• Provide guidance and support to campuses before, during and after an incident or planned event.
• Support Emergency Management training for individual campuses, and college administration to ensure compliance with mandated federal, state, and college Emergency Management regulations.
• Serve as the liaison to faculty, staff, students on assigned campuses, and local governmental agencies, community organizations, or others to explain and provide technical assistance on emergency management program specifics and requirements.
• Study and analyze operations and problems, prepare reports of findings and recommendations, and prepare justifications for procedural or policy changes. Coordinate college preparation, response, mitigation and recovery to emergency incidents as necessary. Initiate investigative procedures if there is a violation of policies, laws, rules or regulations.
• Provide reviews and carry out evaluation of Emergency Management compliance activities to include, but not limited to Governor’s Executive Orders, college policies and procedures related to Emergency Management among others.
• Under the consultation of the Director of Public Safety; support and maintain training and exercise scheduling in compliance with mandates and requirements; participate in development of the COOP, CEMP, Emergency Operations Plan and campus emergency plans. Provide support and collaboration in the planning, development, implementation, analysis, and documentation of preparedness projects.
• Prepare comprehensive reviews of literature, statutes, rules, and/or policies and prepare administrative reports, studies, and specialized research projects. Conduct or participate in workshops, conventions, training sessions, public awareness activities and seminars.
• Meets with campus leadership regularly to ensure open communications and appropriate feedback is obtained.
• Assure that college employees and organizational units are ready to respond in practical, productive ways to emergencies.
• This position would serve as backup to the Director of Public Safety, in his/her role of CEMP emergency plan.
• Coordinate recovery and respond to emergency incidents, as necessary.
• Develop effective relationships with State and local first responders and emergency management officials.
• Organize, execute, and evaluate the college’s emergency preparedness and continuity of operations exercise program in accordance with the Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program ( HSEEP).
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

• Ability to recognize training and exercise deficiencies and correct deficiencies in collaboration with the emergency management trainer.
• Ability to use and assist others in using traditional training and exercise techniques for assessing needs and formulating responses to those needs.
• Ability to use technology to work and communicate remotely or from the emergency operations center.
• Ability to work well in teams.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, including the ability to prepare and present accurate, complete, and detailed reports and other documentation.
• Solid understanding of Emergency Management procedures, processes and technologies and the ability to implement and improve broad based, practical, and effective emergency management program.
• Ability to assemble, correlate, and analyze information related to emergency management.
• Ability to effectively and appropriately relate to and communicate with, college employees at all levels, and with external offices, and agencies such as the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, local emergency offices, FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, as well as any other agency involved in emergency management that affects the college.
• Significant experience in Emergency Management, Homeland Security, law enforcement, fire and/or EMS Prior training and/or experience emergency response and/or preparedness.
• Demonstrated ability to develop, conduct, and coordinate emergency drills and educational programs for a diverse audience of faculty, staff, and students
• Demonstrated knowledge of current emergency preparedness “best practices” in higher education, preferably as they are applied at multi-campus institutions.
• Certifications and/or coursework in Emergency Management, hazard planning, risk assessment, or related topics, including FEMA, IS 100, 200, 300, 400, 700 & 800.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university, preferably in a discipline related directly to the position’s responsibilities.

• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program ( HSEEP) certification, Associate Emergency Manager ( AEM) or Certified Emergency Manager ( CEM).
• Experience writing grants.
• Experience in motivating individuals to dedicate time and effort to tasks which may be a minor percentage of their responsibilities, but are critical to the colleges functioning (e.g., response planning and continuity).
• Experience in one or more of the following Emergency Management areas: mitigation, response, continuity of operations, recovery, and or preparedness.

The selected candidate’s offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background investigation, which may include: fingerprint checks, local agency checks, employment verification, verification of education, credit checks (relevant to employment). Additionally, selected candidates may be required to complete the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Interest. For more information, please follow this link: http://ethics.dls.virginia.gov/

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