Transportation Coordinator at American Red Cross in Farmington, CT

Job description

• By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world's largest humanitarian network?
• Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!
• Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.
• When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.
• Where Your Career is a Force for Good!
• As a Transportation Coordinator, you will dispatch red Cross Employee and/or volunteer drivers for blood pick-up and delivery. You will coordinate various transportation-related services including scheduling, routing, and ensuring the safe operation of all vehicles. You will perform complex administrative duties to ensure the efficient and cost-effective integrated logistics operation of transportation within the Division. Provide support to the daily operations in the functional area of Transportation.
• WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD:

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule deliveries and shuttles including empty box pickups utilizing vendors/volunteers and ARC paid couriers based on the most economical and cost-effective means. Coordinate pickups of collected products (time-sensitive and non-time sensitive) from mobiles, fixed sites and staging sites utilizing the most economical and cost-effective means.
• Make proactive adjustments to routes on an as needed basis due to inclement weather, major traffic issues, and special events, etc.
• Schedule and supervise volunteers and work with volunteer Manager to increase volunteer base. Participate in planning of local recognition events.
• Interact with customers to provide updates on deliveries. Monitor electronic manifest to provide tracking of couriers and deliveries to customers.
• Perform invoice monitoring, reconciliation, and timely payment of all bills. Maintain good communication and follow up with the Vendor.
• Work with supply management group and contracting as needed.
• Evaluate and ensure the proper vehicle needs are being met for the site and coordinate the request with the Fleet Coordinator. Work with Fleet for vehicle needs.
• On-call may be required.
• Standard Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
• Pay Information: Starts at $57,000 salaried, goes up based on experience.
• Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree required
• Minimum of two years’ experience required.
• A valid driver's license and clean DMV record is required.
• Must have basic computer, reading, and communication skills.
• Previous experience with messenger service or trucking company is desirable.

Skills

Required

• Basic computer skills
• Reading skills
• Communication skills
• Valid driver's license
• Clean DMV record

Benefits

• As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:
• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition