Community Disaster Response Specialist

1 day ago

Salem, Oregon, United States American Red Cross Full time
Empower Communities in Times of Need

As a Community Disaster Program Specialist with the American Red Cross, you will play a vital role in guiding and leading teams of trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care in times of disaster. Your expertise will be instrumental in creating and maintaining a foundation of continuous and robust volunteer engagement, ensuring that the communities you serve are ready to respond to disasters.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Empower Volunteers: Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for implementing volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming, ensuring that disaster cycle services are delivered in a rapid, accessible, and equitable manner to meet the urgent needs of our clients.
  • Support the Program: Assist with the successful implementation of disaster cycle services program activities or functions within an assigned geographic area.
  • Mission Capacity Building: Engage disaster volunteers who are 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, partnering 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.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
  • Minimum 3 years of related experience.
  • Valid Drivers License.
  • 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.

Benefits:

  • 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 5% match.
  • Paid Family Leave.
  • Employee Assistance.
  • Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term.
  • Service Awards and recognition.

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.

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