Overview

Seeking an Emergency Disaster Services Director to join our Divisional Headquarters Team

Our Full Time opportunities offer:

• Generous time off every year including 14 paid holidays, up to 3 personal days, vacation time, and sick time

• Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of continuous employment)

• Comprehensive Health Care Coverage with low cost employee premiums, co-pays, and deductibles

• Company Paid Basic Term Life Insurance for Employee

• Long Term Disability Insurance

• Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC, and Voluntary Term Life

• Flexible Spending Account

• Eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program

• Tax Deferred Annuity (403B)

• Christmas Bonus

  SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF POSITION:

  The Divisional Disaster Services Director will be responsible for the development, management and coordination of disaster services preparedness, response and recovery operations / programing throughout the Division. Working with Officers, volunteers and staff, the Divisional Disaster Services Director will conduct and coordinate training initiative; prepare and coordinate response activities; manage or coordinate recovery efforts and programs; and serve as the overall emergency manager for initiatives across all phases of the emergency management cycle (preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation).

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships across the Division, with Salvation Army Corps, Service Units, local public and private agencies that provide disaster relief to insure effective service.

• Develop and retain a dedicated and trained volunteer cadre, capable of responding to divisional, territorial and national disasters, including qualified Incident Management, and Emotional and Spiritual Care teams

• Cultivate officers, employees and volunteers to represent The Salvation Army at various community task forces, special projects, and maintain select partner agency relations

• Work to develop and implement a disaster training calendar including basic, intermediate and advanced courses

• Maintain active participation and relationship building with regional, state, and local government and non-government agencies and planning groups, including Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster (VOADs) and Emergency Management Agencies (EMA’s)

• Develop non-profit and Government collaborative relationships that are needed to effectively and efficiently respond to disasters

• Coordinate with Greater New York Divisional EDS Director and the THQ Disaster Director to maintain an active seat at the NY State Emergency Management Agency (known as the bunker)

• Serve as the lead coordination contact with state level government partners to facilitate active participation of TSA across key aspects of Emergency Management planning and operations

• Provide specific Emergency Operations Center training mandated by the state for TSA bunker staff and volunteers.

• Foster partnerships with other faith-based groups, corporations and community organizations in order to obtain supplies and resources for disaster response

• Under Homeland Security Grant for CERT programs, develop new CERT TSA volunteers within various BOCES schools, and TSA CERT teams in various counties throughout Empire State Division

• Coordinate four regional EDS basic training courses for new EDS volunteers (intro, ICS, Food Service etc.)

• Conduct annual inspection of Empire EDS canteens and teams in order to facilitate response to natural or man-made disasters within upstate NY and beyond as requested or required.

• Recruit, train and exercise two Empire Incident Management Teams and others as back up.

• Work with local corps, service units and community groups to recruit and train additional EDS volunteers.

• Coordinate and collaborate with other DHQ Departments and personnel including key areas such as Advancement, Social Services, etc.

• Work with Divisional grant writer and development and planned giving staff to secure additional operating grants and legacies for EDS.

• Serve as the primary contact for disaster related response and recovery matters within the Empire Division region counties and locales.

• Deploy to disaster sites for extended periods to assist with or serve in IMT roles and/or coordination functions as required

  Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice due to business needs.

Qualifications

SPECIAL SKILLS, CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• Ability to train courses from the National Disaster Training Program

• Knowledge of Incident Command System

• Must have a valid driver’s license that meets The Salvation Army’s insurance requirements.

  We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Job LocationsUS-NY-Syracuse

Job ID 2024-13048

Category Property

Compensation Total compensation exceeds the stated base annual salary range

Compensation Min USD $67,000.00/Yr.

Compensation Max USD $75,000.00/Yr.

Type Regular Full-Time