American Red Cross

Regional Planning and Situational Awareness Manager

American Red Cross

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Lansing • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Responsible for all regionwide deliberate planning with regional leadership to ensure essential disaster services are available and delivered seamlessly.
  • Planning activities include disaster assessment, information dissemination, financial and statistical information, situational awareness, and local mapping.
  • Work with volunteers to ensure that the communities you serve are ready to respond to disasters.
  • 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.
  • This position is not eligible for relocation assistance.

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.
  • Valid Driver’s License and a clean MVR.
  • 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
  • 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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
disaster assessmentinformation disseminationfinancial informationstatistical informationsituational awarenesslocal mappingprogram trends analysiscreative process developmentvolunteer team developmentsocial services program execution
Soft skills
interpersonal skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationanalytical skillsdecision-making skillscollaborationproblem solvingleadershipfacilitationpartnership management
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeValid Driver’s License