DSHS OOS Response Manager

State of Washington • Thurston County – Olympia, WA

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About The Position

DSHS, Office of Emergency Management, Response Manager. You are an experienced emergency management professional interested in the opportunity to develop and implement emergency response plans, ensuring the continuity of critical services across the State of Washington. In this role, you will join a team of emergency management professionals to help prepare Washington's largest state agency, and its employees to respond to any incident. In the event of an emergency, you will have the opportunity to serve as a Section Chief for activations of the DSHS Emergency Coordination Center. You enjoy cross agency collaboration and partnership. This role provides training and serves as the lead for the volunteer Emergency Response Team at DSHS HQs in Olympia. As a Response Manager, you will bring your skills in process improvement, training, emergency management, GIS, and communications to help us raise the bar in emergency preparedness and response.

Requirements

• Ability to quickly initiate incident command and lead others through response actions
• Experience briefing and advising at a high level on during response and that must be taken during an emergency response
• Proven ability to develop and implement emergency response plans and operational level procedures related to emergency response and operations plans
• Incident Command System 300 and/or 400, or other advanced FEMA recognized emergency management training
• Working familiarity with DSHS organization, programs, mission essential functions, and business environment
• Experience using GIS systems
• Effective communication skills to convey complex and novel material to various audiences
• Professionals with a baccalaureate degree
• five years of experience in a field related to Emergency Management
• five years' (concurrent or additional) experience applying Department of Homeland Security training doctrines, concepts, and principles
• Relevant U.S. Military experience may substitute year for year for Homeland Security experience.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in a field related to emergency management

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and participate in HQ-level DSHS emergency response operations
• Provides reliable and professionally sound guidance, consultation, and advice related to emergency response at the enterprise level
• Establishes, develops, and maintains cooperative relationships with executive leadership, administration liaisons, and external partners in support of emergency response initiatives
• Develops and informs DSHS administrative policies related to emergency response, training, testing, and exercising
• Provides situational awareness reports using GIS platforms and recommendations to the director for related action
• Develop tactical actions to support an effective response to emergencies and disasters
• Conduct tests and exercises for relevant communication systems

Benefits

• Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license.
• Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle.
• Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any area of employment, its programs or services on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, religion or beliefs, political affiliation, military status, honorably discharged veteran, Vietnam Era, recently separated or other protect­ed veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, equal pay or genetic information.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior