Community Based Surveillance Activity Coordinator

Norwegian Red Cross is a member of the world wide Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest humanitarian organization. Our international work is focused on humanitarian preparedness and response, and is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. 

The development of CBS (Community Based Surveillance) is a collaboration between Norwegian Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies and is a strategic priority for Norwegian Red Cross’ International Programmes and Preparedness Department. The CBS project aims to create a movement-wide tool (available to 191 national societies) to support Red Cross volunteers, staff and delegates in decision-making based on relevant and reliable information in real-time, ultimately enabling efficient and relevant response to epidemics and disease outbreaks. Norwegian Red Cross has been at the forefront of this project since 2012 and has developed and tested prototypes and proofs of concept in Haiti, Sierra Leone and Madagascar. Currently, an MVP is being piloted in Somaliland, with more pilot countries expected to start in 2019.

The CBS platform is built by developer volunteers from the Norwegian tech community. Since the beginning of the CBS platform development, numerous code-events have been organized and the community of technology volunteers has grown vastly. The CBS project is looking for an activity coordinator that can support and manage this developer community and provide additional support to the CBS project team.  

Main Purpose

The key purpose of the CBS activity coordinator is to be responsible for organising and managing the developer community and provide support to the project team. 

Specific tasks: 

• Responsible for organising and managing the volunteer developer community; assist the tech lead in the coordination and follow-up of volunteer tasks, engaging with volunteers online and organising in-person activities;
• Responsible for planning and executing internal and external events and community activities such as community stand ups, code events and hackathons
• Maintain communication with volunteer contributors and monitors and evaluates contributor activity  
• Maintains and updates the CBS blog and website
• Develop and follow up recruitment, onboarding and volunteer retention mechanisms 
• Develop CBS volunteer documentation and procedures
• Provide administrative project support, including reporting and budgeting
• Document decision-making process and key project learnings ongoingly
• Provide support to CBS delegates in the field; briefing and following up on deployments; ensuring linkage between field implementation and Tech Development
• Contribute to the establishment and development of collaboration with relevant partners  
• Other tasks as required 

Reporting Lines  

• The position will form part of the CBS project team, and report to the Project Lead for Community Based Surveillance.  

Timeframe 

The application deadline is 21st July. The start date will be as soon as possible thereafter. The position is full-time project position until July 2020 (with possible extension).

Skills required 

• Excellent collaboration skills, shares knowledge, experience and information 
  Result oriented and large work capacity  
• Ability to work independently 
• Excellent organisational skills and proven successful experience with organising events  
• Experience from volunteering and supporting volunteers is an advantage  
• Experience with administrative project support is an advantage
• Experience in building and maintaining blogs and websites is an advantage 
• Good IT skills required (programming skills not required) 
• Education from university or university college (relevant work experience may compensate) 
• Fluency in English.The working language of the International programmes and preparedness department is English.   
• Good knowledge of Norwegian (B2 / Bergenstest)
• Applicants without a valid permit to live and work in Norway will be considered ineligible for the position

What we offer 

• You will be part of a strategic and prioritized international project within Norwegian Red Cross 
• Meaningful and exciting tasks in Norway's largest humanitarian organisation  
• Salary by agreement 
• Membership in Statens Pensjonskasse
• The position will require work outside regular working hours. Travel may be required.  

Norwegian Red Cross values diversity. We encourage all qualified people to apply, regardless of age, sex, disability, national or ethnic background.