Community Disaster Program Manager
American Red Cross
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Watkinsville • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Ensure effective collaboration with Volunteer Services; identify, mobilize, and engage partners in all communities in assigned geographic area.
- Determine current readiness resources, facilities, supplies, local vendors, and strategies for addressing gaps.
- Work with volunteers to ensure that the communities you serve are ready to respond to disasters.
- 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.
- Initiate and coordinate disaster relief operations in the assigned geographic area, or functional activities in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations.
Requirements
- 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.
- 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 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
- Competitive compensation and benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
disaster cycle servicesprogram developmentvolunteer managementanalytical skillsdecision-makingprogram improvement
Soft skills
interpersonal skillscommunication skillsproblem solvingleadershipcollaborationfacilitationmarketingpartnership management
Certifications
Bachelor's degree