Training & Exercise Coordinator -Afscme ; Department Of Emergency Management & Regional Security

job description - training & exercise coordinator
-afscme 1767 (department of emergency management & regional security) multiple locations- grant funded

job description

full-time shift start time: 8:30 a.m. Shift end time: 4:30 p.m.

offices under the president

cook county administration 69 w. Washington

• cook county offices
• under the president
• administrative hearings
• auditor
• bureau of administration
• bureau of economic development
• bureau of finance
• bureau of human resources
• bureau of technology
• facilities
• office of the president

job summary

under the direction of the senior training and exercise coordinator, collaborates with all relevant cook county
agencies to determine the training needs and priorities of those supported by the department of emergency
management and regional security (emrs) through its training initiatives - focusing specifically on national
incident management system (nims). May supervise; coordinate; plan and assist large-scale training exercises
involving multiple jurisdictions and locations. Coordinates and collaborates internal and external departmental
training personnel to include working with other staff, both internal and external to the department. Assists in
the coordination, planning and oversight of the development and execution of a long-range; multi-year; multiagency
multi-jurisdictional training and exercise program. Performs other duties as assigned.

“supplements emrs emergency and critical incident response by functioning as the emrs duty officer and receiving
information from first responder agencies and forwarding actionable information to the emrs management team. Is
issued and maintains an emrs cellular telephone and is required to answer this telephone 24 hrs. Per day when called by
emrs leadership as a result of an emergency call back or to assist in a critical incident response.”

* this role will report to two different locations:

69 w. Washington (suite 2600) & cook county emergency operations center 15900 s. Cicero.

this position is grant funded.

minimum qualifications

graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in emergency management.

or

current/ or prior military duty in a related military occupational specialty (mos).

or

five (5) years of full-time work experience in emergency management, sworn fire service, sworn law enforcement or emergency medical services is required.

plus

two (2) years of full-time work experience instructing, training, and/or coordinating training programs in emergency management; the fire service; law enforcement; emergency medical services or in the military in a related mos is required.

must meet all training requirements as required by the emrs, cook county and granting agencies within one year of hire is required.

candidates who are contacted will be required to produce original required documents (e.g., current driver’s license, diploma, school transcript, certifications, etc.) listed on the notice of job opportunity within five (5) days of being extended an offer, in writing, by the bureau chief of bhr (or designee). Candidates will be notified of how to submit required documents.

* degrees awarded outside of the united states with the exception of those awarded in one of the united states territories and canada, must be credentialed by the world education services (wes), educational credential evaluators (ece) or a national association of credential evaluation (naces) member organization.

knowledge, skills,abilities and other characteristics:

• thorough understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements and processes for federally funded grant training.
• knowledge and proficiency in the use of microsoft office application programs including word, excel, pivot tables, power point, outlook…