United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Regional Officer – West and Central Africa and Overseas Branches

The British Red Cross are looking for a Regional Officer to be part of our West and Central Africa and Overseas Branches team, based in our central London office. You will play a key role in the effective coordination and mobilisation of resources in UKO to support the delivery of regional and country strategies.

As Regional Officer, you will:

• Support the Head of Region in the development, monitoring and reporting of regional and country strategies, and new regional/ country projects and initiatives.
• Act as a UK Regional focal point for overseas country teams, facilitating engagement and information flow with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as the regional focal point for Fundraising and Communications.
• Support Head of Region and Disaster Management Coordinator with development and engagement of Red Cross Movement partnerships.
• Represent the regional team at internal and external meetings, conferences and other public for a as required by Head of Region or Country Managers.

In this exciting role you will be reporting to the Head of Region, and working in British Red Cross’ international division. The West and central Africa and Overseas Branches team is responsible for international disaster response, resilience programmes and the organisational development of our partner Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies within the region.

The ideal candidate will have:
• Fluent French language skills*
• Understanding of the regional context.
• Experience of working in international disaster response or international development.
• Experience of working with remote teams.
• Experience of compiling programme documents including proposals, donor proposals and reports.
• Experience of stakeholder management and working across multiple teams
• Experience of working with DFID, DEC and other donors.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Presentation and report writing skills.
• Excellent IT skills, including all basic MS office packages.
* As this role will involve supporting teams based in West and Central Africa, an advanced level of French language skills would be highly desirable. Therefore, please note that the interview process will include a French test (advanced level).

How to apply:

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.

Closing date for receipt of completed application forms is Sunday 13th December
Interviews will take place 16th/17th/18th December

Please apply online via our website www.redcross.org.uk/ /Jobs.

Direct link to this job is below

https://jobs.redcross.org.uk/tlive1_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC117GF?US…