Grow the community volunteer capacity, engage external partners and the community to meet local needs for community based programming including preparedness programs, restoring family links, veteran services and other regionally approved services
Liaise with community programming leads (EDs and CVLs) to understand and meet workforce needs
Community Services Volunteer management
Create visibility and engagement of internal volunteers, youth groups, and partners in chapter opportunities
Opportunity Design
Designing and share new and non-traditional volunteer opportunity types to mobilize the community
Manage the VS workforce systems and processes to ensure recurrent and one-time community services are staffed fully
Serve as a subject matter expert in the design of volunteer opportunities to best meet the needs of the community, organization and volunteer
Continuous Improvement
Support the organizational learning and adoption of new and non-traditional volunteer opportunities with line of business
Data and reporting on Community Services volunteer impact
Program and process improvement
Volunteer and Employee Matrixed Management
Directly lead teams of volunteers locally and regionally
Support peers across the region who may lead local community volunteer teams
Requirements
Education: Bachelor's degree in human resources, organizational development, public administration, or related field.
Experience: 3 years in workforce planning, strategy, or volunteer management; experience in nonprofit or mission-driven organizations preferred.
Other Requirements:
Ability to travel as needed and respond during major disasters.
Familiarity with volunteer engagement models and workforce development best practices.
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 at 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
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Benefits
Health insuranceDental insuranceVision insurance401(k)Paid time offFlexible schedule
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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!
The Community Volunteer Engagement Senior Specialist mobilizes regional teams of volunteers to deliver impactful mission across Red Cross lines of service. This role will grow local community volunteer capacity and design new volunteer opportunities to meet mission, community, and evolving volunteer needs. This person will work as a player/coach directly engaging volunteers in their assigned jurisdictions and supporting volunteers and volunteer specialists across the region to meet mission needs in their areas.