Community Disaster Program Specialist
Community Disaster Program Specialist
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By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the worlds largest humanitarian network
Join usWhere your Career is a Force for Good!
Job Description:
Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else its as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the worlds 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 youll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your lifes work with an ongoing mission thats bigger than all of us. As you care for others youre 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!
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview): Providing support to Disaster Program management and leadership within the Fayetteville NC region. Support Disaster Program management and volunteer workforce by focusing primarily on volunteer engagement and direct assistance to recurring local disasters within assigned geographic area (home fires floods etc.). In limited circumstances may be assigned to support specific function at the direction of a regional functional manager. Guide and support team of trained volunteers as well as implement initiatives to increase Red Cross visibility through program/service delivery.
Perform all duties and responsibilities in alignment with the Fundamental Principles and in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal State and local regulations.
WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):
Empower Volunteers: Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming or specific functional activities throughout the assigned geographic area.
Support the Program: Assist with the successful implementation of either specific disaster cycle services program activities or a specific disaster cycle services function within an assigned geographic area Monitor collect and analyze business data to improve services to individuals and communities.
Mission Capacity Building: Engage disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce and representative of the communities they serve both culturally and linguistically Support the development of Disaster Leadership Volunteers including volunteer partners to meet specific responsibilities as part of their work in disaster readiness preparedness response and recovery or specific functional tasks.
Ready to Respond: Participate in disaster response operations in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations upon completion of training requirements.
This role is not eligible for relocation assistance
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):
Education: Bachelors degree required.
Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience with social services or service/program delivery or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
WHAT WILL GIVE YOU THE COMPETITIVE EDGE (Preferred Qualifications):
Ability to coordinate staff and volunteer activities. Excellent interpersonal verbal and written communication skills. Develop project plans & budgets.
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.
Geographic Community Disaster employees are expected to work daily in their assigned geographic area to engage and mobilize communities and support volunteers.
Deployment Requirement: 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. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.
BENEFITS FOR YOU:
Our comprehensive package includes:
Medical Dental Vision plans
Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
401K with up to 6% match
Paid Family Leave
Employee Assistance
Disability and Insurance: Short Long Term
Service Awards and recognition
Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to
make your career a force for good!
The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.
AmeriCorps the federal agency that brings people together through service and its partners the Peace Corps AmeriCorps Alums National Peace Corps Association and the Service Year Alliance launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.
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Employment Type
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