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Regional
Evacuation Planner
| Office
Title: Regional Evacuation Planner |
Level:
I |
| Civil Service
Title: Emergency Preparedness Specialist |
JVN: 136 |
| Division/Work Unit: Planning & Preparedness -
Transportation &
Infrastructure |
Salary Range: $50,000
- $70,000 |
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Work Location:
165 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn,
NY 11201
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Hours/Shift: M-F, 9-5
(see description) |
| Number of Positions: 1 |
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Position is grant funded from the
date of hire with the possibility of an extension.
JOB
DESCRIPTION
With supervision
from the Director of Transportation & Infrastructure, Planning and
Preparedness Unit, with latitude for independent initiative and judgment, the
candidate will assist in the development of regional evacuation plans. This
includes identifying methods for evacuating the public, formulating a regional
approach to evacuation, creating evacuation policy, and working with City
agencies and regional partners to identify roles/responsibilities and resolve
gaps/overlaps.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate
with government, non-profit, public, and private agencies to develop a
regional evacuation framework
- Create and
promote a strategy to increase information-sharing across the
region
- Identify and
resolve gaps in existing evacuation plans.
- Assist in the
collection of relevant data.
- Incorporate
transportation and evacuation models into plans.
- Manage
consultant task orders and assist with the management of
consultants.
- Conceptualize
and propose emergency management policy for the City.
- Additional
responsibilities as required.
The
Transportation and Infrastructure Unit within the Planning and Preparedness
Division encompasses National Response Plan Emergency Support Functions 1, 2, 3,
12, and 14. Specifically, this involves planning in the following
areas:
- Traffic
management operations and transportation disruption planning for air, maritime,
roadways, and mass transit
- Evacuation for coastal storms and
no-notice events
- Damage
assessment
- Debris
management
- Recovery
coordination
- Hazard
mitigation
- Element-specific planning for
electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, and water/wastewater
system
The selected
candidate will be expected to work during non-business hours during emergencies
and will be assigned to a periodic Emergency Operations Center
Team.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- A master’s
degree from an accredited college in emergency management, public
administration, urban planning, engineering, economics, political science,
the physical sciences or related field and one year of satisfactory
full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following:
emergency management, fire or police services public safety, public health,
public administration, urban planning, engineering, or another specialized
area to which the appointment is to be made; or
- A
baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of
satisfactory full-time paid professional experience in the areas listed in
“1” above.
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NYC RESIDENCY REQUIRED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF
HIRE
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Proficiency
with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, and
PowerPoint).
- Strong
written and oral communications skills.
- Knowledge of and
experience in applying the concepts, theories, principles and practices of
emergency management.
- Experience with
transportation planning, transportation engineering, and/or traffic modeling
preferred.
- Experience with
infrastructure and/or utility planning in an urban environment
preferred.
Interested applicants should
send resume and cover letter to:
Director of
Personnel
NYC Office of Emergency Management
165 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, NY 11201
or e-mail in MS Word or RTF format to: jobs@oem.nyc.gov.
Please
indicate the position to which you are applying.
NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be
contacted.
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