This is professional work at the supervisor level in planning, developing, coordinating, monitoring, and overseeing emergency preparedness programs or projects for local government and/or monitoring programs for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and programs standards. Work requires knowledge of the federal, state, and local program laws, rules and regulations knowledge of administrative and supervisory methods, practices, and techniques, and knowledge of principles, practices, and techniques of emergency preparedness, and recovery and response. These skills are usually gained through a combination of education, training, and related experience. Administers complex emergency preparedness response, mitigation, and recovery functions. Directs, trains, schedules, assigns, plans, reviews, monitors, and evaluates the work of assigned staff. Contacts with others require skills in understanding and/or influencing people and are important in supervising staff, including skills of persuasiveness, assertiveness, and sensitivity to others point of view that are required to influence behavior, change an opinion, or turn a situation around and in coordinating and overseeing emergency preparedness mitigation and recovery efforts. Work is performed following established procedures involving a variety of situations requiring the frequent use of judgment. Incumbents have the latitude to consider which of the many procedures or standards should be followed and in what sequence and following clearly defined emergency preparedness principles and policies. Work is performed in a controlled environment, where there are some risks and hazards, but they are known, predictable and controllable. Requires occasional work in the field, where risks and hazards are less known and exposure to inclement weather is likely. Operates standard office equipment such as computers, copiers, audio-visual equipment, hand-held radios, radio base stations, GPS, and fax machines. Physical demands consist of sitting or standing for extended periods of time, using standard office equipment on an ongoing basis, and occasionally lifting and moving light objects weighing less than 50 pounds. Occasional field work in times of emergency may involve contact with hazards, animals, downed power lines and tree/debris, lifting objects weighing more than 50 pounds, and exposure to the elements and inclement weather. Work is performed under limited supervision where the work assignments are subject to established procedures, practices, precedents, methods, techniques, standards, or well-defined policies. The worker plans and organizes the work, determines priorities, and the work is reviewed, usually after the fact, in terms of quality, volume, timeliness, and for adherence to established methods, standards, and policies.
OPEN REQUIREMENTS:
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A six-year combination of education from an accredited institution and/or professional experience in emergency management, emergency preparedness operations, planning, or public safety, of which at least eighteen (18) consecutive/continuous months in a supervisory capacity involving emergency preparedness is required.
Preferred
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Within the above combination, possession of a bachelor’s or master’s Degree from an accredited institution with a major in Emergency Management, Public Relations, Public Administration, or a related field is preferred.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
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Requires working experience in EOC readiness that includes ensuring operability of the following critical systems: computer hardware information technology, computer programs, wireless communication platforms, radio frequency platforms, emergency situational awareness equipment, WebEOC (tracking files, managing contact information, updating user accounts, preparing incident action plans, documenting emergency procedures, producing situation reports, updating activity logs, and tracking significant events), and use of ReadyOp (for emergency management, command and control, and radio inter-operability to specifically connect disparate systems such as smartphones, laptops, desktops, and land mobile radio systems).
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Use of Adobe Creative Suite and web analytics tools to create preparedness and disaster specific messages and graphics for distribution over web based and social media platforms is required.
LICENSING/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:
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FLA Class E Driver's License Is required prior to appointment & must be maintained. City of Jacksonville Public Driver Certification must qualify for prior to appointment, obtain and maintain during employment.
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FEMA certified training classes including ICS 100, ICS 200, ICS 300, ICS 400, ICS 700, and ICS 800 are required prior to appointment & must be maintained.
A FULLY COMPLETED ONLINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. Apply at www.jacksonville.gov. Work history is required for all employment/volunteer work in which qualifications are being based. When meeting/basing qualifications on education, a copy of your college transcript, with your social blacked out, is required with your application. Transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school’s name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred.
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Florida Department of Veterans Affairs
Attention: Veterans’ Preference Coordinator
11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K
Largo, FL 33778-1630
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