• Carlton, Melbourne
• Full time fixed contract – 6 months
• Start Date – mid January
• Reporting to Manager, Deployment Operations
• Newly created role
• Salary $65,000
• 10% Super plus salary packaging

RedR Australia is a leading international humanitarian response agency that selects, trains and deploys technical specialists globally. RedR Australia provide skilled people and training to help communities prepare, respond and recover from crises and conflict. RedR Australia maintains a roster of more than 750 technical experts across a range of skill profiles including disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness, and recovery and stabilisation activities in times of need. RedR Australia manages Australia Assists, the Australian Government’s humanitarian civilian deployment program, deploying technical specialists to help partners prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters and conflict globally.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Manager Deployment Operations, the Program Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the administrative and logistical management of RedR Australia deployments across the full deployment life cycle - pre-deployment, on-deployment and post-deployment. The role will work closely with the Deployment Focal Points based in Melbourne and Regional Offices to ensure the smooth coordination of technical specialists deployed to help communities prepare, respond and recover from crises and conflict. This role will have significant liaison responsibility with RedR Australia’s local and international partners such as service providers, United Nations agencies and Governments. The incumbent will also manage an allocation of deployments across the global portfolio, predominantly in Asia.  

The incumbent will also support the Deployments Team in the transition to a new business information system, requiring the preparation and transfer of deployment information and data, and input into the streamlining of deployment systems and processes.

A position description is attached.

If you have any queries regarding the role, please email [email protected], using the subject line: Program Coordinator - Deployments enquiry via EthicalJobs.  For more information on RedR Australia please visit www.redr.org.au.

RedR Australia is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equality when responding to humanitarian needs.  RedR Australia is dedicated to employing staff irrespective of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people with a disability to apply.