Emergency Management Specialist

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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, scam warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the job posting. Key info: - Agency: Department of Public Safety - Location: Pierre, SD - Salary: $28.54-$35.66 Hourly, depending on qualifications - Pay Grade: J - Closing Date: 10/14/2026 (maybe not needed? It's metadata; could be folded into short p or dropped. Probably we can include in a short p about position details.) - Full-Time position with Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management. - Description: The South Dakota Office of Emergency Management protects South Dakotans... four phases etc. - This position has exciting role of being a member of mitigation and floodplain management team and assisting local governmental entities... - Duties: reviewing and providing technical assistance to communities on their floodplain management ordinances, outreach to non-participating NFIP communities to encourage them to join, outreach to foster mitigation project development and grant applications, review of mitigation plans and provide technical assistance to local governments throughout development process. - Additional program duties: acting as liaison between local government officials and State/FEMA officials. - This position is fortunate to be a team member for the on call Duty Officer program which provides additional training and pay upon becoming a trained Duty Officer. Being a Duty Officer is a scheduled day where calls are taken from county emergency managers when incidents occur in their jurisdiction that are required to be reported to the State and coordinated with other state or federal agencies to handle the incident. On average, one 24 hour on-call shift per three week rotation and one weekend on-call shift every two months. For this reason, the person must live in the Pierre/Ft. Pierre area where cell phone services are available. The Duty Officer is allowed to go about their normal day while they are on call, but must understand they may have brief interruptions to take and coordinate the calls with the appropriate people. - This position will get to work with many state and local agencies in an exciting and fast paced environment when the State Emergency Operations Center is activated. - This position will work with the emergency management team to help citizens through the coordination of governmental entities and resources to aid in disaster response. - Occasional travel will take place in state to promote flood insurance and mitigation project development and occasional out-of-state to attend meetings and conferences to learn new techniques in the ever changing world of emergency management. - The ideal candidate can work with a wide variety of people, be an excellent communicator, self-starter, team player, and can work with limited supervision while promoting office programs and initiatives. - Questionnaire: Applicants will be required to answer a series of job related questions when submitting an application for this job. (application instruction - we should remove) - The Ideal Candidate Will Have: A four year degree or equivalent in a related field is preferred, but not required. - Knowledge Of: computer applications ranging from Microsoft Word to Microsoft Excel; government processes and procedures; National Incident Management System (NIMS)/ Incident Command System (ICS); grammar usage and mechanics related to business writing and editing. - Skill To: strong financial reconciliation skills; strong writing skills; strong verbal communication skills; critical, analytical, and logical thinking. - Ability To: extract information by asking appropriate questions; think on your feet; manage multiple tasks; meet deadlines; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; focus on the big picture while also ensuring attention to detail; work with many different personalities to reach a consensus; remain calm during emergency situations; remain flexible; provide excellent customer service. - This position is eligible for Veterans’ Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08. - Successful applicant(s) will be required to undergo a background investigation. An arrest/conviction record will not necessarily bar employment. - NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered. - The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. - All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. - The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire. - The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information here. - This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS. - Must apply online: URL (application instruction - remove) - You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted. (remove) - South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources and Administration Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus (contact info maybe can be kept? It's not boilerplate? It's contact info; but maybe considered application instruction? It's contact for HR. The instruction says remove application instructions. Contact info might be considered not application instruction but could be kept as minor metadata. However they said "fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it." So we could include contact info in a short p. - "An Equal Opportunity Employer" (EEO boilerplate) remove. We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide which sections have content. - About the role: could include description of position, mission, location, full-time, division, etc. - Responsibilities: list of duties (review floodplain ordinances, outreach, liaison, duty officer, etc.) - Requirements: maybe education/experience, degree preferred, etc. - Qualifications: maybe knowledge, skills, abilities? But we have separate sections for Knowledge, Skill, Ability. The instructions say use headings for those categories if present. They list possible headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should map content accordingly. We have Knowledge, Skill, Ability sections in the posting. Could map Knowledge to Requirements? Or Qualifications? The heading list includes Qualifications and Skills separate. Could treat Knowledge as Requirements, Skill as Skills, Ability as Qualifications? Or we could combine Knowledge, Skill, Ability under Requirements or Qualifications. But better to follow the posting: we have Knowledge, Skill, Ability. We could create sections: Requirements (knowledge), Skills (skill), Qualifications (ability). However the heading list includes Qualifications and Skills; we could use Requirements for knowledge, Skills for skill, Qualifications for ability. Or we could combine knowledge and ability under Qualifications and skill under Skills. Let's decide. The posting says: - Knowledge Of: computer applications..., government processes..., NIMS/ICS, grammar usage... - Skill To: strong financial reconciliation skills; strong writing skills; strong verbal communication skills; critical, analytical, and logical thinking. - Ability To: extract information..., think on your feet..., manage multiple tasks..., meet deadlines..., communicate clearly..., focus on big picture..., work with many personalities..., remain calm..., remain flexible..., provide excellent customer service. Thus we can map: - Requirements: Knowledge (maybe also education/experience) - Skills: Skill To - Qualifications: Ability To Also we have education: "A four year degree or equivalent in a related field is preferred, but not required." That could go under Requirements or Qualifications. Probably Requirements. Also Veterans' Preference, background investigation, NCRC, work visa, I-9, E-Verify: these are more like general employment conditions; could be placed under Requirements or maybe omitted as boilerplate? They are substantive but not typical sections. Could include in a short p under About the role or Responsibilities? Probably better to include under Requirements as additional requirements. Benefits: The posting mentions "$0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits." Also "This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS." So we have Benefits section. Pay: Salary range $28.54-$35.66 Hourly, depending on qualifications. Pay Grade: J. So we have Pay. Schedule: Full-Time position. Also Duty Officer schedule: on-call shifts etc. So we have Schedule. Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings

