Regional Disaster Action Team Manager

American Red Cross • Vero Beach, FL

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About The Position

The Regional Disaster Action Team Manager leads, develops, and supports volunteer disaster teams responsible for local preparedness, response, client care management, and community and government relationships within an assigned geography. The role works with volunteers to help communities prepare for and respond to disasters, and may involve functional activities across the region, including mass care, response, community preparedness, recovery, and planning and readiness.

Regional disaster employees must deploy to disaster relief operations outside their region at least once a year. Employees must meet training and physical capacity requirements for deployment. The position is not eligible for relocation assistance; the preferred candidate residence is Vero Beach. Employees in regional positions are expected to work daily within their region’s geographic area.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• At least 5 years of related experience building, mobilizing, leading, and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service.
• Valid driver’s license and a clean motor vehicle record.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Analytical and decision-making skills, including interpreting program trends and results, formulating recommendations, and developing creative processes for continuous improvement.
• Experience collaborating with diverse groups and individuals representative of community demographics.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, facilitate, solve problems, and manage partnerships.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to work outside regular duty hours, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to meet training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.
• Ability to work daily within the region’s geographic area.

Nice To Haves

• Volunteer management experience.
• Creative thinking.
• Disaster experience.
• Making decisions based on data.
• Program management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support diverse volunteer teams implementing volunteer-led disaster cycle services across an assigned geographic area or carrying out functional activities throughout the region.
• Implement disaster cycle services within an assigned geographic area or specific functional activities across the region, and work with regional program management to develop and improve plans.
• Develop and support disaster volunteers who represent the communities they serve, including culturally and linguistically representative volunteers.
• Cultivate and develop Disaster Leadership Volunteers and volunteer partners to carry out disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery responsibilities.
• Coordinate efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners with relevant expertise and resources.
• Collaborate with internal employee and volunteer partners in a matrix management environment.
• Serve as the Red Cross disaster subject matter expert within the assigned geographic area to strengthen community presence, engagement, and mobilization.
• 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.
• Deploy to disaster relief operations outside the region at least once a year.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Health Spending Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid time off starting at 15 days per year, based on FLSA status and tenure.
• 11 paid holidays: six core holidays and five floating holidays.
• 401(k) with a 6% match.
• Paid family leave.
• Employee Assistance.
• Short- and long-term disability and insurance.
• Service awards and recognition.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager