Disaster Readiness & Volunteer Leadership Manager

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

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