The core areas are:

1. Emergency relief (natural disasters and conflicts)

-          Field Assessment Coordination Team (Fact)

-          Emergency Response Unit (ERU)

-          Non-food relief items

-          Tracing

 

2. National Society support

-          Strengthening operational capacity

-          Disaster preparedness and risk reduction

-          Health (HIV/Aids, TB, malaria, primary health care)

-          Water and sanitation

-          Dissemination of International Humanitarian Law

-          Strengthening organisational capacity

 

Profile of a delegate

Yearly we deploy approximately 120 delegates. We regularly need specialists in the areas of logistics, water and sanitation, project management, strengthening organisational capacity and (financial) administration. In addition The Netherlands Red Cross occasionally seeks medical specialists. Depending on the situation a delegate can be deployed for a period of 6 to 12 months.

 

As a Netherlands Red Cross-delegate you have:

 

Qualifications:

Bachelors, Masters and/or MBA.

 

Skills:

-Technical skills

- Language skills (English fluent and at least one other modern language)

- Financial- administrative skills

- Training skills

- Communication skills

 

Attitude:

- The ability to adjust, work in a team and independently.

- Diversity awareness

- Security/ health awareness

- Commitment to Red Cross and Red Crescent

- Involvement of family

 

Work experience:

- a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience

- experience working in a foreign country

 

Application procedure
If you would like to work for the Red Cross movement and you recognize yourself in the above mentioned, please send your application letter and English CV via e-mail to:

applications@redcross.nl