Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Operations; Administrative Program Manager II

Introduction

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve.

At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind. This is a Management Service position that serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.

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Maryland Department of Human Services
Division of Administrative Operations
25. S. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

The Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Operations directs and coordinates the Department's emergency preparation, response and recovery operations statewide as mandated by the State Emergency Operations Plan (SEOP), both during steady-state and emergency operations. The position establishes statewide emergency operations plans and policies and oversees the implementation of such plans and policies at DHS Central and at the LDSSs as required by local plans and directives.

This position manages 9 staff positions permanently assigned to the Office of Emergency Operations, and supervises additional staff assigned to emergency operations during an emergency event.

• Develop, implement and administrate the federal, state and local emergency response plans and systems for DHS's Central office and the 24 local Departments of Social Services.
• Coordinate, review, and update the mandated Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) for DHS and the local departments to ensure the readiness of all relocation and command center sites, communication devices, and support equipment as certified by the Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM).
• Develop hazard plans, conduct risk and vulnerability assessments, and coordinate training and preparedness initiatives to mitigate potential emergencies.
• Direct and manage the implementation of the State Administrative Plan (SAP) for Individual Assistance (IA) in coordination with the Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDE.M) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
• Communicate with all levels of management concerning the preparations and response to emergency situations.
• Communicate and coordinate with facility managers and contractors to ensure back-up power capacity and costs associated with back-up power provisions for communication and operation of State shelters during an emergency incident.
• Coordinate and/or attend meetings, briefings, conferences, and seminars sponsored by federal, State, and local emergency management agencies as well as partner organizations and outside experts in the field.
• Train the emergency operations coordinators throughout the department.
• Facilitate meetings of federal, State and local emergency management agencies and other partner agencies, e.g. American Red Cross, for the purpose of ensuring the availability of resources for mass care, sheltering, and emergency assistance for the citizens and visitors of Maryland as a result of a natural or man-made disaster.
• Manage State Shelter Containers (FEMA Shelter Containers were transferred from MDEM to DHS).
• Oversee the maintenance of State shelter information database. The database is to be reviewed and updated annually.
• Conduct annual updates of the local shelter supplies, etc., working in conjunction with the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and the local school superintendents.
• Conduct annual State shelter site visits to ensure the continued viability of the facility to be utilized as a state shelter site during or after a natural or man-made disaster.

• Education:
  
  A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience:
  
  Five years of supervisory experience in disaster response, OSHA, CPR, shelter operations, emergency health services, armed forces, law enforcement, firefighting, or similar emergency response environments.

• Three years of experience creating emergency response plans, SOPs, and emergency policies.
• Three years of experience managing incident reporting, conducting workplace safety assessments, or coordinating emergency operations with local, state, or federal partners.
• One year of…