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American Red Cross · 3 months ago

Community Disaster Program Manager

Hattiesburg, MS

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

The American Red Cross is the world's largest humanitarian network, dedicated to helping millions of lives every year. The Community Disaster Program Manager will lead the implementation of disaster cycle services programming, empowering volunteers and engaging communities to prepare for and respond to emergencies. This role involves collaboration with various partners and ensuring community readiness for disaster response.

Health CareHumanitarianNon ProfitTraining

Responsibilities

Empower Volunteers : Lead and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming throughout the assigned geographic area , or functional activities throughout the region. Functional activities include mass care, response, community preparedness, recovery, and planning and readiness

Lead the Program: Implement either disaster cycle services activities within assigned geographic area or specific functional activities within the region

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

Engage Community: Lead and coordinate efforts in assigned geographic area to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners with specific functional expertise and assets to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies

Manage in a Matrix : Build relationships and collaborate in the matrix management environment with internal partners, including employees and volunteers

Know Your Communities: Act as the Red Cross disaster subject matter expert within assigned geographic area, to maximize Red Cross presence and community engagement and mobilization. Prospect and partner with organizations and leaders supporting frontline communities and community resiliency before, during and after disasters

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

Qualification

Volunteer managementDisaster responseCommunity engagementAnalytical skillsMicrosoft OfficeProject managementCommunication skillsProblem solvingLeadershipCollaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required

Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service

Valid Driver's License

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

Geographic Community Disaster employees are expected to work daily in their assigned geographic area to engage and mobilize communities and support volunteers

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

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 feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The work environment will consist of moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phones and printers, light traffic). The employee must have the ability to work in a small cubicle and have the ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time