URGENT!Disaster Relief: Red Cross Liaison Government Operations Supervisor NEEDED! Are you retired?

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The Red Cross San Bernardino County Chapter is in need of a Government Operations Supervisor now!

Are you RETIRED and a former Law Enforcement or a Fighter Fighter? A Government Operations Supervisor is a lifeline to temporary assistance during a disaster coordinator and identifies government partners and EOC work sites, personnel requirements, and resource support. Government Operations Supervisor is responsible for ensuring Red Cross's actions are aligned with, supportive of, and complementary to the government. They effectively represent the Red Cross to external partners, manage internal and external expectations, establish and monitor situational awareness, and seek, collect, evaluate, and communicate critical information. Government Operations Supervisors, especially in a District model, ensures that all government partners and EOCs in the affected or adjacent areas have appropriate coverage and communication from Red Cross. They ensure that consistent, up-to-date information and messaging is being shared to and from the government as well as to and from Red Cross leadership.

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Key Responsibilities:

* Maintain consistent contact with GO team and District/DRO leadership.
* Respond to and support the development of requests for information or resources as soon as possible and maintain follow-up.
* Identifies government partners and EOC work sites, personnel requirements, and resource support required, ensuring that all government partners and EOCs in the affected or adjacent areas have appropriate coverage and communication from Red Cross.
* Provide support, feedback, and recognition to the GO team; as much as possible, mitigating issues/concerns for GOs in EOCs that limit their effectiveness.
* Coordinates resource support for liaisons through Staff Services, Logistics, and DST.
* Submit timely and accurate information and reports (i.e. ICS 204 - Work Assignments) to GO MN and/or District/DRO Leadership

Qualifications:
* Building Effective Teams: Creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
* Personal Learning: Picks up on the need to change personal, interpersonal, and managerial behavior quickly; watches others for their reactions to his/her performance and adjusts; seeks feedback.
* Informing: Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team; sets clear expectations; deals with problems in a timely manner; regularly reviews individual performance and holds timely discussions.
* Relationships: Ability to build effective relationships with units and individuals who can help with work-related goals.
* Complex Problem Solving: Ability to monitor and correct performance and to manage conflict. Is able to spot problems early on and to take needed action so that flow and service delivery are not impacted.
* Technical & Systems Knowledge: Ability to retrieve and sort information and reports for Government Operations and to explain the purpose, content, and capability of systems to assigned staff.
* Meets competencies, qualifications, and required training for all previous positions in the GAP track.
* Builds Effective Teams: Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
* Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real-time to match the shifting demands of different situations.
* Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
* Ability to sit and/or stand for two hour periods, walking on uneven terrain and/or walking two miles per shift.

Training:

• Red Cross will provide all necessary training

Time Commitment:

• a minimum of one 12 hour on-call shift per week.
• 1-year commitment

Training: We provide all the training!

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Sign-up to volunteer today! Please email questions to Juana Zapata, the Sr. Volunteer Recruiter Specialist, at Juana.Zapata@redcross.org or (951) 205-6689.