URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE COLLEGE AIDE

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.

TITLE: Urban Search & Rescue College Aide

The National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System is a framework for organizing federal state and local partner emergency response teams as integrated federal disaster response task forces. The Systems 28 US&R task forces can be deployed by FEMA to a disaster area to provide assistance in structural collapse rescue or they may be pre-positioned when a major disaster threatens a community.

New York Task Force One (NY-TF1) is one of these 28 teams and comprises members from FDNY Special Operations Command NYPD Emergency Services Unit FDNY EMS and NYC Emergency Management.

The College Aide will have the responsibility to:
- Update NY-TF1s operational manuals (e.g. Mobilization Manual).
- Create and document NY-TF1s Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan.
- Analyze and archive NY-TF1 historical documents.
- Assist with planning coordination and logistics for NY-TF1 events and trainings.
- Support internal communication by drafting and distributing task force announcements updates or notifications.
- Complete required NYCEM training courses.
- Other tasks as assigned.

COLLEGE AIDE (ALL CITY DEPTS) - 10209

Qualifications :

For Assignment Level I:
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.
For Assignment Level II (Information Technology):
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology computer science management information systems data processing or closely related field including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study.
For Assignment Level III (Information Technology Fellow):
Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school with a specific course of study in information technology computer science management information systems data processing or other area relevant to the information technology project(s) assigned including or supplemented by 9 semester credits in an acceptable course of study. Appointments to this Assignment Level will be made by the Technology Steering Committee through the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

SPECIAL NOTE
Maximum tenure for all Assignment Levels in the title of College Aide is 6 years. No student shall be employed more than half-time in any week in which classes in which the student is enrolled are in session. Students may be employed full-time during their vacation periods.

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 :

Part-time