**Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when accessing Candidate Home.** **_By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?_** **Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!** **Job Description:** **_WHY CHOOSE US?_** 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. When you join our team, you have a direct impact on a meaningful mission, and you can help save lives every day. If you share our passion for helping people, join us in this excellent career opportunity. Work where your career is a force for good. We are committed to the diversity of our workforce and to delivering our programs and services in a culturally competent manner reflecting the communities we serve. Our work environment is collaborative, respectful, and inclusive with a focus on building allyship and a culture of belonging that empowers all team members. Come to learn, grow, and succeed while sharing your passion for making a difference. The Red Cross supports a variety of cultural and community resource groups for employees and volunteers. From the Ability Network, our Asian American & Pacific Islander Resource Group, the Latino Resource Group, and Red Cross PRIDE, to the Umoja African American Resource Group, our Veterans+ Resource Group, and the Women’s Resource Group, these networks provide connections, mentoring and help give voice to important concerns and opinions. At the American Red Cross, your uniqueness can shine! **_WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview):_** Preference is for the position to be based in Florida, but consideration will be provided to candidates residing in Georgia or South Carolina.  This is a term-limited, benefits eligible position expected to last through September 2026, with the opportunity to extend based on business need. This is a hybrid position.  Helene made landfall in the Florida Big Bend on Thursday, September 26, 2024, before continuing northward and weakening across Georgia, northwest South Carolina, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and Kentucky. Helene brought devastating wind damage and catastrophic flash flooding to these areas before merging with an upper level low centered over the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. Just two weeks after Helene devastated parts of Florida, Major Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, as a category 3 hurricane. Milton approached Florida as an extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane before it encountered increasing wind shear. Despite shear imparting some weakening effect on the storm's winds, Milton's wind field expanded as it approached the Florida Peninsula, extending impacts far and away from the storm's center. Impacts to east central Florida were significant, including a tornado outbreak that produced at least 7 confirmed tornadoes (additional surveys are ongoing) and hurricane-force wind gusts that downed trees and power lines. Additionally, on the northern side of Milton, torrential rainfall produced total rainfall amounts of 10 to 15 inches (and higher), leading to localized flooding and rises on area rivers and creeks. The American Red Cross will be standing up a long-term recovery field structure across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina to provide recovery programming and services to individuals, households, and communities affected by the hurricanes.  The Hurricane Helene and Milton Long-Term Recovery Deputy Director reports to the Hurricane Helene and Milton Long-Term Recovery Operation Director and is responsible for supporting day-to-day operational activities, leading individual resilience and preparedness project implementation, and engaging with. This role requires an experienced community organizer/mobilizer with supervisory and program management experience to coordinate community engagement and problem solving around community recovery and resiliency building in communities impacted by Hurricane Helene and Milton in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. The Deputy Director will support the Director in the development and execution of overall program strategies, objectives and priorities. The Deputy Director will also supervise assigned staff and work with Regional and Divisional leadership to ensure the long-term recovery strategy is in line with local expectations and requirements. This role works with regional and National Headquarters volunteer and paid staff. Routine travel throughout the impacted areas will be required. Perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable Federal, State and local regulations. **_WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):_** **Supervise the** **Individual** **Resiliency and Preparedness** **Manager and lead the implementation of those projects** **Support the establishment and/or maintenance of effective working relationships with the affected Red Cross Region and Division, long term recovery groups, community agencies, schools, businesses, various levels of government and the public** **Assist** **the LTRO** **Director with** **maintaining** **strong relationships with local** **,** **regional and divisional leadership and communicate strategies, updates and needs accordingly** **Assist in short and long-term strategic planning including preparing program timetables with specific milestone goals** **Advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in all decision-making processes, project implementation, and service delivery, ensuring diverse and underrepresented perspectives are considered and valued, and** **equitable outcomes are achieved** **Monitor program effectiveness through collected data – both qualitative and quantitative – and make recommendations for program improvements** **Assist Director in the recruitment and** **selection** **of LTRO employees, and** **assist** **with** **initial new employee and volunteer training as needed** **Provide leadership, mentoring, coaching, and performance evaluations to paid and volunteer workforce to** **assist in the achievement of program objectives** **Document operational best practices and lessons learned in support of LTR continuous improvement.** **Coordinate and/or complete special and major projects as assigned by the Director** **Function as acting Director in the Director's absence** **Perform other duties as needed and/or assigned** Scope: Interpret and administer policies, process, and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate units. **_WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):_** + Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required, Master’s degree preferred. 5 years of experience in community organizing, case management, partner-agency relations, grants management, and disaster response/recovery preferred. + Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required. + Management Experience: At least 3 years of experience as supervisor or manager of workforce engaged in direct client contact in an outcomes-based social-services environment. Experience building and supporting a volunteer workforce preferable. **_REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:_** + Develop strategies to achieve organizational goals. + Demonstrate analytical and decision-making skills to develop creative processes for continuous program or service improvements. + Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities with strong skills in planning and problem-solving. + Ability to relate well and effectively with diverse groups and individuals. + Ability to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion principles into all aspects of work. + Proficiency with MS Office software, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Familiarity with federal, state and local employment laws. 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. * 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:** **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, retirement, getting healthy and more. With our resources and perks, you have amazing possibilities at the American Red Cross to advance and learn.** **• Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans** **• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts** **• PTO + Holidays** **• 401K with up to 5% Match** **• Paid Family Leave** **• Employee Assistance Programs** **• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term** **• Service Awards and Recognition** * LI-JG1 **_Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference every day._** _The American Red Cross is an Equal_ _Opportunity/Affirmative_ _Action 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. 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