Disaster Preparedness Program Representative ; NY HELPS

Position: Disaster Preparedness Program Representative 2 (NY HELPS)
Duties Description Under the direction of the Disaster Preparedness Program Representative 3, the Disaster Preparedness Program Representative 2 is responsible for assisting in the maintenance and readiness of the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) and alternate locations for no-notice and planned activations during emergencies and disasters. They incumbent is also responsible for the development and maintenance schedules for technology hardware and software, ensuring job aids and checklists are up-to-date, and working with state and local emergency management partners to ensure a comprehensive understanding of roles and responsibilities during activations of the SEOC.

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Facilitate approved emergency resource requests to include determining
resource requirements, mobilization and logistical considerations, resource transportation, tracking, and demobilization during activations of the State Emergency Operations Center.

• Develop and update SEOC job aids, position checklists, and flow charts. Update technology equipment (laptops, computers, phones, etc.) and software on a regular basis and ensure office/ancillary supplies are inventoried and resupplied to maintain the SEOC and alternate locations in a constant state of readiness.

• Provide administrative support to NY Responds (incident management software) to include access, system upgrade and patches, identifying training needs, and developing process and guidance on how the system is implemented and utilized.

• Maintain proficiency in, conduct regular tests of, and schedule maintenance for multiple types of technology and equipment.

• Participate in working groups with multi-disciplined and multi-jurisdictional partners on topics to include, but not limited to ESF 5 (planning), ESF 7 (logistics), ice jams, lake flooding, mass gatherings, etc.

• Gather and analyze information to produce briefings or reports to inform timely and effective incident response decisions.

• Coordinate logistics for presentations in the facility and all requests for meeting/conference room space.

• Perform all administrative supervisory duties as required.

• Perform other duties and special projects as required.

Minimum Qualifications NY HELPS

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).**
* To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55 b/c, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

Six years of emergency management experience coordinating and implementing emergency management and disaster preparedness programs; preparation or modification of disaster plans; preparing, modifying, and presenting of disaster educational training and/or exercises; gathering and analyzing information to produce briefings or reports or to make timely and effective incident response decisions; representing an agency or organization in an Emergency Operations Center or leadership position on the Incident Command System;

and managing or supervising logistics operations during a major emergency or disaster by overseeing the distribution or staging of equipment and supplies.

Substitutions with a degree in a related
** field are as listed below:

• An associate degree in a related field can substitute for two years of specialized experience.

• A bachelor's in a related field degree can substitute for four years of experience.

• A master's degree in a related field can substitute for five years of experience

• A doctorate in a related field can substitute for six years of experience.

** Specialized Degree Areas:
Atmospheric Science, Business Administration, Business Continuity, Business Organizational Security Management, Communications, Criminal Intelligence Analysis, Criminal Investigations, Criminal Justice, Crisis, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Data Science, Digital Forensics, Disaster or Emergency Management, Disaster Resilience, Disaster Science, Emergency Communications, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency or Public Safety Services, Emergency and/or Risk Management, Environmental Science,…