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A career with the Maldivian Red Crescent is a career with purpose. We are the largest humanitarian organization in the Maldives and the people who work with us are at the heart of everything we do for communities
Few organizations offer the opportunity to do work that is as meaningful, as challenging, and as directly connected to the communities it serves as MRC. As the Maldives' leading humanitarian organization and a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, by working with MRC, you can contribute to work that reaches every corner of the Maldives and connects to a global Red Cross Red Crescent movement working to prevent and alleviate human suffering around the world.
MRC welcomes passionate and dedicated individuals from all backgrounds, people who believe in the work we do are driven by a genuine commitment to humanity and to the communities MRC serves.
Why work at MRC
Careers
At MRC, you will work alongside a team of people who are genuinely motivated by humanitarian purpose. The work is challenging, but the impact you will have is profound. You will see the difference you make. MRC offers more than a job. It offers a career pathway within one of the world's most respected humanitarian institutions with access to IFRC training, regional and global networks, and development opportunities that extend well beyond the Maldives.
Purpose-driven work
Every role at MRC contributes directly to humanitarian services across the Maldives.
A diverse, committed team
MRC's team brings together people from across the Maldives and the humanitarian sector, diverse in background, united in purpose.
Be Part of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
As an MRC staff member, you become part of the world's largest humanitarian network, with access to IFRC training, regional meetings, and a global community of humanitarian professionals.
Learning and development
MRC invests in its people. From technical training to leadership development, we provide opportunities to grow in your role and build expertise that travels with you throughout your career.
- All MRC staff vacancies are published in our Announcements section. Each listing includes a full Job Description or Terms of Reference, the application deadline, and submission instructions.
procurement
- If your expertise aligns with MRC's work, we encourage you to stay informed of upcoming opportunities.
Working with MRC as a consultant
Bring your expertise
MRC periodically engages consultants and specialist service providers to support specific Programmes, projects, and organizational development initiatives. Consultancy opportunities range from short technical assignments to longer project-based engagements across MRC's Programme areas. Consultants working with MRC contribute their expertise to work that directly benefits communities across the Maldives from design communications, technical consultancies around Programme portfolio's, design communications and organizational capacity building. All consultants are expected to uphold the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and adhere to MRC's Code of Conduct throughout their engagement
Meaningful, community-facing work
Consultancy assignments at MRC connect directly to communities across the Maldives. Whether you are designing a training programme, evaluating a project, or developing a strategy
Access to the IFRC and Movement network
Consultants on MRC assignments gain exposure to IFRC frameworks and regional expertise that enrich their own professional practice.
Engagement across technical disciplines
MRC engages consultants across humanitarian programming, disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, health, psychosocial support, research and evaluation, communications, and organisational development. Whatever your specialism, there is likely a place for it in our work.
Intern with MRC
Start Your Humanitarian Journey with MRC
MRC periodically offers internship opportunities for students and recent graduates looking to gain meaningful experience in the humanitarian sector. Internships at MRC are hands-on and community-facing, giving you direct exposure to the Programmes, operations, and partnerships that make up MRC's work across the Maldives. Whether you are exploring a career in humanitarian work or looking to apply your academic knowledge in a real-world setting, an internship with MRC offers a foundation that is hard to find elsewhere.
Meaningful, real-world experience
Internships at MRC place you at the centre of humanitarian work contributing directly to Programmes and services that reach communities across the Maldives. This is not administrative experience in the background. It is substantive, community-facing work that will challenge and develop you from day one.
Exposure across disciplines
MRC's internship programme spans a diverse range of disciplines and functional areas — from humanitarian programming and disaster risk reduction, to communications, monitoring and evaluation, health, and organisational support. Each placement is an opportunity to learn by doing, to engage with real humanitarian challenges, and to develop skills and perspectives that extend well beyond any single area of expertise.
Part of a global humanitarian network
s an MRC intern, you are not just gaining local experience. You are gaining exposure to the frameworks, standards, and ways of working of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement — one of the most respected humanitarian networks in the world.
A foundation for what comes next
Many of MRC's current staff and volunteers began their journey as interns. An internship with MRC is an opportunity to build skills, establish professional relationships, and develop a genuine understanding of humanitarian work
- To express interest in an internship, write to us at info@redcrescent.org.mv with the subject line Internship along with a CV and cover letter and what you are hoping to contribute.