EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR 1702

About the role

The Emergency Management Coordinator is responsible for developing, coordinating, implementing, and administering comprehensive emergency management programs including disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Develops, evaluates, or revises emergency response or recovery plans, training programs and exercises for large scale natural or human-caused disasters such as adverse weather, earthquakes, fires, floods, acts or threats of terrorism, public health crises, major planned events.
• Works with other City departments, governmental and private agencies, and community based organizations to develop and implement emergency management programs for the City of Los Angeles.
• Evaluates and prepares comprehensive reports, research, recommendations, and correspondence for their assigned department or other administrative bodies as directed.
• May be assigned emergency response roles in various locations such as the City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), a Department Operations Center (DOC) or field level Incident Command Post (ICP) or Unified Command Post (UCP) and/or may be required to be on call and work evenings or weekends.
• May supervise other Emergency Management Coordinators, City employees in other classifications, and/or volunteers involved in emergency management work.

Requirements/Minimum Qualification(s)

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in emergency or disaster management, emergency preparedness, homeland security, public health, public administration, planning, or a closely-related field; and 4,160 hours of paid professional experience administering or coordinating a broad based disaster preparedness or emergency operations program for a government agency, emergency services organization, or large company.
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university; and completion of the Emergency Management Specialist Certificate Program by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, California Specialized Training Institute, a Certified Emergency Manager Accreditation by the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), or a FEMA Professional Development Series certificate and 2,080 hours of paid professional experience administering or coordinating a broad based disaster preparedness or emergency operations program for a government agency, emergency services organization, or large company.
• 4,160 hours of paid experience at the level of Management Analyst with the City of Los Angeles working as a City department's representative to the City of Los Angeles’ Emergency Operations Organization in administering or coordinating a City department's emergency management program.

Skills

• A Federal Emergency Management Agency certification in Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
• Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP)
• Professional & Master Continuity Programs (Level I or II)
• Professional Development Series (PDS)
• Advanced Professional Series (APS)
• DRI Certified Business Continuity Professional
• International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)

Pay

Annual salary is at the start of the pay range. The current salary range is subject to change. Please confirm the starting salary with the hiring department before accepting a job offer.

Schedule

Some positions may be required to be "on-call". Please note that all positions with the Los Angeles World Airports are required to be "on-call".

Benefits

Note: Candidates from the eligible list are normally appointed to vacancies in the lower pay grade positions.