Specialist - Es Project Management

Join Australian Red Cross in a critical role strengthening effective delivery of emergency resilience, response, and recovery projects
- 12-month max term role
- Full time (38 hours per week)
- Flexible location + hybrid working

About Red Cross
Australian Red Cross is part of the world’s largest humanitarian movement. We support and empower people and communities in times of vulnerability. We act for humanity.
About the role
The Specialist ES Project Management provides a crucial support to the delivery of key initiatives across the Emergency Services program, focusing on strategic projects that strengthen emergency resilience, response, and recovery programs.
This role ensures projects are planned, coordinated, and delivered efficiently while maintaining alignment with organisational priorities and stakeholder needs. In addition, the Specialist contributes to effective program delivery by coordinating cross-functional initiatives and works closely with stakeholders across states and territories, national teams, and business units such as People & Culture, IT, and Risk.
About you
As an experienced Project Manager, you will have sound discipline knowledge gained through working in in or alongside a volunteer-led organisation or emergency/disaster management programs.
You will bring experience designing or enabling system improvements, business processes, or cross-functional initiatives and demonstrating familiarity with community mobilisation, human-centered design, or continuous improvement practices will be a significant advantage.
Key behavioural and technical capabilities
- Demonstrated sound technical knowledge and expertise in project management and implementation
- High level of knowledge and skills project coordination skills, including planning, scheduling, and stakeholder engagement
- Ability to work under general direction from senior employees, exercise a degree of autonomy and work with and lead teams and people from diverse backgrounds to create a collaborative working environment
- Ability to set priorities, plan and organise their own work and that of lower classified staff and/or volunteers
- Sound analytical skills and demonstrated ability to assess, evaluate and solve problems and exercise initiative and judgment where practices and procedures are not clearly defined
- Ability to provide expert advice to employees classified at a lower level and volunteers
- Interpersonal skills required to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Plan, co-ordinate, implement and administer....
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, track progress, and support timely project delivery.
- Good understanding of systems, processes, and data management relevant to program delivery.
- Ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and functions, and to influence outcomes without direct authority.
- Sound written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing reports and presenting information to stakeholders.
- Comfortable operating in a dynamic, sometimes ambiguous environment.

Benefits that act for you, while you act for humanity
**Financial wellbeing**: In addition to your salary, you can take advantage of salary packaging that could provide you with a great way to reduce the amount of tax you pay - and get more from your salary. You can salary package up to $15,900 for living expenses (such as rent, groceries, utility bills); up to $2,650 for holiday accommodation and meals when dining out; Novated car leases; superannuation and purchase additional annual leave.
**Health & Wellbeing**: You can tap into specialist advice for nutrition, sleep, resilience and mindfulness, as well as access to guided meditation and other wellbeing programs.
**Work/Life Flexibility**: You can access flexible working arrangements, paid ‘Me’ day just for you and a wide range of other paid leave options
**Career development**: Access to ongoing learning, training, and development courses
Mandatory Requirements
- National Criminal History Check (coordinated through Australian Red Cross)

Further information
This role is covered by the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award - Level 5. Salary from $100,776.00 + superannuation + salary packaging options.
Applications must be submitted online prior to 11.55pm AEST on Friday, 7 November 2025 to be considered for this opportunity.
Red Cross strives to create a safe and inclusive culture with wellbeing at its centre. We embrace diversity and welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people with diverse lived experiences, abilities, genders, ethnicities, ages, and sexual orientations. We are a child safe organisation with zero tolerance of any harm to children. Our vision is to be trusted as the leading humanitarian organisation making a genuine difference in the lives of people and communities.
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