Training & Exercise Coordinator -Afscme ; Department Of Emergency Management & Regional Security
Listed on 2026-09-25
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Government
Emergency Crisis Mgmt / Disaster Relief
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
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.
- current/ or prior military duty in a related military occupational specialty (mos).
- five (5) years of full-time work experience in emergency management, sworn fire service, sworn law enforcement or emergency medical services is required.
- 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.
- 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 e-mail and calendar scheduling software.
- skill organizing training programs in conformance with national incident management system (nims), local/state/federal regulations and operating procedures.
- strong technical writing and organizational skills.
- skill coordinating, planning and overseeing large scale exercises involving multiple jurisdictions and locations.
- ability to work with external agencies in determining the training needs and priorities of those supported by emrs through its training initiatives.
- ability to coordinate training schedules, advertisements, registration, course funding invoice submission and course record keeping.
- ability to schedule instructors, lectures, venues and training equipment as needed for training – inside and outside of the county.
- ability to analyze course evaluation and attendance data and make recommendations for improvement.
light work
light work involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift,…
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