Emergency Management Training and Exercise Specialist; Coordinator III - CPPW

Job Appointment:

Full time, Temporary (duration of 1-year or less)

Monday – Friday, 8 - 5pm. Tuesdays are mandatory in-office days, and some types of work, such as leading trainings and exercises, will be in-person except in unusual circumstances. Flexible work schedules are available.

Hybrid:
Employees are expected to work on site 50% of the time, on‑site work locations are to be determined. Remote work must be performed within Oregon or Washington. In‑person work to be conducted at 9911 SE Bush Street, Portland, OR.

City of Portland Professional Workers (CPPW). To view current labor agreements.

The City of Portland follows the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Your salary is determined based on the experience listed in your resume that is directly related and equivalent to the position for which you are applying.

Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) is hiring an Emergency Management Training and Exercise Specialist (Coordinator III - CPPW). This position will be part of the Operations Team and will report to the Training & Exercise Coordinator. This position will lead development and implementation of critical trainings and exercises needed to mature the Portland EOC and IMT Programs.

During emergency response, this position could fill an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) role. The role assigned during an activation will depend on your skills, experience, and qualifications at the time of the activation.

• Provide training and exercise development, coordination, conduct, and assessment: Provide training and exercise opportunities for EOC Responders, Incident Management Team members, and other City staff involved in response, coordination, recovery, and decision-making during events and emergencies. Design, facilitate and evaluate trainings that achieve learning objectives, apply adult learning principles, and meet key performance measures. Help create an integrated training and exercise plan for these programs, identify objectives, facilitate or conduct trainings, and conduct or host exercises.
  
  Ensure that all aspects of response are considered, including safety, equity, information flow, and effective communication.
• Provide project management: Manage a variety of projects related to emergency management training and exercise. This could include contract and vendor management. Help set project goals and objectives, identify and enlist support of project stakeholders, define scope of work and work plan, manage project risks, and implement and follow through on the plans. Deliver products on a variety of emergency management topics and to a variety of audiences with a high level of professionalism, coordination, and communication.
  
  Ensure compliance with budget office, procurement, and other City regulations. Project examples include:
  Design, plan, conduct, and evaluate an EOC activation exercise; create training on how the City EOC transitions from response coordination to recovery; design and conduct an EOC responder communications drill.
• Professionally coordinate with a variety of partners: This position will bring together partners from all across the City to learn and practice key sets of core coordination and response skills. This position will professionally gather people and ideas quickly to create and build products that move their programs and our response capabilities forward efficiently and effectively.
• Create or update operational guidelines (OGs): This position may help draft job aids, standard operating procedures, and operational guidelines within the narrow scope of EOC response, coordination, and IMT development.
• Perform data collection and reporting: Develop project metrics, ensure data…