by Eric Holdeman: Emergency management in the blogosphere
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Utah Valley University has a position open, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Risk Management
It is always interesting to review college and university positions. They place a high degree of emphasis on education. This one calls for someone with a BA in Emergency Management or a related field--a masters degree too if you have it. I'm guessing this is a one person shop doing everything from soup to nuts in the fields of emergency management and risk.
I do believe that there will be much more emphasis in the future on risk management within the career field of emergency management. When I was in King County the Risk Management Office was in the same parent office that I reported to and we did collaborate on some issues. Disaster insurance being one of them.
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This one is a management position with the City and County of San Francisco. See Assistant Deputy Director of Emergency Services
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There are two management positions open in the San Francisco Bay Area. The one I just posted and then there is the Bay Area UASI Assistant General Manager
The list of desirable qualifications is below. What I think will become a new "desirable" in the future will read something like this: "Experience in the establishment, management and reporting of performance metrics for public agencies." This is going to be a hot topic beginning in 2012 and on into the future. I recommend you start doing some professional reading and if classes are offered in the topic--sign up and attend.
Desirable Qualifications:
Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures to improve the processes of delivering public services effectively and efficiently in a large public jurisdiction.
Experience establishing an organizational structure, monitoring staff assignments, and implementing administrative processes to accomplish agency/program mission and objectives in an effective and efficient manner.
Experience reviewing, recommending, and evaluating strategies for the financial and administrative management of grant funded programs.
Experience complying or ensuring compliance with City and County of San Francisco procurement, contracting, and grant regulations.
Experience using City and County of San Francisco financial systems such as FAMIS (the City’s Financial Analysis and Management Information System) and the EIS (the City’s Executive Information System).
Experience communicating with local, regional, state, and federal managers regarding organizational activities and issues.
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It appears that jobs in 2012 will come in batches. This is the third job posting I've done today.
The Boeing Company has a position open here in Western Washington that looks to primarily internally focused in developing their plans and procedures while still maintaining contact with government partners.
See: Security & Fire Protection Multi-Operations Specialist 3
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Perhaps the up-tic in emergency management jobs mirrors the fact that the national unemployment numbers dipped to 8.5% with more positions becoming available. This is the third position in the last two days.
See the current job opening at the City of Everett, Administrative Coordinator, Emergency Management Planning and Operations This reads as an Emergency Management Coordinator position. Don't be thrown off by the "Administrative Coordinator" title.
Unfortunately, when someone is searching for positions the "administrative" word in the title will draw applications from "administrative" types of people who are not qualified for the position.
Barb Graff shared this job posting.
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Well, these job openings are coming in a flurry of emails and web postings. If these announcements come in groups are they a herd, flock, pod or gaggle of jobs?
This one is for an Emergency Management Coordinator in Vancouver (Clark County), WA. If you are interested in the use of social media in emergency management a plus for this job is working for Cheryl Bledsoe, a real advocate and practitioner in using social media in everything they do.
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Denver is a great place to live and work. The City and County of Denver has two positions open:
Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Emergency Exercise and Training Officer, Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
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See the Port of Seattle's job posting for an Emergency Management Training and Exercise Specialist You will see that this is at the airport which is part of the Port of Seattle. Evidently this is a second posting of the position. The first crop of candidates did not pass muster.
Interestingly, the Port of Seattle eliminated an emergency management job just 13 months ago. That was a generalist position and was responsible for air and seaport emergency management.
Lastly, since this is my first blog posting of 2012, perhaps this is a good omen for employment prospects in the new year.
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See Regional Disability Integration Specialist Position
This GS-12 position is located in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region III, Regional Office, Office of the Regional Administrator in Philadelphia, PA., and receives support from the Regional Office of External Affairs.The Regional Disability Integration Specialist works closely under the guidance of the Director of the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (ODIC).
This is but one example of why the FEMA regions have added many new staff.
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I suppose you can use these questions to help you get ready for the job interview, or you can just amuse yourself with the list and be thankful that some of the math ones have not been asked of you when you were in an interview. The math ones tended to be asked of engineers.
Check out Top 25"oddball" job interview questions from 2011
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