Emergency Management Specialist

***IMPORTANT NOTE: Only those currently serving as a permanent Administrative Community Relations Specialist or on the list for Exam 1120 will be considered.***

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water managing wastewater and stormwater and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the treatment of sewage within the five boroughs of the City. This includes 14 wastewater treatment plants sludge dewatering facilities collections facilities (pumping stations combined sewer overflow retention facilities regulators tide gates etc.) wastewater laboratories and harbor vessels.

The combination of an extensive infrastructure network spanning all 5 boroughs some of which is at or beyond useful life coupled with corrosive and at times hazardous operating environments with large volumes of fuel chemicals and process liquids including nonNewtonian fluids onsite can result in emergency situations. Successful resolution of the emergency situation is dependent on mounting a rapid and effective response that requires staff from a wide range of the Bureaus portfolio routinely drawing upon resources from other DEP Bureaus and other City State or Federal agencies.

Under general supervision from the Executive Director of Operations for the Bureau of Wastewater Treatment the candidate will facilitate the development of comprehensive and coordinated emergency plans and procedures for natural and manmade disasters and incidents assist in the development and implementation of training programs related to the emergency plans developed review and support the refinement of Standard Operating Procedures to ensure consideration of emergency response activities manage documentation from emergency incidents maintain emergency equipment inventory spreadsheets perform communications planning incident status reporting manage records of labor materials and equipment used for emergencies develop and update COOP plan and other emergency planning documents develop and conduct emergency preparedness drills for staff ranging from blue collar to executive management maintain and staff the Emergency Operations Center assist in the coordination of disaster response / recovery operations and crisis management coordinate the preparation of afteraction reports and track the implementation of recommendations developed from them.

The successful candidate will engage with the Agencys emergency management team and industry groups focused on emergency management and wastewater conveyance and treatment to import best practices and lessons learned into the Bureau and the Agency.

ADMIN COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPEC 1002F

Qualifications :

1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university accredited by regional national professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U. S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and four years of satisfactory fulltime community liaison community organization or community relations experience at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policymaking capacity with responsibility for planning organizing coordinating developing evaluating and/or administering a large community service program or activity; or
2. A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and eight years of satisfactory fulltime experience as described in 1 above at least two years of which must have been in a broad administrative or policymaking capacity with responsibilities as described in 1 above; or
3. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 or 2 above. Undergraduate education above the high school level may be substituted for the community liaison community organization or community relations experience but not for the two years of broad administrative or policymaking experience described in 1 above at the rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience up to a maximum of 4 years. Graduate education beyond the baccalaureate degree may be substituted for the community liaison community organization or community relations experience but not for the two years of broad administrative or policymaking experience described in 1 above on the basis of 30 graduate credits from an accredited college or university (as described above) for each year of experience up to a maximum of 2 years. However all candidates must possess a fouryear high school diploma or its educational
equivalent approved by a States Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and two years of fulltime experience in a broad administrative or policymaking capacity with responsibilities as described in 1 above.

Additional Information :

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime