Disaster Program Lead: Empower Volunteers & Readiness

American Red Cross; Lewisburg (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental Vision plans

Health Spending Accounts & Flexible

PTO and Holidays

401K with match

Paid Family Leave

Employee Assistance

Job summary

The American Red Cross is seeking a Community Disaster Program Manager to mobilize volunteers, engage partners, and ready communities for disasters within the assigned area. You will work with volunteers to identify resources, plan deployments, and ensure readiness across disaster cycle services.

Regional deployments are required at least once a year, with opportunities for skill-building and leadership development.

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.
• A Valid Driver’s License and a clean MVR.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming throughout the assigned geographic area, or functional activities throughout the region.
• Implement disaster cycle services activities within assigned geographic area or specific functional activities within the region.
• 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, response, and recovery.
• Lead and coordinate efforts in assigned geographic area to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners with specific functional expertise and assets to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies.
• Build relationships and collaborate in the matrix management environment with internal partners, including employees and volunteers.
• Act as the Red Cross disaster subject matter expert within the assigned geographic area, to maximize Red Cross presence and community engagement and mobilization.

Skills

Communication skills

Volunteer management

Leadership

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The American Red Cross is seeking a Community Disaster Program Manager to mobilize volunteers, engage partners, and ready communities for disasters within the assigned area. You will work with volunteers to identify resources, plan deployments, and ensure readiness across disaster cycle services.

Regional deployments are required at least once a year, with opportunities for skill-building and leadership development.