SAF Regional Program Manager – Temporary

Job Description

The Services to the Armed Forces (SAF) and International Services (IS) mission is to provide care and comfort to the members of the United States Armed Forces and their families. It is the impetus for the establishment of the American Red Cross (ARC). SAF at the Red Cross is a mixture of both tradition and innovation. ARC continues to provide traditional support to military families; serve in military and veterans hospitals and conduct emergency communication. But we also continually adapt our traditional services and create new programs to meet the needs of today’s military member, veterans and their families.

The American Red Cross is currently hiring a temporary SAF Regional Program Manager in Landstuhl, Germany. This is a full-time, temporary position that will be scheduled approximately 40 hours per week, from approximately March through September 2022.

Job Summary

The SAF-IS Senior Regional Program Specialist assists in the delivery of American Red Cross programs and services to meet the needs of United States military members, veterans and their families in accordance with Red Cross policies and procedures but will focused on supporting the delivery of International Services (IS) U.S. programs and services to include International Humanitarian Law (IHL), Youth Action Campaign (YAC) and Restoring Family Links (RFL). This is accomplished through managing volunteers and working with other Red Cross departments and community partners to ensure SAF service delivery throughout the Landstuhl area .

Responsibilities

• Relationship Management and Community Outreach: Builds strong relationships with military leadership, key organizations and community leaders. Cultivates relationships and partnerships with external constituents in the local community, including government organizations, corporate partners, civic organizations and other community charitable and nonprofit agencies with the purpose of furthering the mission of the Red Cross. Outreach includes command meetings, education briefings, presentations or information sessions.
• Volunteer Management: Manages a volunteer program to enable delivery of SAF programs and services. Provides supervision of both paid and volunteer staff. Helps ensure volunteer staff ratio reflects the diversity of the population being served.
• Service Delivery Management: Ensures the consistent delivery of the SAF core services to all clients in their area.

Coordinates services to military treatment facilities and hospitals through rehabilitation programs, material assistance, and morale items and support.

Ensures community outreach, to include command meetings and education briefings, presentations, or workshops.

Ultimately responsible for a strong military community outreach program and implementation of special events and projects in support of SAF initiatives.

Manages support services to military members and their families to include family follow-up information and referrals, and other related services.

Provides support for the emergency communications center with local information, as appropriate.

Ensures military and veteran community is offered resiliency training.

• Financial and Reporting Management: Manages expenditures to ensure programs are operating within budget to support SAF programs and services. Monitors and reports on the outcomes and results of programs and services to ensure organizational accountability and makes recommendations for continuous improvement to ensure metrics are consistently met.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, human resources management, community organization, social or health sciences, or related field is required; or related equivalent experience.

Experience: A minimum of five years related experience in program management or related field is required.

Managerial Experience: A minimum of 1 year of successful supervisory experience is required.

Additional Requirements

• Must have strong computer proficiency and public speaking skills, as well as the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Familiarity with military culture, regulations and protocol is strongly desired. Experience with American Red Cross programs and services are desired.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills, the ability to work well as an individual or on a team and thrives in an environment involving varied tasks where you must balance multiple priorities frequently.
• U.S. citizenship is required Apply now! Joining our team will provide you with the opportunity to make a difference every day.

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