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Community Disaster Program Specialist
| Company | American Red Cross |
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| Location | Rochester, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $47476 – $49200 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
- Minimum 3 years of related experience.
- Valid Driver’s 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.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming.
- Assist with the successful implementation of either specific disaster cycle services program activities, or a specific disaster cycle services function within an assigned geographic area.
- Engage disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.
- Support local efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies.
- 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.
- Act as the local point of contact for partners and communities.
- Participate in disaster response operations in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations, upon completion of training requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Personable and well organized.
- Experience in volunteering or working with volunteers.
- Good communication skills, verbal and written.
- Creative thinker.
- Able to manage multiple priorities.
