Hong Kong Red Cross

Address：Hong Kong Red Cross Headquarters, 19 Hoi Ting Road, West Kowloon, Kowloon

E-mail :  [email protected]

Website： http://www.redcross.org.hk

Programme Coordinator (Recovery and Community Resilience)

The Hong Kong Red Cross’s (HKRC) International and Relief Service provides emergency disaster relief, rehabilitation assistance to people affected by natural and man-made disasters regardless of their nationality, race, religion, beliefs, or political opinion. Building the community resilience is also the foci of HKRC in overseas programme.

Job Purpose:

This position is responsible for programme model building, capacity building and coordination the recovery and community resilience programme with the Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) and other identified Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners, to strengthen the community resilience of the HKRC supported region. S/he works closely with the Senior Programme Coordinator (SPC) to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the strategies with the highest level of accountability as possible to fulfill HKRC vision and mission.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop community resilience programme with overseas partners and stakeholders to contribute to the programme model to make impact to the vulnerable communities.
• Lead a sub team to manage and coordinate the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Community Resilience programmes both in Mainland China and Overseas.
• Build up the capacity of working partners in disaster management , project management and themes.
• Facilitate the advocacy of Community Resilience programmes with new initiatives in responding to the humanitarian needs of the vulnerable community, such as the development of manuals, training curriculums, toolkits and launch of events
• Establish and maintain good partnerships with both Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement partners and other concerned parties, to ensure the effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of Community Resilience programmes, and facilitate resources mobilization. Responsible for report writing and assisting in the formulation of policies and operational plans, as well as contributing to the model building of Community Resilience programmes
• Travel to Mainland China and Overseas if needed

Requirements:

• University Degree Holder, preferably in human science, social service, international relationship/development or disaster management
• Minimum of 5 years’ postgraduate working experience, preferably with managerial experience on programme, people and finance management
• Minimum of 2 years working experience in overseas (Mainland China & Internationally) humanitarian sectors
• Good knowledge on global trends in humanitarian assistance and development agenda especially WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene), urbanization health or related fields
• Good knowledge of the context of Mainland China, including culture, policies and mechanism
• Solid experiences on programme management, community participation and humanitarian issues
• Proficient in both written and spoken English and Chinese (including Putonghua)
• Sound communication, coordination and facilitation skills, strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Self-supported in computing systems
• Mature personality, self-motivated, strong sense of responsibility, independent, able to work in a multi-disciplinary team and under pressure

Contract Period: 2 years

Fringe Benefits:

Fringe benefits including generous annual leave, marriage leave, compassionate leave, caring leave, medical and dental benefits (including dependents), Employer MPF voluntary contribution, and a discretionary incentive payment (where applicable) will be offered to the right candidates.

Please send application together with full curriculum vitae and expected salary to the Head of Human Resources, 9/F, Hong Kong Red Cross Headquarters, 19 Hoi Ting Road, West Kowloon or email to [email protected] on or before 19 September 2025.

Personal data provided by job applicants will be used strictly in accordance with Agency’s data protection policy for recruitment purposes only. Applicants not contacted within 4 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful and all related information will be kept on our files up to a period of 6 months.

** Apart from the vacancy in the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, this Council will not be responsible for processing any of the above vacancies. If you are interested in applying for the above vacancies, please submit your application directly to the relevant authorities. Thanks for your cooperation.