Emergency Management Coordinator - Temporary

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The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was recently reorganized under the Marin County Fire Department. Part of the reorganization was the creation of Emergency Management Coordinators focused on Emergency Operations, Mitigation and Recovery, Training and Education, and Public Outreach.

The Emergency Management Coordinator supports the Marin County OEM and may report to the Director of Emergency Management or the Principal Coordinator / Chief Resilience Officer. The Emergency Management Coordinator should be able to focus on one of program areas of OEM:
Emergency Operations, Mitigation and Recovery, Training and Education, and Public Outreach. The coordinator is eligible to assume the paid, on-call Duty Officer role on a rotational time period (24-hours a day, for approximately 1 week per month). The coordinator will research and analyze best practices for emergency response, maintain the readiness of the County’s emergency operations center, support staff with the deployment and maintenance of incident response platforms, coordinate with local and government agencies, and lead programs in support of Marin County’s Office of Emergency Management.

The general duties and minimum requirements of this position are described in the class specification.

There is currently one (1) full-time temporary (40 hours per week) position within the Marin County Fire Department. This is an on-site position, reporting to the Office of Emergency Management located at 1600 Los Gamos, San Rafael.

The highly qualified candidate exercises substantial initiative, judgment and expertise in the performance of their duties, digs beneath the obvious to get at the facts, even when not asked to do so, creates opportunities or minimizes potential problems by anticipating and preparing for these in advance, seeks out and/or accepts additional responsibilities in the context of the position. The ideal candidate has managed projects successfully, including project resources, and delivering project outcomes on schedule.

They have strong writing skills with experience preparing a variety of correspondences and reports. The highly qualified candidate will also have experience teaching and public speaking. The ideal candidate has experience serving within or in close coordination with a city or county emergency operations center and manager community-based programs or services. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and maintain successful working relationships with local public agencies, county personnel and members of the public.

The highly qualified candidate will have knowledge of the principles and practices of emergency operations centers (EOCs); EOC activation protocols and local emergency proclamations; the Planning Cycle during an incident and incident action plan development; and the Operational Area structure and coordination with Cities, Towns, and Special Districts. They will be proficient in the management…