Overview
Community Disaster Program Manager; Temporary Jobs in Natchez, USA at The American National Red Cross
Position: Community Disaster Program Manager (Temporary)
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 a Community Disaster Program Manager, you will ensure effective collaboration with Volunteer Services;
identify, mobilize, and engage partners in all communities in assigned geographic area; and determine current readiness resources, facilities, supplies, local vendors, and strategies for addressing gaps. 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):
*** Mission Capacity Building:
** 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, preparedness, response, and recovery.
** Ready to Respond**:
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.
* Valid Driver’s License
*** REQUIRED
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
**** Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
* Demonstrated analytical and decision-making skills to interpret program trends, results, formulate recommendations, and develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements.
* Proven record of accomplishment of collaboration with diverse groups and individual’s 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 YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum 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.
*** DISCLAIMER:
****** BENEFITS FOR YOU:
*** We take care of you, while you take care of others. As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive benefits help you in balancing home and work. With our resources and perks, you have amazing possibilities at the American Red Cross to advance the learn.
* Medical, Dental Vision plans
* Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
* PTO:
Starting at 15 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure
* Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
* 401K with 6% match
* Paid Family Leave
* Employee Assistance
* Disability and Insurance:
Short + Long Term
* Service Awards and recognition
*** PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
**** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or…
Title: Community Disaster Program Manager; Temporary
Company: The American National Red Cross
Location: Natchez, USA
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