Community Leaders Needed! - Community Volunteer Lead (CVL)

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We need your experience as a community leader! A Community Volunteer Leader (CVL) is a leadership volunteer who works in partnership with the Executive Director with the primary goal of building capacity to deliver the local Red Cross mission. The CVL extends the reach of the Executive Director by serving as the face of the Red Cross in a geographic location.

Partnering with the Executive Director, the CVL works to enhance community presence and cultivates key relationships that expand the Red Cross mission.

This may be accomplished through one or more of the following activities:

• Participating in local community events as an extension of the Executive Director or Regional Executive.
• Building, regaining, and/or enhancing the Red Cross presence in the local community by sharing information and bringing relationships and resources to the Red Cross.
• Cultivating and stewarding external relationships (elected officials, local service clubs, partners, and other key stakeholders) that expand the Red Cross mission.
• Serving as an advocate, representing Red Cross volunteer needs within a specific community.
• Sharing needs for volunteers with social networks & circles of influence.
• Maintaining a general working knowledge of all Red Cross services and critical needs.
• The CVL also serves in the following capacities:

• Ensures that local events are well staffed and attended as to ensure the Red Cross mission can be most effectively communicated to the general public.

• Increase the resources and services that are available to the community.

• Asks new community partners to help further the mission of the Red Cross including preparedness, response, and recovery.