Disaster Program Manager, Houston Chapter - American Red Cross

Description

By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best.

Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?_
Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good
Job Description:

• WHY CHOOSE US?_

As one of the nation's premier humanitarian organizations, the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world.

When you join our team, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission, and you can help save lives every day.

If you share our passion for helping people, join us in this excellent career opportunity. _Work where your career is a force for good._

We are committed to the diversity of our workforce and to delivering our programs and services in a culturally competent manner reflecting the communities we serve.

Our work environment is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive with a focus on building allyship and a culture of belonging that empowers all team members.

Come to learn, grow, and succeed while sharing your passion for making a difference.
The Red Cross supports a variety of cultural and community resource groups for employees and volunteers.

From the Ability Network, our Asian American & Pacific Islander Resource Group, the Latino Resource Group, and Red Cross PRIDE, to the Umoja African American Resource Group, our Veterans+ Resource Group, and the Women's Resource Group, these networks provide connections, mentoring and help give voice to important concerns and opinions.

At the American Red Cross, your uniqueness can shine

• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview):_

As a Disaster Program Manager, you will be on the front lines of leading and supervising the implementation of the disaster services program in an assigned geographic territory.

You will lead and supervise Disaster Program staff and volunteer teams responsible for local preparation, response and recovery management and management of government partnerships within assigned territory.

You will work by identifying local volunteers to implement disaster preparedness, response, and recovery programs in the local area.

Ensure the development of Disaster leadership volunteers in each program support functional areas of the disaster cycle to meet the needs of the territory, region, state, and division.

You will provide support, development and/or leadership guidance to all volunteers.

• WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD_ (Key Responsibilities):
• You will identify, lead, and supervise a volunteer team responsible for implementing disaster preparedness, response, and recovery programs in the local area. You will identify leadership volunteers and work with the functional leads on their development and engagement on projects to build capacity in the assigned geographical area. Hire, train, coach, counsel, and evaluate performance of direct reports and volunteers.
• Mobilize the local community to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. Meet the needs and expectations of clients and stakeholders. Develop human and material resources (volunteers, partners, community agencies, shelter, and vendor agreements etc.) and work with functional team lead to ensure the full cycle of disaster services is delivered. Develop and cultivate professional relationships with key internal & external partners/organizations. Serve as the Red Cross thought leader on a local level with government and other agencies and organizations involved in disaster. Ensure interface with community leaders, corporations, businesses, and government agencies. Participate in local planning, exercises, and training, to include exercises called by local partners (VOADs (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster), EMAs (Emergency Management Agencies) and LEPCs (Local Emergency Planner s Conference) (Local Emergency Planner s Conference)).
• Act in a facilitative leader role across the disaster cycle. Align with government and work to enable the entire community to participate in all phases of the disaster cycle by shifting from being not only a provider of direct services but also a facilitative leader. Within scope of position, represent the entire disaster cycle of preparedness, response and recovery.
• Manage local responses by deployment volunteers daily in a rapid and accessible manner. Serve during times of disaster as the operational leadership for the territory/local level. Participate in a leadership role on larger operations regionally, division or nationally.
• Implement disaster services program goals, objectives, policies, and procedures in a territory in alignment with organization standards. Coordinate the daytoday functions, with functional leads, that support these programs in accordance with policies and procedures.
• WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED _(Minimum Qualifications):
• Education: Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience: Mini