Emergency Management Specialist I

Emergency Management Position

Incumbent works under the direction of the Emergency Management Director or designee, providing administrative support functions, administering grants, managing records and preparing and submitting required progress reports.

Essential functions include:

• Providing administrative support and operational assistance
• Establishing and maintaining effective work relationships
• Complying with Civil Service Rules, collective bargaining agreements, County policies, department policies and laws
• Performing administration of state and federal grants
• Maintaining correspondence, fiscal and inventory records required for grant compliance
• Coordinating between the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency and Emergency Management Agency
• Providing support to other Emergency Management staff and performing specific EM duties
• Overseeing and managing the internal and public alert systems
• Preparing, processing and maintaining purchase order and invoice documentation
• Identifying equipment and communications needs for EMA and researching purchasing options
• Developing written programs and responses to external volunteer organizations and individuals
• Maintaining required Hazard Mitigation Program operations documentation
• Serving as the initial contact, answering calls and requests for assistance
• Providing support during community emergencies and natural disasters
• Compiling and completing equipment inventory
• Assigning Government Emergency Telecommunications Service cards to authorized subscribers
• Assisting with the maintenance and management of badging and credentialing systems for EM volunteers and stakeholders
• Comprehending, interpreting, and applying regulations, procedures, and legislation related to emergency management
• Preparing statistical reports and correspondence and maintaining department records
• Maintaining job knowledge and skills
• Safely operating a motor vehicle when required to travel on County business
• Reporting to work with regular, consistent attendance
• Performing other duties as assigned and directed

Education and work experience and other requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in emergency management, public administration, business administration, or closely related field required
• Two (2) years of emergency management experience required
• Two (2) years of MSOffice experience required
• Possess or complete the State of Nebraska Basic Course in Emergency Management within one (1) year of hire required
• Completion of FEMA ICS 100 and NIMS 700 required
• Other NIMS courses shall be completed as assigned
• Homeland Security grant management experience preferred
• Completion of FEMA IS-3 and AWR-317 courses preferred
• Valid driver's license and own transportation upon hire and maintained throughout employment required
• Completion of a pre-employment criminal record check and conditional offer drug screen required
• *Equivalent combination of education and work experience may be substituted for requirements on a year-for-year basis

Physical requirements and working conditions include:

• Work is generally performed in an office setting. Noise level is usually moderate. Work hours are typically standard day-shift hours; however, schedule may vary (e.g., evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, overtime/extra hours, emergency call-in). Work may be stressful when dealing with time constraints, multiple/changing priorities, limited resources and uncooperative/irate individuals.
• Work requires some physical activity, including extended periods of sitting, frequent standing, reaching, and occasional bending, balancing, grasping, pulling, pushing, stooping, squatting, and kneeling. Work also requires the ability to frequently lift/carry objects weighing up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds.
• Required sensory abilities include vision, hearing and touch. Visual abilities, correctable to normal ranges include close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Communication abilities include the ability to talk and hear within normal ranges. Incumbent must possess hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity to operate computers and other equipment.

Douglas County is an EOE - Disability/Veterans

Douglas County offers a comprehensive benefit package including:

• Insurance including health, dental, vision, and life
• Pension
• Sick Leave
• Vacation Leave
• 13 Holidays
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Deferred Income plans (457 plan)
• EAP
• Health Savings Accounts