American Red Cross - San Leandro, CA
posted 3 months ago
As a Community Disaster Program Manager at the American Red Cross, you will play a crucial role in ensuring effective collaboration with Volunteer Services and engaging partners across various communities within your assigned geographic area. Your primary responsibility will be to identify, mobilize, and engage these partners while assessing current readiness resources, facilities, supplies, and local vendors to address any gaps in disaster preparedness. You will work closely with volunteers to ensure that the communities you serve are well-prepared to respond to disasters, thereby contributing to the mission of continuous disaster response. In this position, you will be required to deploy to disaster relief operations outside of your region at least once a year. These deployments are not only essential for disaster response but also serve as opportunities for skill building and career development, exposing you to various types of disasters. You will be expected to meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment, ensuring that you are always ready to assist when needed. Your role will involve leading and supporting a diverse volunteer team responsible for implementing volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming throughout your assigned area. This includes functional activities such as mass care, response, community preparedness, recovery, and planning and readiness. You will also be tasked with developing disaster leadership volunteers and engaging community partners to enhance disaster readiness and response efforts. As the subject matter expert in disaster management for your area, you will work to maximize the Red Cross's presence and community engagement, ensuring that the organization is well-prepared to respond to emergencies.