Duties and Responsibilities

Note: The following duties are illustrative and not exhaustive. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position. Depending on assigned area of responsibility, incumbents in the position may perform one or more of the activities described below.

• Provides day to day leadership and supervision to an assigned area of responsibility in one of the sections of the Office of Emergency Management.

• Develops, implements, and maintains various emergency management plans, programs and operating procedures to meet county, state and federal compliance standards.
• Develops and conducts training and exercises.
• Plans, assigns, directs and evaluates work of OEM staff, including related personnel actions, i.e., hiring, disciplinary actions, etc.
• Participates in regional emergency management planning addressing natural or manmade disaster activities with county, state and federal emergency service agencies.
• Ensures the EOC is functional at all times and serves as the Emergency Operations Center's Incident Commander during EOC operations and supervises the overall EOC response and recovery activities.
• Maintains liaison with officials of local, state and federal agencies; attends meetings at all three levels in the interest of emergency management and maintains a continuing knowledge of all laws affecting emergency management activities.
• Supports Public Assistance and Individual Assistance disaster reimbursement processes for the county and municipalities within.
• Plans and coordinates activities of public funded programs to insure that objectives are accomplished according to federal, state and local regulations.
• Provides technical expertise concerning funding sources, contract development, and grant application requirements.
• Serves as liaison with federal, state and local representatives concerning funding sources for services programs.
• Formulates, updates, plans and implements OEM goals and projects; manages multiple projects at the same time and ensures efficient, timely completion.
• Functions as Duty Officer for emergency management support after hours.
• Develops programs and policies for administration of contracts and public funded programs.
• Develops recommendations concerning present and future grant and contract funding requirements for current and projected programs.
• Monitors applicable State and Federal legislation and prepares departmental position statements regarding such legislation.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.

Job Specifications

• Extensive knowledge of procedures related to emergency management and preparedness.
• Extensive knowledge of emergency management funding sources and associated requirements and regulations.
• Considerable knowledge of governmental administration and organization.
• Considerable knowledge of federal, state, and local emergency management programs.
• Familiar with NIMS, EMAP, HSEEP, THIRA, and CPG 101.
• Working knowledge of legislative processes.
• Ability to make presentations to large groups.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate and supervise the work of assigned staff.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to collect, organize and evaluate data and develop logical conclusions.
• Ability to use a computer and related software.