Crisis Response Senior Specialist - 2025636

World Relief • Towson, MD

8d • $32 - $40

About The Position

US Programs is creating a new Crisis Response Coordination Team across enterprise divisions for the purpose of harnessing and harmonizing unique acumen and capacities that will ensure that clients, partners, and WR staff feel supported, engaged, and rallied to respond to crises. This role will project-manage and coordinate this complex cross-departmental collaboration.
Part-time position for 25 hours per week, with a flexible schedule.
This is a limited-term position funded through a grant agreement until September 30, 2026, and contingent upon funding extension.

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
• Ability to work 15-25 hours per week on a temporary basis through September 30th, 2026
• Previous World Relief experience required; US Office experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree and/or PMP certification required

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of experience in project management
• Experience coordinating and guiding complex cross-departmental initiatives
• Experience in deploying Asana or other project management software.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects with limited resources and competing priorities

Responsibilities

• Facilitate clear, timely communication across teams to ensure unified crisis response.
• Develop new systems and procedures to increase multi-departmental efficiency and cohesion
• Create and maintain a project plan tracking deliverables, timelines, and key dependencies.
• Clarify responsibilities, develop timelines, and guide various streams of work
• Identify and mitigate risks, keep stakeholders informed, and manage expectations.
• Plan, facilitate, and follow up on meetings to ensure decisions and action items move forward.

Benefits

• World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program part-time employees (working 25+ hours per week).
• World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level