State Voluntary Agency Liaison (Program Analyst 3)

State of Oregon

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About The Position

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is excited to announce a new opportunity for a State Voluntary Agency Liaison (Program Analyst 3) to join our team! We welcome you to join us today! The Department currently has an opening for one State Voluntary Agency Liaison (Program Analyst 3) within the Response and Recovery Operations Section of OEM in Salem, Oregon. This is a full-time, permanent position. This position has the opportunity to work remotely and support a hybrid (work from home/in office) work schedule. Remote work is evaluated periodically to ensure business needs are being met and can be adjusted at any time. The State Voluntary Agency Liaison coordinates and supports state and local recovery planning and recovery operations by establishing and building collaborative partnerships with community and state partners. This position is focused on the administration, collaboration, development, and support of Community Organizations Active in Disasters (COADs), Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOADs), Long-Term Recovery Groups (LTRGs), and community resilience coalitions throughout Oregon. This position will assist local jurisdictions at the county, tribe, and regional level with gap identification, planning activities necessary for robust emergency management programs, providing streamlined, comprehensive, and accessible information regarding state programs, policies, philanthropic, and public-private connections and situational awareness to respond to and recover from all hazard events. By planning for emergency response and recovery through preparedness activities, decision makers prepare their agencies to manage emergency response resources, evacuation, sheltering and mass care, as well as alert and inform the public, and develop partnerships to strengthen community recovery capabilities. This position plays a key role in establishing, fostering, and maintaining relationships among government, voluntary, faith-based, and community partners. Through the power of these relationships, this individual connects disaster-impacted communities to critical disaster resources to support their recovery.

Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, or a degree related to the agency program that demonstrates the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four years experience coordinating or administering a program OR
Any combination of experience or education equivalent to seven years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skill requirements listed for the classification.

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of the disaster recovery process and the ability to analyze, understand, and explain complex disaster assistance programs.
Proven ability to build coalitions and strengthen collaboration with community groups, non‑profits, and partner agencies to align efforts.
Expertise in coordinating volunteers groups and managing donations to effectively support community needs.
Demonstrated ability to develop inclusive strategies that ensure equitable access for diverse communities and stakeholders.
Skilled in designing, evaluating, and refining program guidelines, priorities, and legislative concepts to align with organizational and funding goals.

Responsibilities

Establish program guidelines, administrative rules, and structure based on new or revised statutes.
Evaluate and recommend program priorities and strategies to achieve state program goals or to meet funding requirements.
Determine program priorities and direction; solve operational problems and develop options to improve operations.
Study program operations to revise guidelines for use by other public and community organizations to create their own policies and procedures.
Foster collaborative community-based projects to implement program services.
Facilitate statewide communications among local and tribal emergency managers, COADs, VOADs, and LTRGs to strengthen community planning and capacity-building efforts.
Develop promotional and communication plans designed to maintain positive relationships with the public, program stakeholders, other agencies and related service programs.
Develop strategies for leveraging funding and minimizing financial risk to local jurisdictions and partner program agencies.
Lead the state Emergency Support Function 16 (ESF-16) Volunteers and Donations.
Match volunteer resources and donations with the unmet needs of impacted communities.
Coordinate with philanthropic organizations, community foundations, and the private sector to support informed decisions and equitable distribution of funds to impacted communities.
Conduct follow-up program evaluation for programs with conditional funding approval; suggest changes in operating procedures or practices.
Evaluate program operations, quality of systems and program resources.
Recommend modifications to program operations to support new or changing program priorities; identify and resolve systems that conflict in areas of shared responsibilities.
Evaluate agency agreements for compliance or for ways to improve program service delivery.