About Americares:
Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.
Americares Values:
About the position:
**Recruitment cycle open to candidates in NY/NJ/CT. If you are located outside of NY/NJ/CT, please complete our general interest form**
Americares maintains a Global Roster, which is comprised of experienced professionals from all over the world who can be available for short-term emergency deployments. Roster members are generally deployed after an initial rapid assessment is conducted by Americares core staff, but on occasion we may ask Roster members to deploy immediately. Acceptance to the Roster does not guarantee deployment but does qualify members to respond with us for a future response if their qualifications would supplement the objectives of the intervention. Deployments can last anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months depending on the needs of the response. Competitive deployment compensation will be offered based on the candidate’s skills and experience if a member is requested to deploy.
Selected candidates will be required to complete a series of short online training courses on general safety and security and other topics or will be required to demonstrate they have completed the same or similar training. Periodic training will be offered to all candidates on relevant topics. After training and onboarding is complete, Roster members are considered eligible to deploy. Roster members are not compensated for time spent on training or other requirements.
All candidates, regardless of professional background, will require significant flexibility with rapidly changing patient needs, non-traditional work settings, resource constraints and the emotional toll of working with often vulnerable populations.
Please acknowledge that joining Americares Global Roster is not an immediate commitment, nor is it a full-time job with Americares, rather it pre-qualifies you to be able to deploy with us when we support communities and survivors facing disasters. Roster Members have time to prepare for a possible deployment before they are asked to deploy.
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Safety and Security
These competencies are required for deployment opportunities.
These competencies would be great to have, but are not required:
Additionally, our core competencies as an organization are:
Please apply on Americares website: https://americares.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/1415?c=americares
We know not all applicants will demonstrate all the competencies we’re looking for, and that women and underrepresented groups tend to not apply unless they meet all the requirements. We encourage you to apply even if you do not check all the boxes above, and we look forward to reviewing your application holistically.
What you can expect, if you move forward in the recruitment process:
Americares is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Americares. At any point in the recruitment process, we may request additional information to confirm qualifications. Any misrepresentation of qualifications in any stage of the process will prevent the applicant from moving forward in the process.
To request a disability accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at talentcenter@americares.org.