Disaster Workforce Engagement Specialist

The Disaster Workforce Engagement Specialist supports the Southeastern Pennsylvania Region by guiding, leading, and supporting teams of trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care during disasters. The role involves volunteer engagement, disaster response readiness, and community partnership to ensure effective disaster cycle services.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming.
• Ensure disaster cycle services are delivered rapidly, accessibly, and equitably to meet urgent disaster-caused needs, focusing on frontline communities.
• Assist with the successful implementation of specific disaster cycle services program activities or functions within an assigned geographic area.
• Engage disaster volunteers who are representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.
• Support local efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
• Implement plans to meet assigned targets for volunteer engagement and volunteer-led Disaster Action Team response to local home fires or support specific function tasks within assigned geographic area.
• Act as the local point of contact for partners and communities, partnering with local organizations and leaders supporting frontline communities and community resiliency before, during, and after disasters.
• Participate in disaster response operations in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations, upon completion of training requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Minimum 3 years of related experience.
• Will require regional travel; valid driver’s license required.
• Ability to coordinate staff and volunteer activities.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• 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.

Skills

• Volunteer Engagement
• Disaster Response Readiness
• Community Partnership Building
• Staff Coordination
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook
• Facilitation
• Problem Solving
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Partnership Management
• Regional Travel
• Valid Driver's License

Languages

English