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Community Disaster Program Manager - Wichita Falls, TX
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Community Disaster Program Manager - Wichita Falls, TX
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Job Description Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else—it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.
When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer‑led disaster cycle services programming throughout the assigned geographic area, or specific functional activities within the region.
Implement disaster cycle services activities within assigned geographic area or specific functional activities within the region.
Develop and support disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.
Co‑cultivate and develop Disaster Leadership Volunteers, including volunteer partners, to meet specific responsibilities as part of their work in disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Lead and coordinate efforts in the assigned geographic area to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners with specific functional expertise and assets to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies.
Build relationships and collaborate in the matrix management environment with internal partners, including employees and volunteers.
Act as the Red Cross disaster subject matter expert within assigned geographic area, to maximize Red Cross presence and community engagement and mobilization.
Prospect and partner with organizations and leaders supporting frontline communities and community resiliency before, during, and after disasters.
Initiate and coordinate disaster relief operations in assigned geographic area, or functional activities in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations.
Relocation: this position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
Regional disaster employees are required to deploy to disaster relief operations outside of their region at a minimum of once a year. Deployments contribute to skill building, career development, and exposure to different types of disasters. Allowances may be provided for personal circumstances and local response activity. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service.
A valid driver’s license and a clean MVR.
Residency: Chapter‑based positions—expected to work daily in the assigned geographic area. Regional positions—expected to work daily within the region’s geographic area.
Required Skills and Abilities
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Demonstrated analytical and decision‑making skills to interpret program trends, formulate recommendations, and develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements.
Proven record of collaboration with diverse groups and individuals representing all demographics, managing multiple priorities, facilitation, problem‑solving, marketing, leadership, and partnership management.
Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Ability to work outside of regular duty hours, including nights and weekends.
Physical demands: sit; use hands; talk or hear; reach; occasionally stand, walk, kneel, crouch, or crawl; lift up to 15 lbs, sometimes 30 lbs; vision: close/distance/color/peripheral/depth; moderate noise environment; small cubicle seating at computer.
Preferred Qualifications
Volunteer management experience.
Bilingual in Spanish (plus).
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts.
PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure.
Holidays: 11 paid holidays (six core, five floating).
401K with 6% match.
Paid Family Leave.
Employee Assistance.
Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term.
Service awards and recognition.
Location City: Wichita Falls, State: Texas
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Job Description Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else—it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.
When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer‑led disaster cycle services programming throughout the assigned geographic area, or specific functional activities within the region.
Implement disaster cycle services activities within assigned geographic area or specific functional activities within the region.
Develop and support disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.
Co‑cultivate and develop Disaster Leadership Volunteers, including volunteer partners, to meet specific responsibilities as part of their work in disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Lead and coordinate efforts in the assigned geographic area to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners with specific functional expertise and assets to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies.
Build relationships and collaborate in the matrix management environment with internal partners, including employees and volunteers.
Act as the Red Cross disaster subject matter expert within assigned geographic area, to maximize Red Cross presence and community engagement and mobilization.
Prospect and partner with organizations and leaders supporting frontline communities and community resiliency before, during, and after disasters.
Initiate and coordinate disaster relief operations in assigned geographic area, or functional activities in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations.
Relocation: this position is not eligible for relocation assistance.
Regional disaster employees are required to deploy to disaster relief operations outside of their region at a minimum of once a year. Deployments contribute to skill building, career development, and exposure to different types of disasters. Allowances may be provided for personal circumstances and local response activity. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service.
A valid driver’s license and a clean MVR.
Residency: Chapter‑based positions—expected to work daily in the assigned geographic area. Regional positions—expected to work daily within the region’s geographic area.
Required Skills and Abilities
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
Demonstrated analytical and decision‑making skills to interpret program trends, formulate recommendations, and develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements.
Proven record of collaboration with diverse groups and individuals representing all demographics, managing multiple priorities, facilitation, problem‑solving, marketing, leadership, and partnership management.
Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
Ability to work outside of regular duty hours, including nights and weekends.
Physical demands: sit; use hands; talk or hear; reach; occasionally stand, walk, kneel, crouch, or crawl; lift up to 15 lbs, sometimes 30 lbs; vision: close/distance/color/peripheral/depth; moderate noise environment; small cubicle seating at computer.
Preferred Qualifications
Volunteer management experience.
Bilingual in Spanish (plus).
Benefits
Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts.
PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure.
Holidays: 11 paid holidays (six core, five floating).
401K with 6% match.
Paid Family Leave.
Employee Assistance.
Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term.
Service awards and recognition.
Location City: Wichita Falls, State: Texas
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