Community Disaster Program Specialist Sacramento CA

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As a Disaster Workforce Engagement Specialist you will guide lead and support teams of trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care in times of disaster. You will also 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.

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 as well as ensure disaster cycle services are delivered in a rapid accessible and equitable manner both culturally and linguistically to meet the urgent disaster-caused needs of our clients with a focus on frontline communities.

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.

Mission Capacity Building: Engage disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce and representative of the communities they serve both culturally and linguistically.

Engage Community: Support local efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners to prepare for respond to and recover from disasters and emergencies.

Manage in a Matrix: Implement plans to meet assigned targets for volunteer engagement and volunteer-led Disaster Action Team response to local home fires or support specific function tasks within assigned geographic area.

Know Your Communities: Act as the local point of contact for partners and communities. Partner with local organizations and leaders supporting frontline communities and community resiliency before during and after disasters.

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.

PAY INFORMATION:

The salary range for this position is (CA): $70304 - $73000.

Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned with the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used todetermineyour actual salary may include your specific skills how many years of experience youhave and comparison to other employees already in this role.

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):

Education: Bachelors degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
Experience: Minimum 3 years of related experience.
Travel: Travel may be required. For positions applicable to Disaster Services deployment to disaster operations outside the assigned region is required. A current valid drivers license and good driving record is required.

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 regions geographic area to provide leadership and functional support engage and mobilize communities and support volunteers.