Southern Disaster Services

Mission Statement

The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church.  Its message is based on the Bible.  Its ministry is motivated by the love of God.  Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Position Summary

The Deputy Director for Preparedness is primarily responsible to support all preparedness efforts and strengthening the capacity of regional and local teams that affect the division as well as its services and programs. The position also contributes to the response and recovery activities of the division.

PAY RATE:

$100k/yr. - $115k/yr.

Essential Functions

• Responsible and accountable for the overall success of all divisional preparedness activities and the training of local emergency response teams at each of the Corps Community Centers.
• Ensure that regional and local teams have appropriate technical guidance, support and necessary tools to enable them to be adequately prepared and have robust emergency preparedness and contingency plans to respond to emergencies to meet the needs in a timely manner.
• Serve as a divisional emergency management trainer, including exercises, designing online courses, train-the-trainer and supervise other trainers; the expectation being that sufficient trainings will be held each year to ensure an adequate pool of trained personnel is available in each region of the division.
• Responsible to review and keep the Emergency Volunteer Database information current.
• Develop messaging and strategies that drive awareness of Emergency Disaster Services to the Emergency Volunteer Database including quarterly newsletters.
• Coordinate with regional and local advisory councils to ensure community involvement. This includes at least quarterly visits (or conference calls).
• Preposition equipment and supplies for maximum effectiveness.
• Assist and support on preparedness grants management.
• Provide linkages to disaster related resources and maintains appropriate and productive professional relationships with outside service providers.
• Provide updated information to PIO/PR staff for news release and media information.
• Provide individual and group supervision, as necessitated by program needs and goals.
• Assist with the response and recovery activities, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Performance Factors:

• Demonstrates reliability when on-call.
• Has the ability to work independently and autonomously, as well as part of a team.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Has the ability to work a flexible schedule to meet program needs.

Working Conditions

Ability to walk, stand, bend squat climb, kneel and twist on an intermittent or sometimes continuous basis.  Ability to be able to lift up to 50lbs.  Ability to grasp, push, pull objects such as file cabinet drawers and reach overhead.  Ability to operate computer, fax and telephone.

Minimum Qualifications     

• Minimum of five years experience in emergency management.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Emergency Management or a related field – Graduate Degree preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Teams and developing PowerPoint presentations, drafting training materials and facilitating training sessions.
• Experience with facilitating emergency simulations.
• Knowledge of Southern California human services is preferred.
• The ideal candidate must have a clean driver’s license, and the ability to do field work in various settings.
• Travel throughout the Southern California area – including Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties– will be required.
• Experience working in disaster recovery is preferred and computer proficiency is required.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Proven ability to communicate with affected clients.
• Ability to synthesize, analyze and present complex data – particularly qualitative data – in an easy to understand and engaging manner.
• Understanding of design methodologies and user-centered design approaches to learning.
• Proven ability to draw learning effectively and efficiently from large bodies of qualitative and quantitative data and to feed this into programmatic or strategic change.
• Proven ability to design and implement innovative learning frameworks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written communication skills.