Regional Disaster Officer - Idaho, Montana and East Oregon Region

Job Description:

Regional Disaster Officer - Idaho, Montana and East Oregon Region (Boise or Nampa Idaho)

WHY CHOOSE US?
Joining the American Red Cross is like nothing else -it'sas 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 thatmatters,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'llhave mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life's work with an ongoing missionthat'sbigger than all of us. As you care for others,you'recared 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.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

We are currently seeking a Regional Disaster Officer for our Idaho, Montana and East Oregon Region. The position will be based in Boise or Nampa Idaho.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The Regional Disaster Officer (RDO) will oversee, through a team to include both paid and volunteer workforce, the successful implementation of the volunteer-led disaster cycle services program throughout the region in alignment with established program standards. Ensure employees and volunteers within a region are assigned specific relationship management responsibilities with community-based, non-governmental and faith-based organizations supporting disaster services, and key emergency management staff (i.e., relationship management). Serve during times of disaster in an operational leadership role for any scale of disaster. Participate in a leadership role on larger operations for region, division, or nationwide. Responsible for local government partnerships, measurement and evaluation, information dissemination, preparedness, readiness, and response management. Drivers for this work include the number of municipalities within its coverage area, the amount and complexity of program activity, presence of significant grant funding, geography, risk, population, frequency of events, and regional structure. Provide leadership and functional support, engage and mobilize communities, and support volunteers. Support and guide disaster employees to accomplish mission work through meaningful engagement of volunteer workforce.

Perform all duties and responsibilities in alignment with the Fundamental Principles and in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal, State, and local regulations.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE GOOD

1. Empower Volunteers: Direct an employee and diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster services programming throughout the region. Ensure disaster services are delivered in a rapid, accessible, and equitable manner, both culturally and linguistically, to meet the urgent, disaster-caused needs of our clients, with a focus on frontline communities.

2. Lead the Program: Oversee the successful implementation of the entire disaster cycle services program in alignment with Fundamental Principles and established program standards. Monitor, collect and analyze business data to improve services to individuals and communities. Ensure compliance with data protection and privacy regulations while managing sensitive disaster-related information. Work with regional leadership to create and improve plans for successfully meeting disaster services programmatic vision. Provide feedback and recommendations to support the continuous improvement process.

3.Mission Capacity Building: Champion and drive the development of regional Disaster Leadership Volunteers, including volunteer partners, to meet specific responsibilities as part of their work in disaster readiness, preparedness, response, and recovery. Develop and support disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve , both culturally and linguistically. Lead and empower a diverse team of volunteers and employees. This includes, but is not limited to, hiring, training, coaching, delegating, coordinating, and evaluating and managing performance to ensure a well-qualified, empowered team and enhance programmatic success.

4. Engage Community: Lead regional efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies. Serve as Facilitative Leader and the Disaster Cycle Services Face of the Red Cross at the executive level. Ensure inclusion of diverse stakeholders across the disaster cycle. Coordinate community listening and engagement activities alongside regional and chapter leadership, disaster program management staff, community volunteer leaders, and all other business lines to ensure the Red Cross is the most trusted disaster services provider. Engage and include diverse stakeholders reflective of all dimensions of diversity in the community across the disaster cycle, including disaster relief operations.

5. Manage in a Matrix: Build relationships and collaborate in the matrix management environment with internal partners, including employees and volunteers. Cultivate transparent communication and collaboration between lines of business to meet shared goals and objectives, including timely and effective service delivery and community presence. Provide situational awareness to senior regional leadership regarding disaster services performance, policy, and program doctrine. Communicate and partner with regional disaster program management in contiguous regions.

6. Know Your Communities: Act as the regional disaster executive and Red Cross disaster subject matter expert. Prospect and partner with state leaders of organizations supporting frontline communities and community resiliency before, during and after disasters. These include community based and faith-based organizations supporting disaster services, key emergency management and government entities, and other leaders in the field of disaster services. Lead, and ensure region is implementing national initiatives that address the evolving needs of communities in the face of disaster-related challenges.

7. Ready to Respond: Initiate, scale, coordinate and manage disaster relief operations in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations. Serve during times of disaster as a leader for the region, upon completion of training requirements. Deploy and participate in operations outside of home region. Perform all assigned responsibilities under "grey sky" requirements with potential for deployment as directed.

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Scope
Establish operating policies and procedures that affect departments and subordinate sections and work units. Interpret company-wide policies and procedures. Develop budgets, schedules, and performance standards. Job level is also determined by additional factors including regional disaster risk assessment, which contributes to job complexity.

This job will be posted for a minimum of five business days and extended if the applicant pool needs to be expanded. This position IS NOT eligible for relocation

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Education: Bachelor's degree required.

Experience: Minimum of 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.

Management Experience: 5 years of management experience of paid or volunteer workforce.

Skills & Abilities: Ability to work on a team. Proven track record of collaboration, facilitation, problem solving, leadership and partnership engagement. Demonstrated experience leading high-performing volunteer teams and effectively engaging and mobilizing communities and community-based organizations. Proven ability with analyzing, interpreting, and acting on business analytics, planning, technical writing, public speaking, project management, data entry and management, and process improvement. Ability to handle multiple priorities effectively, assimilate information quickly, analyze problems and implement solutions appropriately. Ability to work independently while developing and motivating a high functioning team of employees and volunteers as well as have excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with all levels of employees and volunteers across the enterprise. Excellent oral and written communications skills, including training, presentation and negotiating skills. Experience with budget management, oversight, and compliance. Must be analytical, customer oriented, flexible, organized, and able to operate with an orientation toward solutions, an external focus, and team orientation. Familiarity with program guidance and standards required. Proficiency in standard office technology tools such as cell phone, laptop, and Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel). Ability to work outside of regular duty hours including nights and weekends. Travel: May travel and participate in meetings and conferences throughout territory, state, and Red Cross system.

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.

Deployment Requirement: 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. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.

Travel: Travel may be required.

*Combination of candidate's education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description's minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).

BENEFITS FOR YOU:
We take care of you, while you take care of others. As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive benefits help you in balancing home and work. With our resources and perks, you have amazing possibilities at the American Red Cross to advance the learn.

• 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 comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays

• 401K with up to 6% match

• Paid Family Leave

• Employee Assistance

• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term

• Service Awards and recognition

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The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.

AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners - the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance - launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce.American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.

Interested in Volunteering? Visit redcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.

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