Volunteer Opportunities

Key Responsibilities

The Sustainability Micro-Investments Program Leader will:

• Partner with sustainability program leaders to identify and plan a sample selection of suitable environmental sustainability micro-investment grants for regional teams and business units to apply for.
• Collect and review micro-investment grant applications for completeness and accuracy.
• Ensure regional leadership teams approve micro-investment grant submissions.
• Review proposals and budgets for completeness and accuracy and resolve questions/issues.
• Present sustainability team with eligible micro-investment proposals with recommendations for approval.
• Communicate approval status to business unit leaders and grantees.
• Track & monitor progress towards budget.
• Identify additional staffing needs to support the micro-investments program, recruit, engage and supervise volunteers and employees on stretch assignments to support the program.
• Partner with ESG and Sustainability team members, Communications and Marketing staff and other internal partners to develop and distribute communications related to the micro-investments program.
• Coordinate, lead and/or participate in work groups, forums, focus groups, presentations and events (primarily virtual) and other gatherings of Red Cross volunteers and employees, focused on the micro-investments program.

Qualifications

Required:

• Strong passion for sustainability, climate change and/or ESG programs.
• Demonstrated experience in program or project management and administration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exemplary organizational and administrative skills.
• Previous experience preparing, presenting, and discussing information and materials in groups of various sizes.
• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading cross-functional projects of varying complexity across a geographically dispersed organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and leadership ability.
• Facility with remote collaboration tools including MS Teams or similar.
• Strong MS Office skills, especially MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.
• Willingness to comply with current public health and Red Cross policies

 

Preferred:

• Experience establishing a corporate sustainability program.
• Experience with volunteer supervision or management.
• Knowledge of and experience in sustainability, climate change and/or ESG programs.
• Degree in business, sustainability, environmental science, public administration or other relevant field.

Training

Basic orientation to the Red Cross