About The Role

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Contract: Fixed term contract (12-months)
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £39,894 per annum, plus monthly allowances of £1,368.34 per diem and £500 security hardship allowance.
Status: Unaccompanied position

The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network comprising the International Committee of the Red Cross, National Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. We're looking for someone with substantial Movement experience who is passionate about strengthening Movement coordination and championing principled humanitarian partnerships, who thrives in roles that blend strategic influence with hands-on capacity building, and who is seeking a role that combines Movement expertise with meaningful collaboration and institutional development.

The Role

As the Movement Coordination Adviser, you will support the Head of the Strategic Partnerships and Movement Coordination Unit at the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS), with leading responsibility for strengthening coordination and cooperation across the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (RCRC Movement) components operating in Ukraine. You'll focus on consolidating URCS's internal capacities on Movement affairs, policies and coordination mechanisms, whilst ensuring coherent and principled engagement with Movement partners.

Reporting to the BRC Country Representative for Ukraine and the URCS Head of Strategic Partnerships and International Relations, your key responsibilities include:

• Setting strategic direction and priorities for Movement coordination and partnership workstreams, working jointly with URCS leadership.
• Strengthening internal systems and structures relevant to Movement affairs, ensuring clear roles, processes and lines of communication.
• Building and maintaining constructive relationships with Movement partners in Ukraine and at regional level.
• Facilitating and participating in bilateral and multilateral Movement meetings to ensure URCS priorities are clearly represented.
• Line-managing staff within the Strategic Partnerships & Movement Coordination Unit.
• Supporting professional development of URCS colleagues through coaching, mentoring and technical accompaniment on Movement affairs.
• Producing high-quality written materials—briefs, notes, talking points and summaries—to support URCS's coordination and strategic partnership work.