AMERICOPS: COMMUNITY PROGRAMS & DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR
Company: The Salvation Army USA Western Territory
Location: Centralia
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
DescriptionDEPARTMENT: Centralia Corps
POSITION TITLE: AMERICOPS: community programs & Disaster
preparedness coordinator
SUPERVISOR: CENTRALIA CORPS OFFICERS
Service Term: AUGUST 1, 2023, TO JUNE 15, 2024
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.
AmeriCorps
This position is funded by AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps is a national
service program designed specifically to fight poverty. Each member
makes a year-long, full-time commitment to serve on a specific
project at a nonprofit organization or public agency. There is a
pre-taxed Living Allowance of $20,000 per term.
SCOPE OF POSITION:
The Community Programs & Disaster Preparedness Coordinator at
Salvation Army will re-invigorate impoverished communities by
coordinating emergency disaster services, food distributions, and
community outreach. This role is responsible for partnering with
community leaders to assist in educating the area on the importance
of disaster preparedness and help create plans for mobilizing
staff, volunteers, and resources before, during and after a
disaster.
Description of anticipated service schedule: This position
strengthens time management skills, multitasking, teamwork, and
independent service capabilities. Refer to the site supervisor for
any questions regarding your work assignments or other
concerns.
AmeriCorps Member Position Assigned Service Activities:
Emergency Disaster Services/EDS Volunteer Recruitment:
- Lead (once trained) or assist TSA NW Division, EDS Training
Manager before, during, and after each regularly scheduled EDS
presentation venue.
- Give out the EDS Awareness pre- and post-survey and assist in
tallying the results for reporting purposes.
- Prepare/clean and sanitize the venues/host sites and
surrounding areas before and after each EDS presentation.
- Lead or assist in the volunteer recruitment efforts that site
supervisor deems important or necessary,
- Build community disaster resiliency with engaging materials,
presentations, and exhibits covering items such as identifying
possible local disasters, how to be prepared, how to help the
community, and the role of The Salvation Army.
- Explore novel ideas to increase efficiency, reach, and quality
of combatting food insecurity.
- Build capacity to respond to local/regional incidents by
recruiting and developing a trained team with coursework, at least
quarterly field training opportunities, and ensuring all volunteers
have completed all necessary steps to be deployable.
- Widen outreach network in the nearby communities to secure
future EDS presentation venues as needed.
- Develop connections and thorough working relationships with all
sectors of the community including governmental, nonprofit, and
community groups to build a whole community approach supporting all
those affected by disaster incidents including survivors, first
responders, and responding groups.
- Develop the Puyallup area Emergency Disaster Services policies
and procedures to ensure response in a timely and effective
manner.
- Develop and manage multiple communication channels (print,
email, text, social media, etc.) for all aspects of EDS
(volunteers, community partners, community, etc.).
- Develop volunteer opportunities marketing collateral.
- Develop and implement communication opportunities: social
media, message board, emails, community group networking.
- Increase the effectiveness of volunteer opportunity's
structure: policies and procedures, communications, standard roles
and responsibilities, orientations, coaching, exit interviews,
feedback loops, thank you' s, etc.
- Develop and implement a yearly volunteer program calendar to
ensure volunteers are recruited and developed for all needed
opportunities.
- Recruit and onboard volunteers for all corps community center
opportunities.
- Collect relevant data for dissemination into appropriate
database system.
Social Support Services:
- Receive, sort, store, distribute food, personal hygiene
supplies, and other items directly and through recruiting,
developing, and managing volunteers.
- Plan and prepare boxes of food and other items for community
distribution (especially in rural and underserved areas) partnering
with other food banks, community-based organizations, and
governmental bodies.
- Build and sustain relationships with community members
experiencing food insecurity and connect households to the
appropriate community resources.
- Conduct grassroots community outreach to connect families with
their nearest food banks and meals sites.
- Partner with food banks, community-based organizations, and
governmental bodies to develop and implement large-scale antihunger
strategies including, but not limited to, increasing of donations
to The Salvation Army food programs, food outreaches (especially in
rural and underserved areas), and funding opportunities.
- Collect feedback and implement change as a result of family and
community feedback.
- Explore novel ideas to increase efficiency, reach, and quality
of combatting food insecurity.
- Reduce food insecurity through planning, preparing,
cleaning/sanitizing, and serving meals to the community center and
for special events.
- Lead or assist in regular and seasonal (e.g., Back to School,
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Summer Camp) activities as
appropriate: camp transportation, Calendar development, Mall Giving
Tree, picking up donations, community opportunities.
- Ensure the canteen is clean and sanitized, and continually
ready for deployment, road worthy, and stocked.
- Collect and share all relevant information (local successes,
testimonials, numbers, and types of assistance provided, etc.) to
the site supervisor for dissemination.
