Senior Manager Community Recovery Hurricanes Beryl Francine Long Term Recovery Operation

Job Description:

WHY CHOOSE US?
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.
Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview):
As one of the nation's premier humanitarian organizations, the American Red Cross is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross networks, throughout the world. We depend on the many generous contributions of time, blood, and money from the American public to support our lifesaving services and programs. If you share our passion for helping people, join us in this excellent career opportunity.

We are currently seeking an innovative recovery professional to serve as a Senior Manager, Community Recovery for the Hurricanes Beryl & Francine Long-Term Recovery Operation in Louisiana. This is a term-limited, benefits eligible position expected to last through June 2026, with the opportunity to extend based on business need. This is a hybrid position based in Southern Louisiana, frequent travel to impacted communities will be required. Preference will be given to residents of Southern Louisiana.

Hurricane Francine made landfall on September 11, 2024, along the Louisiana coast as a Category 2 hurricane, with wind speeds reaching 100 mph. The storm caused moderate damage in Louisiana, particularly in New Orleans, where it brought 6-8 inches of rainfall, leading to flash flood emergencies and severe street flooding in surrounding parishes like St. James. The aftermath of Francine highlighted the vulnerabilities of coastal communities and the importance of preparedness for such natural disasters.

The Senior Manager, Community Recovery reports to the Deputy Director, National Long-Term Recovery Operations and serves as the Community Recovery leader in an assigned geography when a Recovery Program is implemented post-disaster. The Senior Manager is responsible for the implementation of the community recovery program, which includes acting as a convenor, facilitative leader, and problem solver in recovery efforts in the impacted communities. The Senior Manager will utilize an established strategy to develop and/or participate with Long Term Recovery Groups, Unmet Needs committees, and other coalitions of community leaders and stakeholders that will then identify and act on recovery priorities.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):
* Direct, coordinate, and manage Red Cross community recovery activities in assigned geography. Produce plans and reports as required.
* Support grants, individual resilience, and preparedness efforts to maximize program reach and impact in vulnerable communities.
* Work in partnership with community leaders and stakeholders to:
o Conduct community assessments to understand the impact of the disasters, response and recovery efforts to date, and assess the gaps between needs and resources.
o Conduct strategic planning for community recovery interventions and facilitate meetings and broker action among multiple community sectors.
* Manage and direct outreach activities such as establishing contacts and attending community meetings.
* Establish and maintain effective working relationships with community agencies, schools, businesses, various levels of government and the public.
* Monitor progress through data collection - both qualitative and quantitative. * Ensure that American Red Cross and partner services are available to diverse communities.
* Communication and coordination of external activities with internal Red Cross departments (Disaster Cycle Services, Service to the Armed Forces, Chapter Executive Directors, etc.) to ensure a common operating picture is shared.
* Other duties as assigned.

The salary range for this position is $79,480. -$88,320. Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):
Education: Bachelor's degree required
Experience: Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
Management Experience: N/A.
Skills & Abilities: Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated in-depth knowledge of programs or service and ability to create presentations and develop training modules. Develop project plans, budgets, and strategies to achieve organizational goals. Demonstrated analytical and decision-making skills to develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements. Proven track record of collaboration, facilitation, problem solving, marketing, leadership, and partnership management. Ability for planning, public speaking, project management and process improvement required. Must be customer oriented, organized, and able to operate with an orientation toward solutions with an external focus, and team orientation. Intermediate level proficiency with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Familiarity with federal, state, and local employment laws. Must be able to perform all assigned responsibilities under "grey sky" requirements. Ensure all American Red Cross finance policies and procedures are followed as related to the scope of work activity. Ability to work on a team.

Deployment Requirement : 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: Frequent travel to these counties for meetings and other activities will be required. Must have a Valid Driver's License.

* 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).

Physical 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; use hands to handle or feel; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The work environment will consist of moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phones and printers, light traffic). 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.

DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

BENEFITS FOR YOU:

As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

* Medical, Dental Vision plans
* Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
* PTO: Starting 15 days a year; based on type of job 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

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.

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