• Maximum term contract for 12 months
• Full-time hours
• Port Macquarie-Hastings / Greater Taree City LGAs

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

This role will focus on community engagement, disaster preparedness and recovery initiatives aimed to increase community capacity to support a positive recovery and to better prepare for future disaster events.

What you will bring

• Highly developed understanding and experience in community development and/or emergency management including community preparedness and resilience
• Experience in managing volunteers; including mentoring, training and workshop facilitation skills
• Demonstrated experience in program management, including design, analysis and implementation of projects within a multi-site environment 
• Well developed analytical, problem solving and decision making abilities
• Excellent public speaking, facilitation and interpersonal skills, both written and oral
• Proficiency in MS Office 

A Working with Children’s Check is a mandatory requirement of this role.

We utilise Covid-19 safe practices

We encourage all of our employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and a number of states have mandated that Australian Red Cross employees must be vaccinated to perform work for us. Please make sure that you are able to comply with these government requirements or have the appropriate medical exemption information available.

Why work with us?

Work for purpose, know that the work you do enables Red Cross to support and empower people and communities in times of vulnerability.

You can access flexible working arrangements and generous salary packaging options that can increase your take home pay by paying certain expenses using pre-tax dollars up to $15,900 a year.

Red Cross respects, values and encourages diversity. We believe that diversity in our people enriches our organisation as well as the impact we have.

Further information

To find out more about this opportunity please refer to the position description below.

For additional enquiries, please contact Eleanor Harris on 0426 916 984 for a confidential discussion.

Position description:  Position Description - Project Officer Recovery.pdf