American RED Cross
State Relations Disaster Liaison
Albany, NY
Sponsorship not specified$60k-$64kDetected 5 days ago
ExcelLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMicrosoft Office
About the role
- Represents Red Cross interests and communicates positions, strategy and deliverables to EMAs through frequent interfaces including preparedness messaging; response planning and readiness.
- O perates as a part of the Regional team.
- Responsible for collaboration with local government partnerships, preparation, and response and recovery management.
Responsibilities
- Develop a volunteer workforce to represent the Red Cross as a regular presence at EMA to manage relationships and maintain familiarity with operations in those offices.
- Supports EMA planning, exercising and training for preparedness, response, and recovery in assigned Region or territory; representing Red Cross interests and articulating Red Cross capacity to support plans during operations.
- Participate in the recruitment, development, training, and readiness of a leadership cadre of volunteers appropriate to meeting both blue and gray sky activity with EMA to assure a unified voice of ARC to this partner.
- Act as Red Cross SME to EMAs for all phases of planning and operations; acting as resources to EMA partners throughout the Region.
- Supports DPM and the region in the development of partner relationships in the community to perform the disaster cycle.
- Support the development and maintenance of strong partnerships and relationships.
- Engages region in increasing their partner recruitment through community meetings and individual agency relationship building.
- Leads Region in assessing the needs of potential partners and creating development plans for each organization, manages development strategies across the region.
Requirements
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit
- The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand
- The employee must have the ability to work in a small cubicle and have the ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.
- They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
Skills
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- 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.
Compensation
- As you care for others, you're cared for with competitive compensation and benefits.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental Vision plans
- Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO: Starting at 19 days a year; based on FLSA status and tenure
Company info
- Specific functions of this position include program implementation, remote team building of employees and volunteers, and soliciting feedback from end customers.
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