Assistant Director, Emergency Planning

State of Maryland • Baltimore, MD

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About The Position

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve. At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind. This is a Management Service position that serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority. This position is responsible for all aspects of the multi-agency emergency response planning process for functions delegated to the agency by the state emergency response plan or by the executive staff at the Department of Human Services. This position is responsible for the planning, preparation, coordination, operation and readiness of the ad hoc response programs required by the department. This position will be overseeing the multi-agency State Coordinating Function Human Services committee. This position will perform field-leadership positions during emergency response events, and an essential employee may be deployed anywhere in the state during plan activations.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Business.
• Five years of supervisory experience in disaster response, OSHA, CPR, shelter operations, emergency health services, armed forces, law enforcement, firefighting, or similar emergency response environments.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of experience creating emergency response plans, SOPs, and emergency policies.
• Three years of experience managing incident reporting, conducting workplace safety assessments, or coordinating emergency operations with local, state, or federal partners.

Responsibilities

• Directs planning priorities and oversees planning positions which create multi- agency plans.
• Acts as lead author or supervises the creation of all necessary plans and SOPs.
• Develop working knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Acts, and similar laws, policies and guidance, to ensure plans and operations are compatible with Federal, State and local laws and best practices.
• Act as primary liaison to State Coordinating Functions ( SCF) Human Services (Emergency Support Function).
• "Essential Employee" available for duty 24/7.
• Must be prepared to take on Incident Command responsibilities during emergency activations.
• Primary point of contact for relaying information and providing coordination to support appropriate courses of action based on developed plans and agreements.
• Provides regular reports to the DHS Division of Administrative Operations (DAO) Chief, Office of Emergency Operation Deputy emergency operation.
• Support and prepares to support various mass care operation as Incident Command, Operations Branch Lead, field leader or support responders for Emergency Operations throughout the State as directed during an emergency event.
• Supports the recovery branch with the Supplemental Social Services Block Grants, the FEMA Individual Assistance Program, the Maryland Social Services Recovery Program and the State Long Term Recovery Program recovery program through staffing/coordination or other services.
• Lead recovery programs when required.

Benefits

• health insurance, dental, and vision plans offered at a low cost
• Personal Leave - new State employees are awarded six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date).
• Annual Leave - ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year.
• Sick Leave - fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year.
• Parental Leave - up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child.
• Holidays - State employees also celebrate at least thirteen (13) holidays per year.
• Pension - State employees earn credit towards a retirement pension.
• Positions may be eligible for telework.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees