MANAGER, EMERGENCY PLANNING (DEPT. OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL SECURITY)

Job Summary

Supervise and assist staff in their efforts to advise local municipalities about Bureau / Department initiatives. Act as the chief of planning.

Provide the Department / Bureau with the ability to fulfill its federal grant requirements. Fulfil mission to develop, test, promulgate, and maintain all plans that prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from all forms of natural disasters and homeland security threats within the County or involving County assets.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree or higher and
• Five (5) years of experience in emergency management, law enforcement, fire services, coordinating assets, or

a directly related field

• Three (3) years of prior supervisory experience.
• An equivalent combination of education and / or experience

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.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS

• Skill in developing and implementing long-term contingency planning in dynamic environments; including emergency management, first responder or military operations and skill in the execution of operational plans, under rapidly evolving, emergency situations.
• Knowledge of the planning process for both long-term planning and rapid planning under emergency conditions.
• Skill in the development and execution of tabletop exercises and full-scale exercises for large scale deployment of personnel and equipment for pre-planned and contingency events.
• Ability to supervise and lead personnel, while operating under dynamic and rapidly folding emergency conditions and ability to conduct presentations to senior leadership, as well as coordinate with counterparts from outside agencies in the development and execution of plans.
• Ability to manage professional and / or skilled support staff on a day-to-day basis.
• Ability to lead within the established objectives and make decisions regarding daily priorities and the application of technical / business processes for a work group or segment of a department.
• Ability to set overall direction and hold staff accountable for accomplishing work objectives by fostering positive relationships between employees, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Ability to use organizational and / or department objectives and goals to identify processes by which to meet those goals.

Physical Requirements

Sedentary Work involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

The duties listed are not set forth for purposes of limiting the assignment of work. They are not to be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally to be performed under a job title or those to be performed temporarily outside an employee's normal line of work.

VETERAN’S PREFERENCE When applying for employment with Cook County Government, preference is given in the application process to honorably discharged Veterans who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States for more than 180 consecutive days, or during War Time.

To take advantage of this preference a Veteran must :

• MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION.
• IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS A VETERAN ON THEIR EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION BY ANSWERING YES TO THE QUESTION Are you a military veteran?
• ATTACH A COPY OF THEIR DD 214, DD 215 or NGB 22 (NOTICE OF SEPARATION) AT TIME OF APPLICATION FILING. IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE DD 214S, 215S, OR NGB 22S, PLEASE SUBMIT THE ONE WITH THE LATEST DATE.

COAST GUARD MUST SUBMIT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE MILITARY SEPARATION FROM EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (BEFORE 911) OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (AFTER 911).

The Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs can assist you with obtaining a certified DD214 and having it recorded for you at no charge.