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.

Physical Requirements

• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• This job is performed in an office environment using standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and fax machines.

Work Category

• Medium work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Associate’s degree in emergency management or a directly related field; AND
• Three years of directly related experience in emergency management, public safety, emergency preparedness, or related field;

OR

• An equivalent combination of education (not less than possession of a high school diploma/GED), training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above; AND
• Possession of a valid Florida Driver’s License; AND
• Completed Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, 700, and 800 courses; AND
• Completed Incident Command System (ICS) 300 and 400.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completed the FEMA Professional Development Series (PDS) and Advanced Professional Series (APS) certification course of study.
• Certified Emergency Management designation from the International Association of Emergency Managers.
• Florida Professional Emergency Manager Certification (Florida Emergency Preparedness Association).
• Possess ICS position-specific certifications as Incident Commander or Section Chief.