About the role

  • Regional DAT Manager at American Red Cross leading and supporting volunteer disaster teams. Ensuring community preparedness and engagement for disaster response in New York region.

Responsibilities

  • Empower Volunteers: Lead and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming throughout the assigned geographic area or functional activities throughout the region.
  • Lead the Program: Implement either disaster cycle services activities within assigned geographic area or specific functional activities within the region.
  • Mission Capacity Building: Develop and support disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.
  • Engage Community: Lead and coordinate efforts in 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.
  • Manage in a Matrix: Build relationships and collaborate in the matrix management environment with internal partners, including employees and volunteers.
  • Know Your Communities: Act as the Red Cross disaster subject matter expert within assigned geographic area, to maximize Red Cross presence and community engagement and mobilization.
  • Ready to Respond: 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.

Requirements

  • Education: Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
  • Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience with building, mobilizing, leading, and developing volunteer teams to execute a social services program or service
  • Travel: Travel required. Must have a current, valid driver's license.
  • 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 individuals 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.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental Vision plans
  • Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
  • PTO: Starting at 19 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure
  • Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
  • 401K with 6% match
  • Paid Family Leave
  • Employee Assistance Assistance
  • Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
  • Service Awards and recognition

Job title

Regional DAT Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$59,000 - $62,173 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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