Community Disaster Program Specialist

Global Roles; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Roles in Houston seeks a Community Disaster Program Specialist to guide, lead and support teams of trained volunteers delivering comfort and care during disasters.

You will build volunteer engagement, coordinate diverse teams across programs, ensure culturally and linguistically accessible services, and collaborate with partners to strengthen community resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Minimum 3 years of related experience.
• Residency near the Houston chapter.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for disaster-cycle services programming.
• Ensure services are delivered rapidly, accessibly, and equitably across communities and languages.
• Assist with program activities within an assigned geographic area.
• Engage volunteers representative of the communities served.
• Support local efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and partners for disasters.
• Meet targets for volunteer engagement and Disaster Action Team responses to local home fires.
• Serve as the local point of contact for partners and community leaders.
• Participate in disaster response operations following training requirements.

Skills

Volunteer Coordination

Disaster Response

Community Engagement

Staff Coordination

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Facilitation

Problem Solving

Marketing

Leadership

Partnership Management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

As a Community Disaster Program Specialist, you will guide, lead and support teams of trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care in times of disaster. You will create and maintain volunteer engagement and work with volunteers to ensure communities are ready to respond to disasters.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming.
• Ensure disaster cycle services are delivered in a rapid, accessible, and equitable manner, both culturally and linguistically, to meet urgent disaster-caused needs.
• Assist with the successful implementation of specific disaster cycle services program activities or functions within an assigned geographic area.
• Engage disaster volunteers who are representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.
• Support local efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies.
• Implement plans to meet assigned targets for volunteer engagement and volunteer-led Disaster Action Team response to local home fires or support specific function tasks within assigned geographic area.
• Act as the local point of contact for partners and communities, partnering with local organizations and leaders supporting frontline communities and community resiliency.
• Participate in disaster response operations in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations, upon completion of training requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Minimum 3 years of related experience.
• A valid driver's license and a clean MVR.
• Ability to coordinate staff and volunteer activities.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Proven record of accomplishment of collaboration with diverse groups and individuals 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 requirement: candidate must reside no more than 45 minutes from the Houston chapter.

Skills

• Volunteer Coordination
• Disaster Response
• Community Engagement
• Staff Coordination
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook
• Facilitation
• Problem Solving
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Partnership Management

Languages

English