Immediate Start: Humanitarian Response Lead

7 hours ago

City of Brisbane, Australia Tetra Tech Full time

Location: Brisbane

Contract: 2-year fixed term

Employment type: Full-time

Work rights: Must have valid work rights in Australia

Role Overview

Play a senior leadership role in Australia’s humanitarian logistics capability program, supporting rapid and coordinated emergency responses across the Indo‑Pacific. Supervise the deployment and support of logistics and technical staff in humanitarian responses.

Opportunity

Based in Brisbane, the Humanitarian Logistics Capability (HLC) plays a vital role in Australia’s rapid and coordinated humanitarian response across the Indo‑Pacific. As the Humanitarian Response Lead, you will lead a team supporting the HLC program through logistics planning, coordination, and support of service orders and response activities.

Responsibilities

- Lead a team of staff and support HLClogistics planning and coordination activities, including the provision of logistics advice and managing service orders and response activities.

- Provide logistics advice and planning for DFAT, agencies and partners, and participate and engage in response planning meetings and activities.

- Rapidly develop costed courses of action for comparison, identifying risks, opportunities and other trade‑offs for decision makers.

- Establish and maintain operational‑level coordination with operational partners and adjacent response organisations, ensuring HLC response activities are timely, appropriate, complementary and effectively communicated.

- Lead the rostering and engagement of deployable staff, including logistics and response specialists, while overseeing their deployment and ensuring appropriate support throughout the process.

Qualifications

- Extensive senior‑level experience in managing operations and logistics within development, humanitarian, or similarly challenging contexts, including remote and resource‑limited environments.

- Proven capability in team leadership, fostering high‑performance cultures and supportive, collaborative environments.

- Strong political and cultural competence, with the ability to operate effectively across diverse country contexts and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.

- Outstanding communication skills, delivering clear, contextually appropriate messaging to varied audiences, including government policymakers.

Application Details

Resume and a cover letter (not exceeding two pages) outlining your suitability for the position by demonstrating how your qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills and personal attributes align with the selection criteria.

Applications for this position close at midnight, AEST Friday 14 November 2025.

Why Tetra Tech International Development?

We work with people and communities to solve some of the world’s most complex challenges to achieve a positive impact. Working at Tetra Tech International Development means working within a values‑led organisation that invests in flexible work environments built on trust, safety and well‑being.

Equal Opportunity

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal‑opportunity employer and has a genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion. We encourage people with disability, First Nations Peoples, and people of all cultures, genders, abilities and experiences to apply.

Sector

Humanitarian Response (International Development)

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