Job description

Job Description
THE OPPORTUNITY: The City of Brownsville is in a transformative period driven by significant public and private investments such as the expansion of the Brownsville-South Padre Island Airport Terminal, Space X, the Port of Brownsville, Downtown Revitalization, and quality of life enhancements.

Ideal candidate for Emergency Management Preparedness Volunteer Coordinator aspires to be a model of innovation, inclusion and empowerment who enables bold people and ideas to thrive. The Emergency Management Preparedness Volunteer Coordinator will be a participatory leader: a results-oriented, relationship-building, self-aware team player who also possesses high integrity and politeness, and who foster trust by building relationships with tolerance, patience and support in order to provide the best value in service of the citizens of Brownsville.

Performs technical, administrative, and professional work assisting the Emergency Management Administrator with emergency planning documentation for the City of Brownsville and its individual departments and assist various businesses and organizations with emergency preparedness presentations. Responsible in assisting to coordinate local homeland security program grants and Emergency Management Performance Grants. Also responsible for providing technical assistance at public meetings, and for reviewing fiscal performance and equipment inventories of recipient departments.

COMPETENCIES:
Trust
Communication
Leadership
Critical Thinking
Citizen Value

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
Assists and Monitors overall preparedness level of City of Brownsville, particularly in terms of the State-reviewed Emergency Operations Plan.
Assists Director and Planner in implementing various training programs, preparedness exercises, and community events related to emergency preparedness.
Ensures appropriate training record retention for municipal employees in relation to local, state, and federally-mandated NIMS/ICS requirements.
Assists in reviewing municipal department emergency plans, and local business emergency plans, in accordance with state requirements and local policy.
Assists in implementing various training programs, preparedness exercises, and community events related to emergency preparedness.
Assists in preparing demographic maps and charts when needed.
Reviews invoices and inventories of appropriate grant equipment from local departments.
Assists in ensuring that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and its equipment are ready for rapid assembly, activation and/or deployment.
Assists in coordinating appropriate training for EOC staff and ESF members.
Assists EMC/Administrator during emergency incidents and EOC activations.
Creates, revises and edits correspondence and documents such as memos, letters, invoices, reports and/ or agendas.
Prepares and maintains purchase orders, invoices and p-card purchases for payment.
Assists with budget preparation.
Assists with supervising and scheduling work assignments for volunteers during emergency disasters and OEM events.
Orders supplies and maintains departmental equipment inventory.
Assists with special projects and events.
Maintains and updates filing systems.
Performs data entry functions.
Assists in disseminating emergency preparedness and/or disaster recovery information at citywide outreach events to include businesses and residents through telephone calls, email requests, and/or internet inquiries and/or at outreach events.
Attends staff meetings to exchange information; attends in-service training and technical or professional classes, seminars, or conferences to improve technical or professional skills.
Assists in updating the local Special Needs Registry through calls to local residents; assists in verifying information provided by 2-1-1, provides necessary instructions to local residents needing evacuation information.
Serves at the Emergency Operations Center during emergency activations.
Ability to respond on a 24-hour basis to assist in emergency situations.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
High school graduation or GED plus two years of experience.
Valid Texas Driver"s License.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:
Two years in emergency management, public safety, grant management, community planning, or a closely related field.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENT:
Performs medium to heavy work that involves walking or standing, lifting and pushing virtually all of the time, exerting between 10 and 50 pounds of force on a recurring basis, or skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs on repetitive operation electronic office machines or tools within moderate tolerances or limits of accuracy.

ADA COMPLIANCE:
The City of Brownsville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

BENEFITS:
The City of Brownsville participates in a generous retirement plan with retirement opportunities available at 5 or 20 years of continuous service. The City has an exceptional employee and family medical and dental insurance plan. Employees may also contribute to deferred compensation plans from Equitable or supplemental insurance plans from AFLAC and Colonial Life. Full time employees have the opportunity to accumulate 10 sick days and 10 annual days per year. Additionally, the City of Brownsville observes 12 holidays annually.

EEO STATEMENT:
The City of Brownsville does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors.

Nothing in this job description restricts organization"s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time in order to develop our employees; This description reflects management"s assignment of essential functions, it does not prohibit or restrict the tasks that may be assigned; this job description is subject to change at any time.

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