Job Description:
WHY CHOOSE US?
As one of the nation’s premier humanitarian organizations, the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. When you join our team, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission, and you can help save lives every day. If you share our passion for helping people, join us in this excellent career opportunity. Work where your career is a force for good.
We are committed to the diversity of our workforce and to delivering our programs and services in a culturally competent manner reflecting the communities we serve. Our work environment is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive with a focus on building allyship and a culture of belonging that empowers all team members. Come to learn, grow, and succeed while sharing your passion for making a difference.
The Red Cross supports a variety of cultural and community resource groups for employees and volunteers. From the Ability Network, our Asian American & Pacific Islander Resource Group, the Latino Resource Group, and Red Cross PRIDE, to the Umoja African American Resource Group, our Veterans+ Resource Group, and the Women’s Resource Group, these networks provide connections, mentoring and help give voice to important concerns and opinions.
At the American Red Cross, your uniqueness can shine!
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview):
Manage the implementation of disaster services programming in an assigned geographic area, or a regional functional activity. Lead, develop and support the Disaster program volunteer team responsible for local preparedness, response, and client care management as well as management of community and government relationships within assigned geography, or a specific regional function. Ensure the development of Disaster leadership volunteers in each of the program support functional areas of the disaster cycle to meet the needs of the area and region. Drivers for this work include the number of municipalities within its coverage area, the amount and complexity of program activity, geography, risk, population, frequency of events, and regional structure. Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers. 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):
- Responsible for all Regionwide mass care planning in conjunction with Regional Planning and Situational Awareness Manager and geographic Community Disaster Program Managers to ensure essential disaster services, including feeding, sheltering, household pets, distribution of emergency supplies and reunification, are available and delivered in a seamless fashion. Resource and meet Access and Functional Needs requirements.
- Coordinate with Disaster Response Area leadership and geographic Community Disaster Program Managers to establish community and partner relationships to ensure mass care services (e.g., feeding, sheltering, household pets, distribution of emergency supplies and reunification) are clearly identified and mapped in the overall partnership strategy at the most local level. Brief Chapter Executive Directors and Community Volunteer Leaders on strategy and engage their support as indicated.
- Coordinate and support regional readiness activities that enable the Region to achieve, and maintain or exceed, regional readiness targets and commitments.
- Coordinate with Mass Care volunteers and geographic Community Disaster Program Managers to ensure the Region can deliver essential disaster mass care services, including feeding, sheltering, distribution of emergency supplies, unsolicited donations management, shelter resident transition, reunification and household pet support.
- Manage, train and mentor a workforce of professional mass care volunteers and leaders capable and willing to deliver mass care services. Support volunteer functional leaders.
- Create, maintain, and engage in deliberate Mass Care planning with internal and external stakeholders in alignment with approved strategies, standards, priorities, and goals. Ensure the Region has a consistent strategy to commit mass care services to partners to meet the standards of the supportive community program.
- Coordinate the procurement and storage of relief supplies with national headquarters.
- Support geographic Community Disaster Program Managers by overseeing inventory management system to ensure accurate stock levels and efficient allocation of mass care resources. Maintain accurate and timely shelter, feeding and distribution of emergency supplies data.
- Support the regular convening of mass care volunteers, community members and partners in mass care drills, trainings, exercises, readiness meetings and other planning efforts to demonstrate and measure readiness capabilities and continuous engagement.
WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):
Education: Bachelor's degree required.
Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
WHAT WILL GIVE YOU THE COMPETITIVE EDGE (Preferred Qualifications):
Highly organized
Building community partnerships
Volunteer recruitment and engagement experience
Building volunteer teams
Logistics experience
Public speaking and training others.
Great Communication skills