Disaster Responder

American Red Cross•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The American Red Cross is seeking a part-time (minimum 8 hrs./week), on-call Disaster Responder in New York, NY. This role is integral to the world's largest humanitarian network, focusing on helping people, making communities whole, and equipping individuals to change lives for the better. The Responder coordinates and serves as a resource for daily operations of a program or service, acts as a liaison between the program and its internal and external partners, and provides support, development, and leadership guidance to volunteers. The position involves responding to disaster-related incidents and providing services to clients, implementing day-to-day functions, developing program plans, coordinating casework activities, responding to general inquiries, participating in small-scale projects, supporting educational and outreach programs, and assisting with volunteer recruitment, orientation, and training. The role requires independent problem-solving for minor issues impacting program or service delivery or outcomes.

Requirements

High School or equivalent education.
Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
Demonstrate attention to detail, accuracy and thoroughness.
Prioritize and plan work activities.
Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
Maintain confidentiality and work with integrity and ethics.
Intermediate level proficiency with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Ability to work on a team.
Must pass a preliminary evaluation requirement following a probationary training period.
Current valid driver's license required.

Nice To Haves

Residing in one of the 5 Boroughs

Responsibilities

Coordinate and serve as a resource for daily operations of a program or service.
Act as a liaison between program or service and its internal and external partners.
Provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.
Respond to disaster-related incidents and provide services to clients.
Implement and coordinate the day-to-day functions that support program or service operations.
Develop workable program or service implementation plans.
Support leadership in coordinating casework activities.
Respond to general inquiries.
Participate on small scale projects which require researching issues, information, data collection, and development of recommendations.
Support leadership in coordinating educational and outreach programs.
Participate in recruitment, orientation and training activities for volunteers.
Independently resolve minor problems and issues which may impact program or service delivery or outcomes.