About the Role
This role is responsible for developing and delivering targeted support to individuals, households, and communities to strengthen disaster resilience and preparedness. You will work directly with communities and sector stakeholders to increase understanding of disaster impacts, promote preparedness and resilience measures, and support the psychosocial wellbeing of people affected by disasters.
Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver targeted support to individuals, households, and communities to strengthen disaster resilience and preparedness.
- Work directly with communities and sector stakeholders to increase understanding of disaster impacts.
- Promote preparedness and resilience measures.
- Support the psychosocial wellbeing of people affected by disasters.
Requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in disaster resilience, emergency management, community development, or a related field.
- Strong skills in developing and facilitating training, workshops, and community resources.
- Excellent communication, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Sound analytical, evaluation, and problem-solving ability, with confidence using data to inform practice.
- Ability to work with autonomy, manage competing priorities, and collaborate effectively with diverse teams and communities.
- Experience building and maintaining collaborative relationships across sectors.
- Relevant qualifications in emergency management, community development, social sciences, or equivalent experience.
- A current Australian Drivers licence.
- A current Working with Children Check.
Location
- Blacktown, Sydney
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid work, 2 days per week in office
- Maximum term role until 30 April 2027
Education Level
- Relevant qualifications in emergency management, community development, social sciences, or equivalent experience.
Salary/Compensations
- Salary from $100,776.00 + superannuation + salary packaging.
Benefits
- Work flexibility: Hybrid working model with two days on-site and three days from home.
- Financial wellbeing: Salary packaging up to $15,900 for living expenses, up to $2,650 for holiday accommodation and meals, Novated car leases, superannuation, and purchase additional annual leave.
- Life, Health & Wellbeing: Access to a paid 'Me' day and a wide range of other paid leave options.
- Access to specialist health and wellbeing advice.
- Career development: Access to ongoing learning, training, and development.
About the Company
- 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.
- Red Cross strives to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre.
- We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with diverse lived experiences, abilities, genders, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations.
- We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children.
- Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.
Equal Opportunity
- We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with diverse lived experiences, abilities, genders, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations.
