Humanitarian Response Lead

Overview

Lead humanitarian logistics planning and team deployment for Indo‑Pacific emergencies.

Key Responsibilities

• logistics planning
• staff rostering
• operational coordination
• team leadership
• deployment supervision
• course development

Tasks

-Provide logistics advice and planning for DFAT, agencies and partners, and participate and engage in response planning meetings and activities. -Lead the rostering and engagement of deployable staff - including logistics and response specialists - while overseeing their deployment and ensuring appropriate support throughout the process. -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 a team of staff and support HLC logistics planning and coordination activities including the provision of logistics advice and managing services orders and response activities. -Supervise the deployment and support of logistics and technical staff in support of humanitarian responses. -Play a senior leadership role in Australia’s humanitarian logistics capability program, supporting rapid and coordinated emergency responses across the Indo-Pacific. -Rapidly develop costed courses of action for comparison, identifying risks, opportunities and other trade-offs for decision makers.

Requirements

• senior operations
• logistics
• humanitarian
• political competence
• team leadership
• communication

What You Bring

-Extensive senior-level experience in managing operations and logistics within development, humanitarian, or similarly challenging contexts, including remote and resource-limited environments. -Strong political and cultural competence, with the ability to operate effectively across diverse country contexts and engage with a wide range of stakeholders. -Proven capability in team leadership, fostering high-performance cultures and supportive, collaborative environments. -Outstanding communication skills, delivering clear, contextually appropriate messaging to varied audiences, including government policymakers.

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