Emergency Management Specialist (Temporary)
About The Position
This is a temporary position with the Department of Health & Human Services, located at 1915 Health Services Way in Raleigh, Wake County. The role’s primary purpose is to develop divisional Business Continuity and Continuity of Operations Plans and facilitate disaster recovery testing. The hourly rate is $38.33, based on education and/or relevant work experience reflected on the application. The position coordinates and improves business continuity planning across business units and agencies, supports continuity planning analysis and documentation, and works with technology and other subject matter experts on disaster recovery. It identifies planning gaps, recommends improvements, helps develop training and awareness, and supports execution of continuity and recovery plans during crisis events. This temporary position does not offer leave or retirement benefits. Temporary employees averaging 30 or more hours per week annually may be eligible for health insurance coverage under the High Deductible Health Plan. Permanent and time-limited North Carolina State Government employees must separate from those positions to work in a temporary role, and temporary employees may hold only one State temporary assignment at a time.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of progressively responsible emergency management, emergency services, or other professional experience directly related to the area of assignment; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
- Individuals hired into a temporary State job must be fully qualified for the job.
- Permanent and time-limited North Carolina State Government employees must separate from their permanent or time-limited position to work in a temporary position.
- Temporary employees are limited to one North Carolina State Government temporary assignment at a time.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate division central office activities to enhance, formalize, and standardize business continuity planning, including forecasting and tracking mechanisms across business units and agencies.
- Review, analyze, and document Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP).
- Develop, implement, and evaluate Business Continuity Plan (BCP) strategies, plans, procedures, and plan integration.
- Coordinate disaster recovery testing with Division of Information Technology (DIT) contacts.
- Serve as a liaison with statewide entities, DHHS ITD and DHR subject matter experts, and local DSOHF facility leaders.
- Identify central office and division-wide BCP/COOP gaps.
- Assist in reviewing projects and systems throughout their life cycles.
- Continually review plans and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Provide reports and recommendations to management.
- Stay informed of IT environment changes through incident and change management.
- Adopt updates to privacy and security policies, standards, and process documentation.
- Create and administer business continuity and disaster recovery training and awareness.
- Ensure recovery and reconstitution operations reflect mission and business priorities, recovery point/time, and reconstitution objectives.
- Recommend recovery strategies and options.
- Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication.
- Design or implement products and services to mitigate risk.
- Facilitate and support plan execution during a crisis event.
Benefits
- Temporary employees averaging 30 or more hours per week annually may be eligible for health insurance coverage under the High Deductible Health Plan.
