Program Specialist

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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! As a Volunteer Transportation Specialist, you would provide functional support to build, sustain, and energize the departmental and / or volunteer workforce. Create and maintain a foundation of continuous and robust volunteer engagement using established processes and collaborating with volunteer services staff. Collaborate with function leads to support the implementation of sound workforce engagement principles and practices to build effective teams in areas of operations and program service delivery. Support the implementation of departmental programs, assist with remote team building of employees and volunteers, and solicit feedback from end customers. Perform all duties and responsibilities in compliance with standard operating procedures and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

Key Responsibilities :

• Participate in volunteer workforce planning within assigned area.
• Support functional leads and supervisors in their role of engaging the volunteer workforce aligned with the volunteer recruitment and engagement cycle.
• Engage volunteers as equal team members with specific responsibilities. Support the workforce engagement team.
• Assist with the training and skill development of volunteers to enable mission delivery.
• Strive to achieve a diverse workforce, including disabilities and functional needs, representative of the communities served.
• Support the implementation of a targeted volunteer engagement plan. Manage assigned program goals, objectives, policies, and procedures in alignment with established metrics. Evaluate and report on the capacity and effectiveness of programs and services. Prepare recommendations for continuous improvement.
• May support mission related components by implementing sound workforce engagement principles and practices to build effective teams in areas of operations and program service delivery.

Standard Schedule : (Monday-Friday). 7 : 00am - 5 : 00 pm. With the expectation to do occasional site visits to all of the NC distribution sites.

Pay Information : Salary $53,000.00

What You Need to Succeed :

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.

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.