Community Disaster Program Specialist

American Red Cross; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K match

Paid time off

Job summary

American Red Cross in Corpus Christi region seeks a Disaster Program Specialist to engage volunteers and support disaster-response activities. The role focuses on building capacity, coordinating programs, and ensuring readiness across assigned communities.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in social services or program delivery, with a valid driver's license. Strong communication and project planning skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with social services or service/program delivery.
• Current valid driver's license and good driving record required.
• Strong ability to coordinate staff and volunteers, and to develop project plans and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Empower volunteers: facilitate and support diverse volunteer teams for disaster cycle services in the assigned area.
• Support the program: assist with successful implementation of disaster cycle services activities; monitor and analyze data to improve services.
• Mission capacity building: engage disaster volunteers from the community to meet responsibilities in readiness, response, and recovery.
• Ready to respond: participate in disaster response operations within the region after training requirements.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Volunteer management

Program coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?

Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!

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.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW :

Providing support to Disaster Program management and leadership within the Victoria, TX/Corpus Christi Region. Support Disaster Program management and volunteer workforce by focusing primarily on volunteer engagement and direct assistance to recurring local disasters within assigned geographic area (home fires, floods etc.). In limited circumstances, may be assigned to support specific function at the direction of a regional functional manager. Guide, and support team of trained volunteers, as well as implement initiatives to increase Red Cross visibility through program/service delivery.

Perform all duties and responsibilities in alignment with the Fundamental Principles and in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal, State, and local regulations.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):

Empower Volunteers: Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming, or specific functional activities throughout the assigned geographic area.

Support the Program: Assist with the successful implementation of either specific disaster cycle services program activities, or a specific disaster cycle services function within an assigned geographic area Monitor, collect and analyze business data to improve services to individuals and communities.

Mission Capacity Building: Engage disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically Support the development of Disaster Leadership Volunteers, including volunteer partners, to meet specific responsibilities as part of their work in disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery, or specific functional tasks.

Ready to Respond: Participate in disaster response operations in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations, upon completion of training requirements.

This role is not eligible for relocation assistance

What You Need To Succeed

Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience with social services or service/program delivery, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.

A current valid driver's license and good driving record is required

What Will Give You The Competitive Edge

• Ability to coordinate staff and volunteer activities. Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. Develop project plans & budgets.
• 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.
• Geographic Community Disaster employees are expected to work daily in their assigned geographic area to engage and mobilize communities and support volunteers.
• Deployment Requirement: 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. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.

Benefits For You

Our comprehensive package includes:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.

AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce. American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.