Disaster Preparedness Program Representative ; NY HELPS

Duties Description

The incumbent of this position will report to the Radiological Emergency Planning (REP) Unit within the Office of Emergency Management.

• Assist with the development of policies and procedures for Operations.
• Provide assistance in updating and maintaining the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Plan for Fixed Nuclear Facilities and supporting documents.
• Research, analyze, and report on program activities.
• Attend, coordinate, and assist with instructing training courses related to REP activities.
• Provide assistance and support for all REP exercises, drills, or out of sequence activities being conducted.
• Provide assistance with RAD equipment shipping/receiving and tracking in applicable data base.
• Research vendors for equipment calibration and perform the submission of invoices for payment.
• Perform routine tests, updates, maintenance, and password compliance to software programs.
• Perform routine administrative tasks.
• Ensure all REP Documentation, maps and charts are current and up to date.
• Work in the State Emergency Operations Center for State Activations.
• Assist Shop Manager with Emergency Worker Kits
• Assist with special section initiative and projects as required.
• Travel may be required.

NY HELPS

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).***

To Be Considered For Appointment Through NY HELPS, Or 55 B/c, Candidates Must Meet The Open-competitive Minimum Qualifications For This Position. The Qualifications Are:

Four years of emergency management experience coordinating and implementing emergency management and disaster preparedness programs; preparation or modification of disaster plans; preparing, modifying, and presenting of disaster educational training and/or exercises; gathering and analyzing information to produce briefings or reports or to make timely and effective incident response decisions; representing an agency or organization in an Emergency Operations Center or leadership position on the Incident Command System;

and managing or supervising logistics operations during a major emergency or disaster by overseeing the distribution or staging of equipment and supplies.

Substitutions: an associate degree in a related field can substitute for two years of specialized experience; a bachelor's degree or higher in a related field degree can substitute for four years of experience; a master's degree in a related field can substitute for five years of experience; and a doctorate in a related field can substitute for six years of experience.

• Atmospheric Science
• Business Continuity
• Business Organizational Security Management
• Criminal Intelligence Analysis
• Criminal Investigations
• Criminal Justice
• Crisis
• Critical Infrastructure
• Cyber Security
• Digital Forensics
• Disaster or Emergency Management
• Disaster Resilience
• Disaster Science
• Emergency Preparedness
• Emergency or Public Safety Services
• Emergency and/or Risk Management
• Fire and Emergency Services
• Geography
• Homeland Security
• Informatics
• Meteorology
• National Security
• Political Science
• Public Administration
• Security Studies
• System Safety and Security
• Urban or Regional Planning

Current New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services employee with one year or more permanent, contingent-permanent or 55b/c service as a Disaster Preparedness Program Representative 1 and are interested in reassignment OR are a current New York State employee with one year or more of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service in a position allocated to a Grade 12 and eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.

NOTE:

Employees on the Civil Service eligible list will be considered. If you are on the eligible list and not reachable, you may be eligible for another appointment method. You are encouraged to access GOT-IT on the Career Mobility website (careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo) to determine transfer eligibility.

NOTE:

Support of operations during times of emergency and disaster from State Emergency Operations Center (EOC), state field offices and/or local deployments may be required, which would result in a change and/or increase in working hours, locations and/or duties.

NOTE ON TELECOMMUTING:
Employees are required to apply and obtain approval through management to telecommute according to the agency's Telecommuting Program Guidelines.

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive…