Emergency Management and Planning Coordinator

Emergency Management and Planning Coordinator

The Emergency Coordinator oversees all phases of emergency management at various campuses and any off‑campus location.

This position is responsible for developing and implementing an all‑hazard approach to emergency planning and preparedness. It will take the lead on college‑wide Emergency Management preparation and campus readiness, to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations, as well as college initiatives, policies, and procedures. The Coordinator works closely with campus officials and maintains relationships needed to prepare for, respond to, mitigate against, and recover from campus‑level emergency events.

The Emergency Coordinator reports to the Director of Public Safety.

• Provide guidance and support to campuses before, during and after an incident or planned event.
• Support Emergency Management training for individual campuses and college administration to ensure compliance with mandated federal, state, and college regulations.
• Serve as the liaison to faculty, staff, students on assigned campuses, and local governmental agencies, community organizations, or others to explain and provide technical assistance on emergency management program specifics and requirements.
• Study and analyze operations and problems, prepare reports of findings and recommendations, and prepare justifications for procedural or policy changes. Coordinate college preparation, response, mitigation and recovery to emergency incidents as necessary. Initiate investigative procedures if there is a violation of policies, laws, rules or regulations.
• Provide review and carry out evaluation of Emergency Management compliance activities to include, but not limited to Governor’s Executive Orders, college policies and procedures related to Emergency Management among others.
• Under the consultation of the Director of Public Safety; support and maintain training and exercise scheduling in compliance with mandates and requirements; participate in development of the COOP, CEMP, Emergency Operations Plan and campus emergency plans. Provide support and collaboration in the planning, development, implementation, analysis, and documentation of preparedness projects.
• Prepare comprehensive reviews of literature, statutes, rules, and/or policy and prepare administrative reports, studies, and specialized research projects.
• Conduct or participate in workshops, conventions, training sessions, public awareness activities and seminars.
• Meet with campus leadership regularly to ensure open communications and appropriate feedback is obtained.
• Assure that college employees and organizational units are ready to respond in practical, productive ways to emergencies.
• Serve as backup to the Director of Public Safety in his/her role of CEMP emergency plan.
• Coordinate recovery and respond to emergency incidents, as necessary.
• Develop effective relationships with state and local first responders and emergency management officials.
• Organize, execute, and evaluate the college’s emergency preparedness and continuity of operations exercise program in accordance with the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

• Ability to recognize training and exercise deficiencies and correct deficiencies in collaboration with the emergency management trainer.
• Ability to use and assist others in using traditional training and exercise techniques for assessing needs and formulating responses to those needs.
• Ability to use technology to work and communicate remotely or from the emergency operations center.
• Ability to work well in teams.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, including the ability to prepare and present accurate, complete, and detailed reports and other documentation.
• Solid understanding of Emergency Management procedures, processes and technologies and the ability to implement and improve broad‑based,…