United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Syria and Lebanon Programme Officer

Role reference REQ0000010JN

Location London (including Head Office)

Salary £28,000 this is inclusive of the Inner London Weighting

Package 28 days holidays (excluding bank holidays) Up to 6% contributory pension Childcare vouchers Excellent training and development opportunities For further details on our benefits visit

http://www.redcross.org.uk/About-us/Jobs/UK/Employee-benefit

Refusing to ignore people in crisis

The Syria Crisis is now entering its 6th year and the level of need continues to rise. The Red Cross Movement is at the forefront of the humanitarian response inside Syria and the surrounding countries. The critical post of Syria and Lebanon Programme Officer sits in the Middle East and North Africa team and is responsible for the effective coordination and mobilisation of resources at BRC’s UK Office (UKO) to provide a high level of support to the Syria and Lebanon programmes. The purpose of this post is to ensure that the Syria and Lebanon Country Manager is effectively resourced from UKO in delivering the country strategy.

The MENA team sits within the Programmes and Partnerships division which provides single oversight of our programme work and our long-term capacity building partnerships and disaster management. The department will work in partnership not only externally with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the IFRC and ICRC, but also internally within a matrix relationship of technical advisers and policy professionals in other teams.

The successful candidate will have:

• Excellent practical programme management skills


• Excellent relationship and communication skills with key stakeholders


• Strong remote relationship building and management skills, to facilitate engagement and information flow between the field and UKO-based teams


• Ability to work dynamically to solve problems

This is an excellent opportunity working together with the field team as well as the wider division to help ensure the effective delivery of BRCs programme work in the region.

We are a volunteer-led humanitarian organisation that helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help people recover and move on with their lives.

We are committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of background, culture and experience. The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).

We appreciate the efforts each individual makes to keep our organisation running smoothly and efficiently. As a result we offer a wide range of staff benefits.

These include:

28 days holidays (excluding bank holidays)

Up to 6% contributory pension

Childcare vouchers

Excellent training and development opportunities