New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) helps New Yorkers before, during, and after emergencies through preparedness, education, and response. NYCEM is responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response for all types and scales of emergencies. We are staffed by more than 200 dedicated professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise, including individuals assigned from other City agencies.
The Resiliency and Recovery Division, part of the Planning & Resiliency Bureau, focuses on bridging long-term strategies to reduce NYC’s risk with actionable operations and programs. This includes coordinating and guiding partnerships to develop strategies that analyze, plan, and address hazard risk and vulnerabilities. The Division is responsible for recovery planning, the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, risk reduction tools, resiliency operations, and federal grant coordination for resiliency investments.
The Resiliency Implementation unit coordinates with City partners to increase the resiliency of City neighborhoods, facilities, and infrastructure through targeted development, funding, coordination, and operations of projects that reduce risk and mitigate damage of natural hazards to NYC.
NYC Emergency Management seeks a candidate responsible for supporting and coordinating efforts to reduce risk of climate change and extreme weather hazards, and increase resiliency of NYC communities, infrastructure, and facilities. This includes supporting coordination of scoping projects for the City’s applications for resiliency funds, such as FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Community (BRIC) grants, and other grant programs as applicable; supporting implementation of the City’s resiliency grant awards and coordinating with implementing agencies on meeting federal grant and other requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Support development of hazard mitigation tools and projects that inform risk, exposure, and resiliency investment opportunities
- Ensure select mitigation projects are implemented in compliance with FEMA mitigation funding, or other resiliency funding
- Facilitate and support coordination of scope development and grant applications for FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure in Communities (BRIC) program, or other grant programs, with City partners
- Work with agencies to provide guidance, assistance, project management support, and cross-agency engagement to ensure the success of innovative, complex projects tied to unique rules
- Develop presentations, guidance documents, and other resources for resiliency funding and implementation technical assistance efforts
- Provide information about resiliency projects and support the enhancement of the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan and associated risk tools, including the Community Risk Assessment dashboard, Urban Risk Index, and Hazard History and Consequence tool
- Organize meetings, develop agendas, manage project status tracking, review progress reports, and track action items for hazard mitigation & resiliency projects
- Develop scopes of work and other tasks to support vendor contract development
- Work in fast-paced environment that requires multi-tasking and meeting various deadlines
- Provide inter-agency coordination to project teams to ensure resiliency projects are meeting funding milestones
- Perform other duties as assigned by Resiliency Implementation Director, Resiliency Grants Program Manager, and Resiliency and Recovery leadership
**PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
The selected candidate will be assigned to an on-call Emergency Operations Center (EOC) team and will be expected to work non-business hours during some emergencies. These non-business hours include nights, weekends, holidays, and extended week hours outside of a 9AM-5PM schedule. The selected candidate will also participate in trainings to build skills and competencies in emergency response; will participate in drills and exercises associated with the on-call EOC team; and may volunteer to assist with Ready NY emergency preparedness presentations to external groups. EOC teams are on call for three weeks at a time, with six weeks off in between.
Funding – This position is supported with a federal Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funding through 8/31/2027 with the possibility of an extension.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer support to be eligible for selection. Note that NYCEM does not participate in eVerify, which is required for the reauthorization of some visas.
The selected candidate will be required to be in person in the office location three days per week, with exceptions for extenuating circumstances.
For this position, the “Special Note” below in the Minimum Qualification Requirements does not apply.
IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS JOB, PLEASE SUBMIT A SEPARATE COVER LETTER IN THE ATTACHMENTS SECTION OF THE APPLICATION PORTAL.
PREFERRED SKILLS
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint)
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to explain technical information to diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrated interest or experience in: urban planning, disaster recovery, hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, and/or infrastructure and community resiliency
- Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesize information and provide decision-making support based on quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Strong understanding of grant funding, budget planning, and/or financial management
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and provide project management and organizational support within specified deadlines
- Ability to work well within a team structure while maintaining independent latitude for good judgement
- Be creative and flexible, and thrive in a workspace that requires innovative approaches to technical and complex rules
- Problem solver
- Experience with federal grant requirements, resiliency planning and/or capital project development a plus
- Data analysis, data visualization, and/or GIS skills a plus
In addition, the selected candidate will be able to demonstrate a proven ability in the following areas, from the agency’s performance management model:
Competencies:
o Knowledge – possesses appropriate subject matter expertise.
o Work Ethic and Productivity – produces consistently high quality, accurate, and on-time deliverables; takes responsibility, is dependable, and accountable, and follows through; is responsive to requests from leadership.
o Strategic Problem Solving and Innovation – is thoughtful and deliberate in approach to solving problems; demonstrates innovation and creative thinking.
o Effective Communication – communication is clear, precise, and timely; understands their audience and display confidence in delivering their message.
o Teamwork – encourage collaboration and motivate others; is able to both lead and follow when necessary; is an active listener and consider a broad range of perspectives.
**Studies have shown that women, people of color, and other under-represented groups are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they are able to perform every task in the job description. We are interested in finding the best candidate for the job and will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, education and experience to meet qualifications. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.**
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SPECIAL - 94612
1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a state's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and six years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: emergency management, fire, police, or military service, public safety, public health, public administration, urban planning, engineering, or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made; or
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory full time professional experience in the areas listed in "1" above; or
3. A master's degree from an accredited college in emergency management, public administration, urban planning, engineering, economics, political science, the physical sciences ,or related field and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas listed “1" above, at least two years of which must have been in one of those areas, or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made.
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.
Special Note:
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, one additional year of professional experience as described in ""1"" above.
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