American Red Cross -Disaster Workforce Leadership Development Volunteer

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MISSION
The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
This position supports the Regional Disaster Cycle Services department. The purpose of the leadership development lead position is to coordinate identified regional leadership volunteers' training, experience, and development to enable promotion within their Group/Activity/Position (GAP) and/or become program leads.

• Collaborate with regional program leads to identify potential leadership.
• Develop, implement, and oversee an organized leadership identification and development program throughout the region.
• Coordinate regional activities, priority deployments, and training with regional Disaster Workforce Engagement (DWE) program leads.
• Maintain identified leadership roster tracking individual requirements to obtain promotion or movement to leadership positions.
• Advocate for assignment, training, and deployment opportunities meeting individual leadership roster needs.
• Ensure career path conversations are maintained for identified leadership.
• Assemble and submit the promotion package upon requirements completion.
• Provides the regional disaster officer with details, including recommended leadership development and/or assignment.
• Serve as the primary regional representative (or assign designee) on Division Disaster Readiness Workgroups

• Willingness to comply with Red Cross COVID-19 policies for in-person volunteer activities.
• Good communication skills- verbal and written.
• Familiarity with Volunteer Connection.
• Active involvement with regional volunteers.
• Organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Familiarity with and ability to use the Regional Table of Organization and associated position descriptions and Group/Activity/Position chart and learning path matrix.
• Familiarity with EDGE and Red Cross training courses.
• Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Enjoys working hard; and is action-oriented and full of energy for the things that she/she sees as challenging.
•  Treats all kinds and classes of people equitably; deals effectively with all races, nationalities, cultures, disabilities, ages, and both sexes.
• Creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Picks up on the need to change personal, interpersonal, and managerial behavior quickly; watches others for their reactions to his/her performance and adjusts; seeks feedback.
• Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team; sets clear expectations; deals with problems promptly; regularly reviews individual performance and holds timely discussions.
• Clearly and comfortably delegates tasks and decisions; broadly shares responsibility and accountability; trusts people to perform; lets direct reports finish their work.
• Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results; brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator.
• Is cool under pressure; does not become defensive or irritated when times are tough; is considered mature; can be counted on to hold things together during stressful times; is a settling influence in a crisis.
• Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team members; pushes tasks and decisions down; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility; makes individual feel his/her work is important; is someone people like working with and for.
• Sees ahead clearly; anticipates future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future-oriented; creates competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Effectively copes with change; can shift gears comfortably; decides and acts without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
**Although this volunteer role is remote, volunteers must reside in Los Angeles County**

QUESTIONS?
This project is created, organized, and managed by our nonprofit partner, the American Red Cross. Please contact the Opportunity Coordinator listed below for support.

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