The British Red Cross is required to help people in crisis, no matter their identity or citizenship. Its jobs are voluntary and every time natural disasters, emergencies, and conflicts arise, this organisation is there to help. It has different divisions such as business development, communications, human resources, fundraising, strategy, among others, so it has a wide variety of types of job placements.

A Red Cross Volunteer usually performs many of the following tasks:
• Promoting awareness of diversity within this organisation.
• Developing Red Cross policy agenda.
• Keeping young and adult people safe.
• Managing resources.
• Proving medical treatment to people.

• Being able to handle work load.
• Having excellent written and spoken communication skills.
• Being confidential.
• Having IT skills.
• Being proactive and flexible.
• Having organisational abilities.
• Having leadership skills.
• Having good interpersonal abilities.
• Being able to work and travel according to Red Cross needs.
• Having time management skills.

Inside Red Cross there are different job placements that do not require specific qualifications. This organization offers training schemes for volunteers, so applicants will easily learn all required skills for some tasks and duties.

Requirements vary according to job placements, having cases where it is needed to have five GCSE’s C including English and Math as a minimum. It is recommended to have a driving licence for some jobs inside Red Cross.