Director UK Resilience Location: UK Wide, Flexible (Hybrid) Salary: £95,000 - £105,000 per annum, dependent on experience Hours: 35 per week Contract: Permanent Are you ready to lead the British Red Crosss crisis resilience across the UK - helping to prevent suffering, save lives and uphold dignity when it matters most? This is a rarely advertised, high-impact leadership opportunity to play a defining role in how the British Red Cross delivers its humanitarian mission across the UK. As Director of UK Resilience, you will lead at the moments when people are most vulnerable - shaping how communities prepare for crises, respond in emergencies, and recover with strength and dignity. ? You will set the strategic direction for a coordinated, UK-wide approach to emergency response, recovery, preparedness and community education, working in close partnership with government, emergency services, local authorities and the voluntary sector. Your leadership will ensure the British Red Cross is ready to act swiftly and effectively in an increasingly complex and unpredictable crisis landscape. Embedded within UK Operations, you will provide national strategic leadership at scale , enabling the organisation to mobilise staff, volunteers and partners rapidly and with confidence. Operating within a complex matrix environment, you will bring together multidisciplinary teams and senior leaders, harnessing the depth of expertise across our workforce and volunteer network to deliver trusted, well-coordinated humanitarian responses. With the reach, credibility and experience of the Red Cross Movement behind you, you will help deliver large-scale, integrated responses alongside statutory responders - meeting immediate humanitarian need while strengthening long-term community resilience. Representing the organisation nationally, you will build influential partnerships, support delivery of our 2030 Strategy, and help ensure our crisis response continues to evolve in line with our Fundamental Principles. At the heart of this role is a deep commitment to humanity. If you are motivated by purpose, ready to lead at national level, and driven to make a tangible difference in peoples lives when they need it most, this is your opportunity to help lead the Red Cross mission in the UK . What will a day in the life of a UK Director of UK Resilience involve? Providing overall national strategic leadership for the British Red Crosss UK resilience mission, shaping how we prepare for, respond to and recover from crises across the UK. Setting the direction and ensuring delivery of a nationally coherent, evidence-based UK Resilience offer, aligned to the organisations 2030 Strategy and humanitarian mission. Leading a large, multidisciplinary directorate across Strategy
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