Logistics - College Aide

Background on NYCEM:

New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) helps New Yorkers before, during, and after emergencies through preparedness, education, and response. NYCEM is responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response for all types and scales of emergencies. We are staffed by more than 200 dedicated professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise.

The Logistics division works to increase the City’s ability to support emergency operations with a sustained and well-coordinated supply chain of resources. It comprises the Humanitarian Logistics, Ground Support Logistics, Mutual Aid and Resource Processing (MARP), and Logistics Planning & Coordination (LPC) units, and works to ensure that the right personnel, equipment, supplies, and support are in the right place, at the right time, and in the right quantities, across all response and recovery operations.

The Logistics division is seeking an administrative aid to support all Logistics units with the execution of their functional responsibilities. This will include reviewing and scanning prior activation documentation, helping maintain inventory, creating presentations for our asset-tracking program and our interim flood protection measures program, reviewing bureau plans for common language, and assisting with the coordination of internal and partner readiness measures.

With significant interaction across other Bureau’s and Units this position is an excellent introduction to the field of emergency management.

• Support NYC Tracker Program:
  Assist with the tracking of GPS tracking devices deployed on equipment to the field & of managing the inventory of non-deployed tracking devices; update presentation/’pitch’ for partner agencies
• Support Intermittent Flood Protection Measures program – support documentation and upkeep at sites, maintain accurate inventory of associated supplies, provide administrative support to program
• Scan and backup paper files from prior activations
• Assist with the review, testing, and implementation of new system features (such as in Disaster LAN and the Citywide Asset & Logistics Management System)
• Support preparations and take minutes for interagency meetings, such as the Urban Area Working Group Logistics Subcommittee meeting
• Assist with entering and maintaining site assessment data into Disaster LAN (e.g., debris sites, shelter sites)
• Help with course preparations (e.g., print materials)
• Assist with the entry of equipment and supplies into the Disaster LAN resource stockpile

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Attention to detail
• Experience working with Microsoft Office 365 (Teams, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint etc.)

The selected candidate will be required to provide a letter confirming matriculation with an accredited college/university. Further letters will be required for each semester (spring, summer, fall) while working at NYCEM.

NOTE:

ONLY THOSE CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Special accommodations will be provided for people with disabilities.

COLLEGE AIDE (ALL CITY DEPTS) - 10209

For Assignment Level I:
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.

For Assignment Level II (Information Technology):
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology, computer science,…