Senior Community Disaster Program Manager
American Red Cross
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Tulsa • Kansas • Oklahoma • United States
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About the role
- Guide, lead and support teams of employees and trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care in times of disaster.
- Build, sustain, and energize the employee and volunteer workforce to create and maintain a foundation of continuous and robust engagement.
- Collaborate with volunteer services staff to ensure community readiness for disaster response.
- Oversee the successful implementation of disaster cycle services activities within assigned geographic area.
- Champion and drive the development of Disaster Leadership Volunteers to meet specific responsibilities in disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery.
- Supervise efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners for effective disaster management.
- Act as a regional Red Cross disaster subject matter expert to maximize Red Cross presence and community engagement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
- Minimum 5 years of related experience.
- 3 years of supervisory or management experience.
- Must have a valid driver’s license & 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 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.
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 & Tools
disaster managementdisaster responsedisaster preparednessdisaster recoveryprogram analysisprogram improvementsupervisory experiencemanagement experiencecommunity engagementvolunteer management
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationanalytical skillsdecision-making skillscollaborationproblem solvingleadershipfacilitationpartnership management