Job Details: Job Location: PMC-Divisional HQ - Alexandria, VA, Salary Range: $119335.00 - $147000.00Salary/year, Job Category: Disaster Services, a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } The Salvation Army Potomac Division is seeking a Director of Disaster Servies to join our mission-driven team dedicated to helping communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. The Director will provide strategic leadership for disaster operations, volunteer engagement, emergency preparedness, and resource management across the division. This role builds and strengthens disaster response capacity and fosters key partnerships with government agencies and community organizations. If you are passionate about emergency management, leadership, and serving others in times of crisis, we encourage you to apply. Position Details Department: General Secretary  Location: Potomac Divisional Headquarters Reports to: General Secretary FLSA Status: Exempt Work Environment: Office-based role with periodic travel as needed. What You'll Do Develop and deliver disaster training programs for employees, officers, and volunteers. Coordinate Incident Management Team readiness and support disaster response operations. Oversee disaster equipment, mobile units, supplies, and vendor relationships to ensure deployment readiness. Support long-term recovery initiatives and provide guidance to local units following disaster events. Lead disaster reporting, program evaluation, and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen future response activities. Physical Requirements  Ability to meet attendance requirements. Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language. Ability to interpret, analyze, and compute numbers. Ability to keypunch information into a computer. Ability to operate and answer the telephone. Ability to perform routine and complex mathematical computations. Working Conditions Position involves regular travel across the Potomac Division states, including overnight stays.  Requires regular travel to and meeting with divisional leadership. Position requires employee to be “on-call’ for disaster emergencies after-hours and on weekends and holidays. Position requires occasional out-of-town travel to conferences, exercises, trainings and other events 2 – 7 days. Position requires occasional assignment to Salvation Army disaster relief operations (generally a 14-day commitment). Assignment may include hardship conditions (limited electrical, water, sanitation services) within a disaster area.  Day-to-day work may be performed in an office environment or outdoors with occasional hot, cold or inclement weather.  Work environment may be performed in a very noisy area. During disaster incidents, work schedule may exceed normal business hours and extend into holidays and weekends Employee Benefits Holiday & Paid Time Off  Health Insurance, Vision & Dental discounts  Supplemental Insurance Available  Voluntary Life Insurance & more!  Equal Opportunity Employer: Veterans | Disabled a { text-decoration: none; color: #464feb; } tr th, tr td { border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; } tr th { background-color: #f5f5f5; } WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN YOU: Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration or related field, and  Seven (7) years’ experience in disaster services management or emergency preparedness. Proven track record of collaboration, facilitation, problem solving, marketing, leadership, and partnership management; Certifications/Licenses Must have or obtain (within the first year of employment) a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) or Associate Emergency Managers (AEM). Certification must be maintained for duration of employment. Must qualify as a certified Salvation Army emergency disaster services trainer within 1 year of hire. Equal Opportunity Employer: Veterans | Disabled