Help your local community during a disaster and volunteer in a shelter with the American Red Cross

This position supports the Regional Disaster Cycle Services (DCS) department. The Sheltering (SH) Service Associate (SA) is a temporary position assigned to work in person in a Red Cross shelter before, during and/or after a disaster event. Sheltering Service Associates complete tasks necessary for shelter operations and interacts with clients to ensure their needs are met. Sheltering Service Associates support the day-to-day activities within a shelter, which can include working in reception, registration, feeding, dormitory, information or other areas within a shelter.

In addition to being able to help your local community when a disaster strikes, you have the opportunity to be deployed (min of 14 days) to other states when they are affected by a disaster.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities vary depending on assignment.

• May include providing support to one or more of the following areas within the shelter:
• reception
• registration
• dormitory
• feeding
• information
• supply
• Provide excellent customer service to clients
• Complete the required virtual self-paced training (3.5 hours of training total)

Qualifications

Required:

• Willing and able to volunteer in person in a disaster shelter before, during and/or after a disaster event.
• Ability to work in a continuously changing environment in which work priorities may change frequently.
• Comfortable interacting with people from various diverse background whose lives have been disrupted and many are presenting immediate needs.
• Comfortable working in a team environment as a frontline worker under the direction of a supervisor
• Valid Driver’s License (required for Divisional and National Deployments)
• Minimum 16 years of age
• Available to sign up for shifts on consecutive days (shifts may be 4, 8 or 12 hours long)
• Willing to complete 3.5 hours of virtual self-paced training required for position
• Ability to read, write, and follow verbal and written instructions in English
• Willingness to comply with current public health and Red Cross policies