Head of Population Care Kennemerland

In the event of a disaster or crisis, the Red Cross Population Care Team is ready to provide assistance to those affected. Examples include the evacuation of a nursing home, a flood or stranded travellers at Schiphol Airport. Where appropriate, the Red Cross supports municipalities in population care tasks. We offer a listening ear and, together with all parties, look for suitable solutions and refer to the right authorities.

In addition to the team of trained population care volunteers, the Red Cross is also increasingly deploying citizen aid workers. These are people who have registered with Ready2help. These citizen aid workers have not had any specific education or training. In the coming year, the Red Cross Kennemerland wants to investigate how this group of citizen aid workers can best be integrated into the aid processes.

About what you are going to do

Together with volunteer location coordinators, you encourage volunteers to become members of the population care team.

In addition, you are responsible for external recruitment, you develop a training and exercise plan together with the team leaders and the Coordinator Emergency Services. You provide a trained team of emergency services within the district and support them in their tasks.

You participate in the tactical preparation, execution and evaluation of exercises.

Together with the population care team, you ensure that the team has the resources and people to be deployed.

If the population care team is deployed, you will maintain contact with the Emergency Response Coordinator or the Red Cross crisis coordinator.

In addition, you are part of the Red Cross Emergency Aid Consultation and, if necessary, you replace the Head of the Emergency Aid Team. You identify bottlenecks and contribute to solutions. During a deployment, you work, if necessary, from the Red Cross action center.

About you

• You speak good Dutch, are presentable and can represent the organization at a tactical level.

• You can take charge and dare to make decisions.

• You are a connector who knows how to turn a group of people into a team.

• You have good communication skills and are able to inspire and motivate the team.

• You can assess situations well and improvise, determine and execute priorities.

• You have a flexible working environment, so that you can be deployed in an emergency, with the permission of your employer.

About what this volunteer work brings you

A chance to expand your experiences and network and to use your (professional) qualities. Very satisfying, because you really contribute to the activities of the Red Cross in your area. Your work is socially important and meaningful.

You will be given the opportunity to develop your talents; the Red Cross offers an extensive package of training and e-learning in the Red Cross Academy.

You will receive a volunteer agreement and travel and expenses will be reimbursed. You will also be insured during the work.

Something for you?

Are you enthusiastic and do you want to respond immediately? Use the application button!

We hope to meet you soon!

About us

Helping people in need around the corner – and far away, from our hearts and with our sleeves rolled up. That is what the Red Cross stands for.

We do this by increasing the resilience of people, so that they help themselves and others in emergency situations. In the Netherlands, the Red Cross helps together with more than fourteen thousand volunteers by offering, among other things, Emergency Aid, Event Aid, First Aid (education) and Citizen Aid.

Volunteers are committed to helping people. They find it satisfying to be of significance to someone else. And to grow as a person. Collegiality is valuable; the volunteers help each other when necessary and they take each other into account. Together they are there for everyone.

When selecting the right candidate, the Red Cross is not guided by cultural background, physical limitations, gender identity, religious beliefs, orientation or age.

Read more about the Red Cross on our website.

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