Be the Shelter in the Storm - Shelter Associates Needed

The purpose of this position is to perform Mass Care readiness and capacity building activities needed to enable effective service delivery (in a disaster response). 

Mass Care provides activities and services on a congregate basis to the community as a whole including feeding, sheltering, reunification, and distribution of emergency supplies.

Responsibilities:

1. Support the annual mass care goals, RDO objectives, and regional/chapter plan for mass care services through participation in meetings, projects, and local response activities
2. Projects and local response activities will be assigned according to the activities you are training in: feeding, sheltering, distribution of emergency supplies, or reunification. 
3. Projects may include tasks such as conducting facility surveys for response activity sites, meeting with partners to build relationships, conducting inventory and updating supply kits.

Qualifications:

Willingness to comply with Red Cross COVID-19 policies for in-person volunteer activities.

Ability to:

• follow and implement requests received from supervisor with little or no supervision.
• adapt to change, negotiate compromise and tolerate ambiguity.
• build effective relationships with others who can help with work related goals.
• be sensitive in human interactions to diversity inclusiveness.
• Ability to work long days locally and or deploy in or out of the region for up to 14 days.

Hours vary depending on regional projects and priorities

Training provided.