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  About the role

  Full‑time position with the Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management in Pierre, SD. The South Dakota Office of Emergency Management protects South Dakotans and their property from natural, manmade, and technological disasters through the four phases of emergency management: Preparedness, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation. This role serves on the mitigation and floodplain management team, assisting local governmental entities to lessen or eliminate the effects of future disasters through mitigation activities.

  Maybe also mention location and contact? Could include location in About the role.

  Responsibilities

  • Review and provide technical assistance to communities on their floodplain management ordinances.
  • Conduct outreach to non‑participating National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) communities to encourage program participation.
  • Outreach to foster mitigation project development and grant applications.
  • Review mitigation plans and provide technical assistance to local governments throughout the development process.
  • Act as a liaison between local government officials and State/FEMA officials.
  • Serve as a member of the on‑call Duty Officer program, taking calls from county emergency managers during incidents and coordinating with state/federal agencies (average one 24‑hour on‑call shift per three‑week rotation and one weekend on‑call shift every two months).
  • Work with state and local agencies when the State Emergency Operations Center is activated.
  • Help citizens through coordination of governmental entities and resources to aid in disaster response.
  • Occasional in‑state travel to promote flood insurance and mitigation project development; occasional out‑of‑state travel to attend meetings and conferences to learn new emergency‑management techniques.

  Requirements

  A four‑year degree or equivalent in a related field is preferred but not required.

  • Knowledge of computer applications (Microsoft Word, Excel).
  • Knowledge of government processes and procedures.
  • Knowledge of National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS).
  • Knowledge of grammar usage and mechanics related to business writing and editing.
  • Eligible for Veterans’ Preference (ARSD 55:10:02:08).
  • Willing to undergo a background investigation (arrest/conviction record not an automatic bar).
  • Willing to submit a National Career Readiness Certificate if possessed (not required).
  • Ability to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States (Form I‑9) and comply with E‑Verify.
  • Must reside in the Pierre/Ft. Pierre area where cell service is available for Duty Officer on‑call responsibilities.
  But note: we already have a Skills section for skill items; we might duplicate knowledge. Perhaps better to put knowledge under Requirements, skills under Skills, abilities under Qualifications. Thus Requirements could include education, Veterans' Preference, background check, NCRC, work eligibility, residency. Let's