Associate, Global Readiness

Americares is a global health and disaster relief organization that helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and every day. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.
We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.
We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.
We are better together; partnership is at our core.
We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.
We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.

Associate, Global Readiness

Humanitarian Programs

Remote in CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, TN, TX, VA, and WA

Associate Director, Global Readiness

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Full time, non-exempt

15%

$53,100 USD gross annually

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The Associate, Global Readiness supports the Global Readiness team in ensuring Americares is prepared to respond effectively to emergencies and health crises around the world. The role contributes to readiness planning, response coordination, training and exercises, deployment preparedness, data management, and ongoing program improvement efforts. The Associate plays a key role in maintaining operational readiness and supporting cross-functional collaboration before, during, and after emergency response activities.

• Actively model and contribute to Americares values, work culture and mission.
• Engage in and contribute to team spaces with openness, global competencies, and a growth mindset.
• Coordinate logistics and administrative tasks as assigned for Americares humanitarian responses.
• Draft and send engagement materials, including but not limited to:
  Quarterly Newsletter; holiday and recognition communications; emergency response deployment certificates; and more. Support Associate Director, Global Readiness to collect engagement data and create materials that outline the impact of Americares Global Roster.
• Support Associate Director, Global Readiness in coordinating uniforms and supplies at Americares HQ for emergency response deployments. Procure emergency response uniforms and Global Readiness supplies.
• Support Global Readiness Manager in planning in-person trainings and events opportunities for Global Roster members.
• Host virtual engagement activities for Global Roster members, including Coffee & Tea Chats, Office Hours, informational sessions, and more.
• Master volunteer management system in Salesforce and Roster Portal to collaborate and lead HP team members in volunteer management system. Support Global Roster member management.
• Submit quarterly reports on Medical Malpractice by working across departments with Development and Country Offices to collect and submit Global Roster data.
• Implement improvements to the feedback mechanism (F360 and AAR) for emergency responses. Implement updates to best practices from this feedback to better processes organization-wide.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Learn and live the Americares values.
• Complete all required new hire onboarding trainings.
• Develop an understanding of Americares readiness work, events, and Global Roster.
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