Regional Disaster Action Team Manager
Commerce, CAAll locationsCommerce, CALos Angeles, CAArcadia, CASanta Barbara, CAPomona, CASanta Monica, CALong Beach, CACamarillo, CAPalmdale, CA On-site
$70,664–$77,088 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
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. As a Disaster Action Team Manager, you will lead, develop, and support Disaster volunteer teams responsible for local preparedness, response, and client care management, as well as management of community and government relationships within an assigned geography. You will work with volunteers to ensure that the communities you serve are ready to respond to disasters. This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. This role will support 4 counties in the Los Angeles region including: Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
What you'll bring
- Must be able to report to the office 3-4 days a week (subject to change).
- Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
- Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading, and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service
- A current valid driver's license and good driving record is required.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated analytical and decision-making skills to interpret program trends, results, formulate recommendations, and develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements.
- Proven record of accomplishment of collaboration with diverse groups and individual’s representative of all the demographics of this community, managing multiple priorities, facilitation, problem solving, marketing, leadership, and partnership management.
- Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to work outside of regular duty hours including nights and weekends.
- Chapter-based positions: Geographic Community Disaster employees are expected to work daily in their assigned geographic area to engage and mobilize communities and support volunteers.
- Regional positions: Regional leadership and functional employees are expected to work daily within their region's geographic area to provide leadership and functional support, engage and mobilize communities, and support volunteers.
- Experience in project management or program management is preferred.