Senior Officer, Recovery

• Full time hours
• Maximum term position for two years
• Flexible location (Nationwide)

Overview

Red Cross aims to ensure communities are strong and resilient and have the capacity to anticipate, respond to, and recover from disasters. We take a psychosocial support approach to emergency management providing resources, services, expertise and humanitarian advocacy and influence, to support and strengthen the capacity individuals and communities in need.

The opportunity

Make a difference for communities impacted by disasters across Australia. We're looking for a solutions focussed Senior Officer, Recovery to help design and deliver recovery programs that strengthen community resilience after disasters.

You'll bring your skills in report and grant writing, analytical and creative problem-solving skills to guide disaster recovery programming. You're a natural communicator and team player — someone who values collaboration, continuous learning, and contributing to a positive, supportive culture as part of a small dynamic team.

If you're adaptable and able to navigate complexity — we'd love to hear from you. Experience in disaster recovery, resilience, community development or emergency management will set you up for success.

In this role, you'll work with front facing teams to coach, guide and support them on the ground after disasters.

Ready to make a real impact? Apply now and be part of a team that walks alongside communities after disasters.

About you:

This is an opportunity for a proactive and people-focused individual to join our Recovery and Resilience team to help us build safer, more connected communities.

You will bring the following skills and experience;

• Prior experience in disaster recovery, community development, community resilience or emergency services
• Project management experience including project design and implementation
• Ability to coach, lead and develop individuals and teams
• Sound analytical skills and demonstrated ability to assess, evaluate and solve problems
• Strong, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present workshops
• Strong stakeholder and project management, analytical, problem solving and creative thinking skills
• Current, employee Working with Children Check

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. And access 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.

For further queries regarding this opportunity, please contact Erin Pelly on

Applications close at 10:55pm on 27 November 2025

We encourage applicants to apply ASAP as we will be reviewing applications as they are submitted and may fill this role prior to the advertised closing date.

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

Job reference 13099

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.

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