Senior Associate, Mission Support (Advanced Skills Training)
About The Position
Team Rubicon is seeking a Senior Associate to support its Unified Training Strategy by leading the Sawyer, Route Clearance, and Roof Tarping training programs. The role supports Team Rubicon’s capabilities, training curricula, and instructor methodology, providing guidance and appropriate tactics for advanced skills. The Senior Associate coordinates with the training team to understand the needs of the East and West branches and participates in complex, multi-day training events, Disaster Training Camps, and just-in-time on-site disaster training. This position reports to TR’s Manager, Mission Support (Training). It is remote and may be based in the contiguous United States. The schedule is flexible and non-traditional, including evening and weekend commitments for leadership meetings, video conferences, and events. Frequent travel is required, including at least 25% non-local travel (approximately 12 weeks per year), local travel, and austere travel when supporting disaster missions and route clearance operations. Relocation expenses are not provided.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in the military, nonprofit, or emergency management.
- Skilled group facilitator able to balance patience and command.
- Proven personnel management experience, including recruiting, managing, training, and developing employees and volunteers.
- Project management skills, including proficiency in planning, executing, and overseeing work, and managing timelines, resources, and team members.
- Experience with technology tools and remote work to communicate and coordinate with a large network of TR staff, Greyshirts (volunteers), and external stakeholders.
- Reliable transportation for local travel.
- Ability to meet evening and weekend schedule requirements and travel, including at least 25% non-local travel and austere travel when required.
Nice To Haves
- Successful past performance leading volunteers.
Responsibilities
- Execute Team Rubicon’s training strategy across the East and West branches to enhance rapid, local disaster response capabilities.
- Recruit, hire, develop, and supervise the instructor cadre for Sawyer, Route Clearance, and Roof Tarping.
- Coordinate with the Associate of Complex Training and geo branches to forecast program needs.
- Work with Volunteer Management on incident resolution and investigations involving the Route Clearance, Chainsaw, and Roof Tarping programs.
- Participate in developing standards, policies, and processes for response, recovery, and mitigation operations.
- Support coordination and execution of complex training, local responses, EOC activations and operations.
- Build, vet, and manage an annual roster of personnel for Route Clearance Operations, and assist with team selection and management during those operations.
- Coordinate with Program Design and Learning to ensure program and curriculum documents are reviewed and updated on a recurring schedule.
- Deploy to complex training events and operations as needed.
- Travel locally and nationally to support organizational activities, training events, exercises, service projects, and training-related networking events and conferences.
Benefits
- Flexible unlimited paid time off.
- Generous holiday schedule, including a paid week off between winter holidays.
- Matching 401(k) contributions up to 4%, with no vesting requirement.
- 100% company-paid health benefits for employees and their dependents.
- Professional development, leadership development, and events or conferences.
- Paid time off to volunteer with the nonprofit of the employee’s choice.
- One-week all-inclusive onboarding experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
