SAF​/IS Regional Program Specialist - Reserve

Overview

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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.

The American Red Cross is hiring SAF/IS Reserve employees to join our elite workforce of mobile employees to deploy to overseas locations in support of military personnel and DOD civilians. Possible deployment locations are Kuwait, Djibouti, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania.

This overseas Reserve deployment occurs twice a year with the next anticipated deployment in 2026.

These positions are remote based with a time commitment of approximately 6 months of being deployed overseas. Candidates may reside any location in the United States or US Territories to be considered for deployment.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

• Emergency Communications: Provide emergency communications services between military personnel and their families.
• Morale & Welfare: Develop, implement, and support morale and welfare programs on installations. This may include hospital visits, canteen functions, internet lounges, libraries, distribution of donated items, fun runs and other special events.
• Relationship Management with Military Command Structure: Represent the American Red Cross and promote programs and services on the installation by ensuring effective working relationships with military command structure.
• Volunteer Management: Assist in the supervision of volunteer staff and management of all related human resource functions - including recruitment, training, utilization, evaluation, and recognition in accordance with ARC policies and procedures; helps ensure volunteer staff ratio reflects the diversity of the population being served.
• Deployment Readiness: Reservist are required to deploy and maintain readiness at all times. In order to maintain their annual readiness certification, the following is required:

* Deployment Familiarization Training on military culture and protocols, command relationships, do's & don'ts while deployed and scenario-based situations.

* Advanced leadership training and advanced casework training must be completed.

* All trainings must be recertified annually to ensure continued readiness

* Once activated for deployment, employees will meet regularly with senior leadership to ensure readiness and ability to backfill OCONUS SAF-IS Mobile and Reserve positions as needed.

* Additional training with site specific scenarios with the current employee members at their deployment location is required.

* Additional deployment medical requirements must be met.

* Must obtain a no-fee passport prior to deployment and a Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC) upon arrival.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's degree in business or public administration, human resources management, community organization, social or health sciences, or related field; or relevant equivalent experience is required.
• Experience:
  
  At minimum, three years of related experience required.
• Management
  
  Experience:
  
  N/A
• A current, valid driver's license with good driving record is required.

• The salary range for this position is $47,900 - $50,000.
• Deployment and Readiness Incentives are available while deployed.
• Notethat American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed.
• This job will be posted for a minimum of five business days and extended if the applicant pool needs to be expanded.
• If selected for this role, your deployment will take place in 2026 or beyond.
• This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

Qualifications:

A current, valid driver's license with good driving record is required.

Benefits for you:
As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible…