Humanitarian program officers (Phillipines)

Support Philippine Red Cross to help thousands of people rebuild their lives in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. You will use your disaster management or community development skills to support the ongoing disaster recovery efforts of Red Cross branches in the Visayas region.

This is a volunteer assignment under the Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program, an Australian Government initiative. Airfares, living allowances, accommodation, insurance and other support is provided through the program.

Philippine Red Cross is one of the premier humanitarian organisations in the country, committed to providing quality life-saving services in blood, disaster management, safety, community health and nursing, social services and volunteers.

In November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan devastated the islands of Leyte, killing thousands, damaging and destroying 1.1 million houses and displacing more than four million people. It is estimated that more than 16 million people were affected.

Two additional AVID volunteers have been requested to join other Humanitarian Program Officers who will be supporting Philippine Red Cross to coordinate, plan and manage the implementation of recovery programs and mitigate future risks. Key focus areas for the assignments will include: community services development, livelihood, shelter, logistics, disaster management, project monitoring, evaluation and reporting.

Each assignment will be based with a different chapter of Philippine Red Cross in the Visayas region, although all the volunteers working with Philippines Red Cross will be expected to support each other remotely. Specific chapter locations will be assigned during the recruitment and mobilisation process based on the skill set of the volunteer and needs of the chapter.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience in two or more of the following: community services development; livelihood; shelter; logistics; disaster management; or project monitoring, evaluation and reporting
• Experience in organisation development or project coordination
• Qualifications in emergency / disaster management or community development or a related discipline
• Self awareness, cultural sensitivity, flexibility and adaptability, resilience