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Community Disaster Program Specialist

American National Red Cross · Human Services · $3.92B budget · 17,967 staff · Since 1900

Why American National Red Cross

FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filed

The American National Red Cross provides disaster relief, blood donation, and emergency assistance to those affected by disasters and emergencies nationwide.

  • Biomedical services the organization collects, processes and distributes approximately 40 percent of the nation's blood supply. In fiscal year 2025, the organization collected nearly 4.7 million productive units of blood from more than 2.2 million donors. In addition, the American…$2.12B spent in FY2024
  • Domestic disaster services: the American Red Cross responds to about 60,000 disasters every year. The American Red Cross helps communities prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters by providing food, shelter, relief supplies, emotional comfort, health services, financial assistance…$591.7M spent in FY2024
  • Training services: the American Red Cross helps people prepare for and respond to health and safety emergencies through our lifesaving education and training programs. In fy25, nearly 6.3 million people received Red Cross training in first aid, water safety and…$143.1M spent in FY2024

Before you apply

FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Pays its leaders
$456K–$950K
12 officers reported
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt VII · Sec A
Budget
$3.29B
spent in FY2024
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 18
Staff
17,967
employees
300,000 volunteers
Fine: from the org's Form 990.
Pt I · Ln 5–6
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Surplus or deficit
+16%
of revenue, FY2024
Looks good: revenue was at least expenses in the latest filing.
Pt I · Ln 19
Cash reserves
15 mo
of spending, in cash and securities
Looks good: 15.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file
IRS status
501(c)(3)
tax-exempt since 1938
Looks good: listed by the IRS.
IRS BMF
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About the role

The org's own posting, as written

Please use Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox when accessing Candidate Home. By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network? Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Job Description

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. 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. This role is not eligible for relocation assistance. This is a full time role.

Must be able to report to the Central Arizona chapter office in Phoenix 4 days a week (subject to change).1 day a week WFH (depending on business need). Travel is required - 40-50%. 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…

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About American National Red Cross

From its Form 990

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