Disaster Preparedness Outreach Specialist

Counties Legal Services, Inc.; Riverside, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 32,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) seeks a Community Education Facilitator to lead disaster preparedness outreach across Riverside and San Bernardino counties, delivering presentations and developing outreach materials with a legal readiness component.

The role represents ICLS with emergency management and nonprofit partners, produces digital and print content, and tracks grant deliverables. Fluency in English; Spanish preferred; requires travel and the ability to work independently.

Qualifications

• Four (4) year college degree or equivalent experience in community outreach, emergency management, communications, or a related field.
• 1–2 years of experience in community outreach, public education, emergency management, or nonprofit program coordination preferred.
• Familiarity with disaster preparedness education, VOAD, or emergency management partnerships preferred.
• Experience developing presentations, printed materials, and digital content (website, newsletter, social media).
• Experience tracking program data and preparing reports for grants; Excel proficiency required.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; comfort speaking to community audiences.
• Ability to collaborate with government agencies, nonprofits, and volunteer attorneys.
• Language: English reading/writing; Spanish strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver disaster preparedness, response, and recovery presentations to community groups across Riverside and San Bernardino counties, incorporating legal readiness topics.
• Coordinate with emergency management and nonprofit partners to co-present where possible.
• Attend Riverside and San Bernardino VOAD meetings and build referral relationships with member organizations.
• Represent ICLS at community fairs and maintain an inventory of disaster preparedness materials in English and Spanish.
• Develop and maintain disaster preparedness content for ICLS and Disaster Legal Assistance Collaborative websites, newsletters, and social media.
• Track engagements and materials in the program's deliverables tracker, gather data from partner organizations, and prepare quarterly grant reports.

Skills

Public speaking

Community outreach

Grant reporting

Excel

Spanish language

Collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Four-year college degree or equivalent in outreach/emergency management/communications

Tools

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Inland Counties Legal Services (ICLS) seeks a Community Education Facilitator to lead disaster preparedness outreach across Riverside and San Bernardino counties, delivering presentations and developing outreach materials with a legal readiness component.

The role represents ICLS with emergency management and nonprofit partners, produces digital and print content, and tracks grant deliverables. Fluency in English; Spanish preferred; requires travel and the ability to work independently.