Community Disaster Program Specialist, American Red Cross - Romeoville, IL

 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview):

As a Community Disaster Program Specialist, you will guide, lead and support teams of trained volunteers to deliver comfort and care in times of disaster. You will also create and maintain a foundation of continuous and robust volunteer engagement using established processes and collaborating with volunteer services staff. You will work with volunteers to ensure that the communities you serve are ready to respond to disasters.

Join us in meeting the needs of continuous disaster response! Regional 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.  Allowances may be provided for personal circumstances and local response activity. Employees must meet all training and physical capacity requirements for deployment.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD (Key Responsibilities):   

Empower Volunteers: Facilitate and support a diverse volunteer team responsible for the implementation of volunteer-led disaster cycle services programming as well as ensure disaster cycle services are delivered in a rapid, accessible, and equitable manner, both culturally and linguistically, to meet the urgent, disaster-caused needs of our clients, with a focus on frontline communities.

Support the Program: Assist with the successful implementation of either specific disaster cycle services program activities, or a specific disaster cycle services function within an assigned geographic area.

Mission Capacity Building: Engage disaster volunteers who are the primary workforce, and representative of the communities they serve, both culturally and linguistically.

Engage Community: Support local efforts to prepare and mobilize communities and engage partners to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies.

Manage in a Matrix: 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.

Know Your Communities: Act as the local point of contact for partners and communities. Partner with local organizations and leaders supporting frontline communities and community resiliency before, during and after disasters.

Ready to Respond: Participate in disaster response operations in the region in alignment with the Disaster Cycle Services Concept of Operations, upon completion of training requirements.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):

• Education: Bachelor's degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of related experience.
• Valid Driver’s License

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to coordinate staff and volunteer activities.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Proven record of accomplishment of collaboration with diverse groups and individual’s 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.

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Community Resiliency Planning - Office of the Mayor - New York City

Policy Advisor-Community Resiliency Planning
NYC Office of the Mayor/Office of Recovery and Resiliency

New York, NY

ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE:
In April 2015, Mayor Bill de Blasio released One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City (OneNYC), which provides the Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency (ORR) the mission to strengthen social and economic resiliency; upgrade buildings; adapt the region's infrastructure systems; and enhance the city's coastal defenses in response to the evolving risks associated with climate change and other 21st century threats.OneNYC builds off of prior climate resiliency plans,including A Stronger, More Resilient New York released in 2013 that laid out a strategy for (1)rebuilding and making stronger those neighborhoods hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy and (2) improving the City's infrastructure to ensure greater resiliency in the face of future climate change impacts.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The Policy Advisor is a key member of ORR's Social and Economic Resiliency team which develops and implements initiatives to ensure that every city neighborhood will be safer by strengthening community, social, and economic resiliency. This position reports to the Deputy Director for Social and Economic Resiliency. This individual will play a critical role in the team by coordinating a variety of multi-stakeholder initiatives and projects and ensuring timely delivery of program goals and outcomes. The Policy Advisor will also work closely and collaboratively with staff across multiple agencies to effectively promote ORR's program implementation and policy strategies to critical stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Assist in defining, coordinating, planning and implementing initiatives of the Social and Economic Resiliency team;
• Coordinate, manage and support key projects (agency, inter-agency and otherwise) that increase overall city efficiency, collaboration, and consistency of policy recommendations;
• Assist in analyzing legislation and developing appropriate recommendations;
• Quantitatively and qualitatively assess policies and initiatives on an ongoing basis in order to formulate positions for the Administration;
• Originate and/or oversee the generation of project-related documents including schedules, project plans, presentations, meeting agendas, minutes, status reports, etc.;
• Foster relationships with civic groups, community boards, community-based organizations, staff in other government agencies and other partners to develop and sustain positive relationships and networks;
• Work to gather information, opinions and attitudes, identify stakeholder needs; provide interpretation and clarification, develop response options; and generate cooperation and buy-in to policy and programmatic initiatives;
• Represent the Mayor's Office at meetings with stakeholders, and in public forums, conferences, and other relevant events;
• Support public engagement efforts, including assisting in organizing meetings with internal and external partners in government, and relevant community groups (occasionally in the evenings);
• Identify, address and mitigate stakeholder issues and concerns by developing creative solutions to evolving community relations issues;
• Assist with and make recommendations on special projects as needed.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor's degree with 3 to 5 years of full-time professional experience in a relevant field;
• A background in urban planning, community planning, emergency preparedness and recovery planning, or policy advocacy is critical, and experience with legislative and/or intergovernmental affairs is desirable;
• Excellent communication, writing, research, task and information management, analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills, with ability to problem solve and pay close attention to detail;
• Ability to communicate policy, directives, initiatives, etc. in a highly engaging and enthusiastic manner
• Ability to complete work independently with broadly defined work objectives, while adhering to targeted deadlines;
• Ability to interface with senior level management and to work as part of a team environment;
• An understanding of issues relating to climate change and adaptation planning in a large urban setting and/or the interplay of climate resiliency, the built environment, urban planning and economic development;
• Demonstrated experience with building relationships with government and community stakeholders and in coordinating projects involving multiple constituents;
• Prior government work experience or knowledge of New York City's governmental structure and policy context, and a firm grasp on local politics and issues;
• Prior experience in emergency preparedness and management, business continuity or COOP planning, and/or disaster recovery planning is a plus;
• Fluency in a second language is a plus;
• Willingness to travel or work after hours, as required.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience.

TO APPLY: Please submit a one-page cover letter, resume, and 3 references to

https://a002-oom03.nyc.gov/IRM/EventRegistration/RegForm.aspx?eventGuid=4645fdd8-310d-4db6-884b-e64d4d17fefd&jobid=14404&pos=Policy%20Advisor-Community%20Resiliency%20Planning

New York City Residency Is Required Within 90 Days Of Appointment

The City Of New York And The Office Of The Mayor Are Equal Opportunity Employers

Assistant professor, Public Management and Policy, Texas A&M University - College Station, TX (2 positions)

Texas A&M University
Public Service and Administration Department Bush School of Government and Public Service
Public Management and Policy Faculty Position
The Department of Public Service and Administration in The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University invites nominations and applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in public management and public policy who will contribute to the department in the areas of teaching, research and service. Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to: homeland security, disaster preparedness, budgeting, policy analysis, and the role of organizational networks in policy implementation. Successful applicants must have a Ph.D. by the beginning of employment on September 1, 2016, and must demonstrate a commitment to high quality research and teaching in a professional school of public affairs.

Nonprofit Management Faculty Position
The Department of Public Service and Administration in The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track assistant professor in nonprofit management who will contribute to the department in the areas of teaching, research and service. Candidates with expertise in all fields related to nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, civil society, and voluntary action will be considered. Potential areas of interest include, but are not limited to: financial management, human resource management, volunteer management, resource development, and social entrepreneurship. Of particular interest are scholars with international and comparative perspectives and scholars who can also contribute to the public management curriculum. Successful applicants must have a Ph.D. by the beginning of employment on September 1, 2016, and demonstrate evidence of a commitment to high quality research and teaching in a professional school of public affairs.
Applicants should send a formal letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to:
Professor Jeryl Mumpower
c/o Ms. Kimberly Reeves
(preferably as electronic attachments to BushSchoolMPSA-facultysearch@tamu.edu) The Bush School of Government & Public Service
Texas A&M University
4220 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4220.
Review of applications for both positions will begin October 15, 2015, and will continue until the positions are filled.
The Texas A&M System is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer committed to diversity.