Recovery Coordinator
Recovery Coordinator
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Job Description
Position Description
The Recovery Coordinator is responsible for the development implementation and socialization of Harris Countys recovery plans and initiatives. These plans and initiatives will create a whole community recovery framework that helps to centralize communications with partners standardize procedures and best practices smoothly incorporate new organizations foster equity and diversity throughout the disaster continuum reduce duplicative efforts and coordinate federal state and local recovery resources and programs.
Duties and Responsibilities:- Manage the development implementation and socialization of Harris County recovery plans and other planning documents.
- Serve as the Recovery Manager when activated and implement the Countys recovery coordination structure.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with community recovery stakeholders to ensure a successful and coordinated recovery process.
- Advocate for impactful changes to legislation programs and standards to transform the recovery ecosystem to better serve residents.
- Serve as a subjectmatter expert on several local and regional committees and workgroups to foster greater collaboration and promote collective resilience.
- Develop and provide presentations to organizations businesses and the public on preparedness recovery and resiliency.
- Identify existing recovery best practices documents refine them and share documents with the community through ReadyHarris.
- Respond to the EOC as requested and fill a role in the Incident Command System during emergency or disaster situations.
- Participate in the HCOHSEM OnCall Program.
- Perform other duties and special assignments as assigned.
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Requirements
Education and Experience:
- BS/BA from an accredited college or university and
- Five 5 years progressive experience in emergency services disaster recovery and/or public safety.
- Associates degreefrom an accredited college or universityand
- Seven 7 years of progressive experience.
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalent from an accredited educational institutionand
- Nine 9 years of specialized work experience.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrate a working knowledge of:
- Best practices management principles methods and practices;
- Federal State and County laws and regulations affecting emergency management and recovery operations and the ability to interpret and apply them correctly;
- Nonprofit and faithbased organizations role in disaster recovery work experience for nonprofit agencies;
- Knowledge of the organization operation and policies of County government.
- Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) with the public government officials emergency responders community partners and others;
- Effective work habits and relationships including the ability to work as part of a team or independently and the ability to accomplish complex tasks simultaneously;
- Ability to speak extemporaneously on a broad variety of Countyrelated emergency management and recovery issues;
- A high level of interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective working relationships with government officials and other emergency response and recovery partners the media and the general public.
- Ability to function effectively as a member of the Command and General Staff in accordance with National Incident Management System (NIMS) protocols during emergency or disaster situations.
- Work effectively in suddenly changing work conditions and assignments including extended periods under high levels of stress in adverse conditions and independent from routine chain of command or communication systems.
- Maintain necessary physical abilities to perform required job functions. Position requires standing walking sitting climbing bending/stooping kneeling/squatting reaching talking hearing lifting carrying pushing/pulling heavy objects ability to lift up to 10 pounds.
- Operate a motor vehicle radio telephone computer and other office equipment.
- Attend and participate in extended meetings for up to 16 hours per day with routine breaks.
- Complete NIMS (National Incident Management System) training classes within the first year of employment.
Valid drivers license.
NOTE:Qualifying education experience knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation butONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. See Resumewill not be accepted for qualifications.
General Information
Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:
Regular Fulltime
Hours will be discussed during departmental interview.
- Most work will be performed during normal administrative hours; however the position is subject to flex time after hours overnight holiday and weekend work as necessary.
- Most assignments will be performed in an office meeting or operations center environment; some work or training exercises may involve outdoor adverse and potentially hazardous conditions.
- The position requires up to 5 outof town travel with occasional overnight stays.
Salary:
$79040.00 $87027.20Annually
Depends on Qualifications
Based on 26 pay periods
Employment is contingent upon passing a background check and drug screen.
Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
