British Red Cross
The British Red Cross (BRC) Asia team works bilaterally, multilaterally and in consortia with National Society (NS) Partners in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK), Afghanistan and Pakistan. Two country offices (Bangladesh and Nepal) and an office within IFRC Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO) in Malaysia are in place. The vision of the BRC Asia Team…
The British Red Cross (BRC) Asia team works bilaterally, multilaterally and in consortia with National Society (NS) Partners in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nepal, the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK), Afghanistan and Pakistan. Two country offices (Bangladesh and Nepal) and an office within IFRC Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO) in Malaysia are in place. The vision of the BRC Asia Team is that ‘By 2030 IFRC Asia Pacific Regional Office, National Societies and vulnerable communities have the required local and regional competencies and capacities to effectively and efficiently prepare for and respond to disasters.
The position will sit within the Asia regional team and will be aligned to the Technical & Advisory Team in the UK, under matrix management. The Technical & Advisory team provides integrated management of the provision of thematic technical and advisory specialist services. They work in partnership not only externally with Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, but also internally within a matrix relationship with the regional staff of the BRC Programmes & Partnerships department, including advisory staff located within the regional programme teams.
The overall purpose of this role is to provide high quality technical support to BRC Country Teams and its National Society partners in Asia Region in order to implement high quality Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programs including providing surge and desk support for new resilience programs and capacity building. Additionally, the DRR Adviser will work closely with IFRC and the wider Red Cross Red Crescent Movement to promote integrated approaches to resilience building and ensuring measurement of their effectiveness.
Main Responsibilities
Programming and planning
Capacity Building and Learning
Internal and External relations
Essential
Desirable
This position is open to Bangladeshi and Nepalese nationals only.
Please send a soft copy of your CV and Cover Letter to HRAdminBD@redcross.org.uk
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted