
• Sound technical knowledge and expertise in emergency services and resilience based projects
• High level of knowledge and skills and in emergency services and disaster resilience and community development principles
• Proven ability to develop and deliver training, workshops, and resources.
• Creativity and innovation - using analytical thinking to support and drive decisions, devising creative approaches to solving complex problems.   
• A Working with Children Check, and current drivers licence is required.

Benefits that act for you, while you act for humanity

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.

Health & Wellbeing: You can tap into specialist advice for nutrition, sleep, resilience and mindfulness, as well as access to guided meditation and other wellbeing programs.

Work/Life Flexibility: You can access flexible working arrangements, paid ‘Me’ day just for you and a wide range of other paid leave options

Career development: Access to ongoing learning, training, and development courses

Further information

This role is covered by the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award - Level 5. Competitive Salary + superannuation + salary packaging.

To find out more about this opportunity please contact Fyowna Norton on fnorton@redcross.org.au to organise a confidential discussion.

Applications must be lodged online prior to Monday 16 September 2024 to be considered for this role.

While we appreciate all interest in our organisation, we won’t engage with or accept candidates from agencies or consulting firms on this occasion