Disaster Response and Recovery Officer #00158
About The Position
The Disaster Response and Recovery Officer provides routine, direct, comprehensive, hands-on all-hazards emergency management support to assigned localities under the direction of the Chief Regional Coordinator. The position represents VDEM and serves as a liaison for state and regional stakeholders, ensuring emergency management support for localities and field-level state agency activities. It coordinates the integration of related program activities in alignment with VDEM’s mission and the Commonwealth’s Emergency Management system. The position coordinates, delivers, monitors, and ensures compliance with the development and maintenance of emergency management programs for assigned localities. It provides planning, training, exercises, and fiscal and operational guidance across all phases of emergency management: prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. The role includes emergency response duties, and the employee must be able to reach the region within 30 minutes. VDEM employees are essential personnel and may be required to work during emergencies, including inclement weather and natural or man-made disasters, at irregular hours and locations other than the official duty station, and may perform duties beyond those specified in the employee’s official EWP.
Requirements
- Considerable knowledge of the roles of state, local, and federal governments in emergencies.
- Knowledge of emergency response programs.
- Demonstrated skill in managing and evaluating emergency management programs.
- Ability to direct planning, safety, and field operations activities.
- Ability to accurately assess potential emergency situations and make decisions in high-stress environments.
- Ability to interpret and apply state and federal program regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Skill in building rapport, consensus, and collaboration among regional, state, and local stakeholders.
- Organizational skills, including the ability to adapt to fluctuations and changes in program activities.
- Knowledge of program management and program methodology.
- Must be able to reach the region within 30 minutes.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in emergency management, incident management systems, and disaster response in field disaster operations.
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on, all-hazards emergency management support to assigned localities under the direction of the Chief Regional Coordinator.
- Represent VDEM and act as a liaison for state and regional stakeholders.
- Coordinate integration of emergency management program activities for localities and field-level state agency activities.
- Coordinate, deliver, monitor, and ensure compliance with the development and maintenance of emergency management programs for assigned localities.
- Provide planning, training, exercises, fiscal guidance, and operational guidance for all phases of emergency management.
- Respond to emergencies as required, including working irregular hours or at locations other than the official duty station.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
