Community Disaster Program Manager (Temporary)

The American National Red Cross; Natchez (MS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401K with match

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

The American Red Cross in the United States is seeking a Community Disaster Program Manager to lead disaster volunteer teams, coordinate readiness resources, and mobilize partners across assigned geographic areas to support readiness, response, and recovery efforts.

You will deploy with volunteers for disaster relief operations, supervise and mentor teams, and ensure training, capacity building, and collaboration across services, while meeting the organization’s mission of helping communities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading and developing volunteer teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.
• Cultivate and develop Disaster Leadership Volunteers to meet specific responsibilities as part of disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery.
• Initiate and coordinate disaster relief operations in assigned geographic area, or functional activities in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations.
• Engage volunteers and partners, address gaps in readiness resources, facilities, supplies, and local vendors.
• Maintain effective collaboration with Volunteer Services and ensure readiness and deployment readiness.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Collaboration

Leadership

Microsoft Office

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else - it's as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world's largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.When you choose to be a force for good, you'll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life's work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you're cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.As a Community Disaster Program Manager, you will ensure effective collaboration with Volunteer Services; identify, mobilize, and engage partners in all communities in assigned geographic area; and determine current readiness resources, facilities, supplies, local vendors, and strategies for addressing gaps. You will work with volunteers to ensure that the communities you serve are ready to respond to disasters.Join us in meeting the needs of continuous disaster response! Regional disaster employees are required to deploy to disaster relief operations outside of their region at a minimum of once a year. Deployments contribute to skill building, career development and exposure to different types of disasters. Allowances may be provided for personal circumstances and local response activity. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.*WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):***Mission Capacity Building:** Develop and support disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically Cultivate and develop Disaster Leadership Volunteers, including volunteer partners, to meet specific responsibilities as part of their work in disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery.**Ready to Respond**: Initiate and coordinate disaster relief operations in assigned geographic area, or functional activities in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations.* Valid Driver's License***REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:**** Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.* Demonstrated analytical and decision-making skills to interpret program trends, results, formulate recommendations, and develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements.* Proven record of accomplishment of collaboration with diverse groups and individual's representative of all the demographics of this community, managing multiple priorities, facilitation, problem solving, marketing, leadership, and partnership management.* Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.* Ability to work outside of regular duty hours including nights and weekends.***RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS**** **Chapter-based positions:**Geographic Community Disaster employees are expected to work daily in their assigned geographic area to engage and mobilize communities and support volunteers.* **Regional positions:**Regional leadership and functional employees are expected to work daily within their region's geographic area to provide leadership and functional support, engage and mobilize communities, and support volunteers.*WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):*Education: Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service.***DISCLAIMER:******BENEFITS FOR YOU:***We take care of you, while you take care of others. As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive benefits help you in balancing home and work. With our resources and perks, you have amazing possibilities at the American Red Cross to advance the learn.* Medical, Dental Vision plans* Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts* PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure* Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays* 401K with 6% match* Paid Family Leave* Employee Assistance* Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term* Service Awards and recognition***PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS****The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The work environment will consist of moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phones and printers, light traffic). The employee must have the ability to work in a small cubicle and have the ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.**The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.*When you choose to be a force for good, you'll have **mentors who empower your growth** along a purposeful career path. You **align your life's work with an ongoing mission** that's bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you're **cared for with generous compensation and benefits**. You **join a community that respects who you are** away from work as much as what you do while at work.