- Manage confidential client data, input into the appropriate
database, help prepare and disseminate necessary reports, and track
ongoing food security interventions.
- Listening to and building relationships with seniors, disabled,
and other guests of the community center.
- Create a sense of place of belongings, worth, and
dignity.
- Explore novel ideas to increase efficiency, reach, and quality
of combating food insecurity.
- Develop and disseminate marketing collateral for community and
guest engagement.
- Develop and implement a means of increased volunteer and
donation recruitment and engagement: connect with service clubs,
community groups, places of worship, schools, businesses.
- Create and implement feedback loops for community, donor, and
participant engagement as well as to identify areas of improvement,
community duplication, missed opportunities, and community unfilled
opportunities/areas of support.
- Create opportunities for all participants to thrive in life
skills, community connections, as well as emotional, social, and
physical wellbeing through a wide range of programing opportunities
such as classes, off site field trips, and guest speakers.
- Develop more effective methods of service and support through
community networking and partnerships.
- Help to create a sense of place of value, trust, and change
through developing, implementing, and analyzing multiple feedback
loops.
- Ensure no senior is left behind through developing outreach
engagement methods such as developing marketing collateral, site
visits to places seniors live and frequent, multiple communication
channels, and community networking and partnerships.
- Develop and manage multiple communication channels (print,
email, text, social media, etc.) for all aspects of the community
center (participants, volunteers, community partners, community,
etc.).
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- Certify that they have or will obtain a high school diploma/GED
term before completion of first year of service, and agree to
obtain it before using an education award,
- Be 18 years or older at the start of service (no upper age
limit),
- Pass a national service criminal history check,
- References, one professional and one personal,
- Hold one of the following citizenship statuses: US citizen, US
national, or Lawful Permanent Resident,
- Must be available to work 40 hours a week for one year,
and
- Per The Salvation Army policy, all employees and AmeriCorps
members must be fully vaccinated no later than July 15, 2023, as a
condition of employment. Being fully vaccinated means that an
individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an
authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. If you are a selected
candidate, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination.
Please inform The Salvation Army if you need information on medical
or religious accommodation.
What we are looking for:
- Experience and passion for working with youth and families from
low-income communities.
- Experience working with diverse populations and an ability to
apply a racial equity lens towards anti-hunger services.
- Ability to build and sustain relationships and effectively
communicate information to a broad audience.
- Strong organizational skills, and the ability to collect and
manage confidential client information.
- Ability to effectively communicate information to a broad
audience, including conducting outreach to parents, youth, and
other community members.
- Second language skills are highly desirable so that we can
offer services to families in their preferred or native
languages.
- Ability to navigate in new and unfamiliar areas.
- Members will frequently move or lift boxes weighing up to 25
pounds.
- Preferred to be able to drive a 15-passenger bus and 20 foot
long by 12-foot-high box truck.
- People of color and people with experience accessing food
resources are highly encouraged to apply.
- This position may involve service in outdoor weather
conditions, and may involve standing, walking, or moving around the
service location for up to four hours at a time.
* Sick or personal days are allowed, but members lose possible days
to earn the required number of hours needed to successfully
complete the term of service. There are additional benefits offered
if the member has compelling personal circumstances.
Benefits and Evaluation Requirements:
- Education Award received upon successful completion of their
term of service,
- Living Allowance,
- Health care, if applicable,
- Student loan forbearance for eligible loans,
- Member Performance Evaluation requirements during the term, if
applicable. For more details about the benefits please refer to the
Member Service Agreement
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS:
AmeriCorps service fills a critical need in our community and is
considered essential work during the COVID- 19 pandemic. In this
role, you will primarily serve in-person and on-site, with limited
opportunities for remote service. The Salvation Army is following
all guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and the
Washington State Department of Health regarding COVID-19 safety
protocols. We are eager to support you in having a safe and
impactful AmeriCorps term.IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
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The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical
part of the universal Christian Church. The goal of all programs is
the spiritual regeneration of all people and to meet human needs in
His name without discrimination.
Qualified individuals must be able to perform the essential duties
of the service role with or without accommodation. A qualified
person with a disability may request a modification or adjustment
to the job or work environment in order to meet the physical
requirements of the position. The Salvation Army will attempt to
satisfy requests as long as the accommodation needed is reasonable
and no undue hardship would result.
The Salvation Army will comply with all governmental orders and any
contractual obligations relative to COVID-19 safety measures,
including mandatory vaccination of staff, if required. The
Salvation Army will consider requests for exemptions from any such
requirements on either religious or medical grounds.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Minorities/Women/Veterans/People with Disabilities.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with
DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other
manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they
have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the
pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have
access to the compensation information of other employees or
applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot
disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals
who do not otherwise have access to compensation information,
unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or
charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding,
hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the
employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to
furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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