Disaster Workforce Engagement Program Manager - Anchorage, AK

VetJobs; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 67,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

American Red Cross in Anchorage seeks a Disaster Workforce Engagement Manager to guide and energize volunteers for timely disaster response. You will build a robust volunteer program and collaborate with volunteer services staff to ensure readiness across communities.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of experience leading volunteer teams, with willingness to deploy regionally and work flexible hours, including nights and weekends.

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 to execute a social services program or service.
• Travel may be required. For Disaster Services, deployment outside the region is required.
• A current valid driver's license and good driving record is required.

Responsibilities

• Guide, lead and support teams of trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care during disasters.
• Build and energize a robust volunteer engagement program and collaborate with volunteer services staff to ensure communities are ready to respond to disasters.

Skills

Coordinating staff and volunteers

Interpersonal communication

Collaboration with diverse groups

Office software proficiency

After-hours availability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description

Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS

Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.

WHY CHOOSE US?

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!

As a Disaster Workforce Engagement Manager, you will guide, lead and support teams of trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care in times of disaster. Primary responsibilities include building, sustaining, and energizing the volunteer workforce to create and maintain a foundation of continuous and robust volunteer engagement using established processes and collaborating with volunteer services staff. You will work with volunteers to ensure that the communities you serve are ready to respond to disasters.

Join us in meeting the needs of continuous disaster response! 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. Allowances may be provided for personal circumstances and local response activity. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.

Minimum Education Required

Bachelors

Additional Qualifications / Responsibilities

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading, and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service.
• Travel: Travel may be required. For positions applicable to Disaster Services, deployment to disaster operations outside the assigned region is required.
• A current valid driver's license and good driving record is required.

Skills And Abilities

• 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 Requirements

Chapter-based positions: Geographic Community Disaster employees are expected to work daily in their assigned geographic area to engage and mobilize communities and support volunteers.

Regional positions: Regional leadership and functional employees are expected to work daily within their region's geographic area to provide leadership and functional support, engage and mobilize communities, and support volunteers.

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail
• Experience supporting and engaging volunteers
• Background in program development is preferred
• Flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic environment

Compensation: The salary range for this position is $67,000 to $72,000. Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

This job will be posted for a minimum of five business days and extended if the applicant pool needs to be expanded. This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

City*

Anchorage

State*

Alaska

Salary Range

$60,000-$75,000