Emergency Management Senior Specialist - Emergency Management

Emergency Management Senior Specialist

The Emergency Management Senior Specialist is responsible for the development, implementation, coordination, and maintenance of various emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans and activities for the Denton County Emergency Management Program.

Examples of duties include :

• Prepares emergency preparedness drills, exercises, and trainings.
• Prepares emergency management plans and documents.
• Assists in maintenance of the radio tower, mobile command unit technology, and radio cache.
• Develops and maintains a state of readiness for the warehouse, vehicle fleet, and inventory management.
• Writes grants and manages grants throughout the grant life cycle.
• Assists with developing emergency contracts, writing a statement of work, and scoring.
• Assists in planning and coordinating disaster response operations required for damage assessments, sheltering, volunteer and donations management, evacuation, or other emergency related activities.
• Assists in planning and execution of disaster recovery efforts.
• Assists the volunteer coordinators to include : Rehab Team, Long-Term Recovery Committee, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD), Denton County Amateur Radio Club (DCARA), and other volunteer organizations.
• Attends seminars, conferences, workshops, and trainings to enhance and maintain knowledge of trends and developments in the field of emergency management and emergency services.
• Serves on a rotational on-call basis to activate EOC 24 / 7 / 365 as required by emergency and / or disaster situations that may require emergency management assistance.
• Assists in the instruction of preparedness programs related to emergency management.
• Corresponds (written / verbal) with OEM internal and external stakeholders at various levels.
• Organizes, coordinates, and schedules meetings with OEM stakeholders.
• Provides administrative support to the Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC).
• Regular and punctual attendance is required.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum qualifications include :