Job description
- Permanent position
- Full time - 38 hours per week
- Northern Territory location
About the role
The State Manager, Emergency Services, is responsible for driving the implementation of the Australian Red Cross Emergency Services program in the Northern Territory. This includes leading a team of staff and volunteers to identify and deliver strategic priorities within the Territory, in-line with the Australian Red Cross Strategy; managing the delivery and review of services to meet obligations under local and Territory emergency management arrangements including NT Government contract to manage evacuation centres across the Territory; and building and maintaining strong partnerships with stakeholders across relevant sectors and the community. This role also has the responsibility to deliver on the
What you will bring
- Demonstrated significant experience in emergency management, particularly in disaster response coordination, operations management, emergency sheltering, and community evacuation
- High level knowledge of or demonstrated experience in the application of emergency shelter
- Demonstrated experience in externally facing roles, leading and managing culturally diverse, multi - disciplinary teams in complex and volatile environments to deliver meaningful and sustainable change for communities and individuals.
- Demonstrated experience in building and managing relationships with multiple concurrent, diverse stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in working productively in high pressure environments.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and support teams to achieve the results committed to. Accepts responsibility for ensuring team goals are achieved. Ability to manage changing circumstances and potential challenges.
- Demonstrated understanding and appreciation of cultural differences and diversity in the workplace. Ability to manage cultural and individual differences effectively and appropriately to guide the work and behaviours of teams
Further information
To find out more about this opportunity please refer to the position description below.
For additional enquiries, please contact Simon Rickard on 0438 374 150 for a confidential discussion.
Position description: State Manager - Emergency Services NT