ShelterBox Response Team Member

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Following natural disaster or conflict, ShelterBox Response Teams undertake a crucial element of ShelterBox’s work - ensuring that emergency shelter and other humanitarian aid is delivered to families who need it most.

ShelterBox is made up of people who believe in shelter as a human right - that shelter from the chaos of disaster and conflict is vital. Right now, over 85 million people around the world have been made homeless by natural disasters and conflict. We're working to change this by providing emergency shelter.

We don’t believe that one size fits all. We work hard to understand the impact of each emergency and the need this creates within individual communities.

We deliver aid to the four corners of the earth, reaching people in need by standing on strong shoulders. And we are fortunate to have the help of an amazing network of global affiliates, partners like Rotary International, supporters worldwide, and an army of dedicated volunteers. Our highly trained ShelterBox Response Teams then go the extra mile to find the people left most vulnerable after a disaster - to make sure that no one gets forgotten or left behind. In just sixteen years, ShelterBox has grown into a major force in international humanitarian aid.

Overview of Role

-Being a ShelterBox Response Team member is a mentally and physically demanding role

-Team members are relied on to be excellent team workers;
-Capable of making good decisions under pressure;
-Able to develop and maintain good relationships with partners and community members; and
-Able to work in locations with damaged/missing infrastructure, few facilities and communities experiencing severe trauma.

We deploy to disasters under challenging conditions; you will experience mental, physical and environmental pressures as a result and should be prepared for this. Becoming a Response Team member is a huge responsibility, but it can also be incredibly rewarding.

Do you have the skills, personality and compassion to help us carry out our work? If so, apply today! Applications are open until January 22nd, 2017.

For this role we look to recruit volunteers who can commit long-term. Due to the needs of the charity and the cost to train our response teams, we hope that our volunteers are available to help ShelterBox for a period of five years by deploying twice each year for 3 weeks at a time.

This is not a short term introduction to humanitarian work.

If you think you meet all the requirements and would like to volunteer with us, follow the link to the first stage of recruitment.

For more information about the ShelterBox Response Team role, please visit our website: http://bit.ly/SRTApp

You can access the ShelterBox Response Team application here.

If you have any additional questions, please email us at support@shelterboxcanada.org or call the office at 647-352-1930.