Senior Emergency Management Liaison

Job Title Senior Emergency Management Liaison Agency Texas Division of Emergency Management Department Special Projects Section

Proposed Minimum Salary $6,642.56 monthly

Job Location Austin, Texas

Job Type Staff

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is an emergency response entity, and this status can affect working hours, travel, and change in duties as needed. Under general direction, performs consultative services, technical assistance, documentation, and event planning work. Work involves planning, developing, and implementing agency programs and providing consultative services to program staff, governmental agencies, community organizations, local jurisdictions, or the public on behalf of the Office of the Chief Operating Officer.

Performs research and analysis, planning, process development, program assessment, and administrative activities. Work involves analyzing, overseeing, composing, organizing, and editing data. Develops and refines processes and procedures to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient information for the Chief Operating Officer. Demonstrates exceptional attention to detail, good judgement, poise, tact, diplomacy, and excellent communication skills. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

May supervise others.
* Salary is a fixed rate and is non-negotiable.
* This position is located on-site and not subject to telecommuting.

Facilitates meetings and meets with staff to gather information for decision making to support the Office of the COO. Composes, reviews, and edits documents, materials, white papers, research papers, meeting notes, and reports. Obtains, documents, organizes, analyzes, integrates, publishes, and distributes to appropriate consumers and constituents a wide variety of data, guidance, operational concepts, methodologies, and strategies for accomplishing multi-disciplined and comprehensive emergency management objectives.

Conducts or participates in internal and external related workshops, conventions, training sessions, specialized courses, public awareness activities, seminars, and exercises to assist, develop, present, explain, or evaluate comprehensive emergency management concepts. Compiles and analyzes data and reporting metrics. Prepares and refines material for speeches and other public presentations, hearings, and outreach events. Performs an array of technical, training, research, planning, policy, process, program assessment, and administrative activities related to assignment.

Plans and schedules documentation delivery to include arranging for the duplication and distribution of documents and reports in print and new media formats. Prepares responses to correspondence, reports, surveys, questionnaires, and other requests for information by senior TDEM leadership. Reviews, analyzes, edits, and summarizes documents; ensures all documents within the section are standardized and consistent in formatting. Researches and provides feedback on new documentation tools and methods.

Ability to travel (including overnight) up to 10%. Performs related work as assigned. Face-to-face and person-to-person interactions are required. Maintains a regular course of attendance during assigned work schedule and work extended hours when needed. Attends work regularly and observe approved work hours in accordance with agency leave and attendance policies. This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions.

Other duties may be assigned.

• Education – Bachelor’s degree in…