Emergency Services Coordinator

City Of Berkeley

Posted on : 07-07-2025

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Job Location

Berkeley, CA - USA

Yearly Salary

$ 107820 - 128036

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Posted on : 07-07-2025

Job Description

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR BERKELEY

Berkeley California is a small city with a big reputation. At just ten square miles of land and seven square miles of water Berkeley is famous around the globe as a center for academic achievement scientific exploration free speech and the arts and home to over 50 parks a top-ranked university and the largest public marina in the San Francisco Bay.

As an employer the City of Berkeley offers all the benefits of a career in the public sector while fostering diversity creativity and innovation. Join a team of high-caliber experienced staff with a shared mission of serving the Berkeley community and promoting an accessible safe healthy environmentally-sound and culturally-rich city.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

The City of Berkeley invites you to apply for the positionofEmergency Services Coordinator in the FireDepartmentto help build disaster resilience in Berkeleys government and community. In this role you will join a four-person emergency management team that collaborates with colleagues across the City organization as well as Berkeley institutions and community groups.

As part of the Fire Department our team works with departments to develop emergency plans and procedures conduct trainings and exercises operate alert and warning systems and manage our community readiness programming using an equity lens. During emergencies and disasters we coordinate the Citys Emergency Operations Center providing critical support to the City organization and the community. We value learning from both history and the latest science and pride ourselves in our willingness to change our approaches to constantly improve. Above all service to the Berkeley community guides our work.

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QUALIFICATIONS

A typical way of gaining the knowledge skills and abilities for this position is equivalent to graduation from an accredited 4-year college or university with major coursework in emergency management public policy planning public or business administration or a closely related field; and two (2) years of professional experience in emergency management emergency preparedness disaster response emergency response and/or public education programs.

Completion of Incident Command Systemand 800 training is highly desirable.

Other requirements include:

Ability to attend evening and weekend meetings
Ability to be on-call for response to emergencies on an around-the clock basis seven days a week
Ability to travel to various locations within and outside the City of Berkeley to meet the program needs and to fulfill the job responsibilities. When driving on City business the incumbent is required to maintain a valid California drivers license and a satisfactory driving record.

In addition to the qualifications above the ideal candidate will demonstrate strong project management skills with the ability to push forward multiple complex initiatives simultaneously; flexible work and communication style to work successfully with different departments work cultures (collaborative chain of command etc.); creative problem-solving ability researching current and best practices and applying them to the City of Berkeleys situation and needs; and comfort with technology and ability to learn new systems and equipment.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applicationsmust be received by Monday July 14 2025at 5:00 PM PSTandmust include a completed application and responses to the supplemental note that resumes are not a substitute for a completed application.

Applications are available in alternative formats (audio-format braille large print electronic text etc.) upon request to . Please allow 10 days for production of the material in an alternative format.

EXAM PROCESS

The exam processwillinclude butmaynotbelimited to:

Application review for minimum qualifications and required documents

Competitive review and assessment of applicants education training experience and responses to the supplemental questionnaire
Oral Board Exam - Tentatively scheduled for August 6 - 8 2025

Tests may consist of any combination of written oral or other exercises or assessment procedures that test content and may include but are not necessarily limited to typing math reading writing and analytical skills; problem solving ability; computer and software proficiency or any other job-related knowledge skill ability or qualification. The examination process and dates are subject to change. The City may without notice change or eliminate any assessment component as needs dictate. Applicants passing all examination phases will have their names placed on an employment eligible list that hiring departments will use to conduct final selection interviews slated for the week of August 25 2025.

Reasonable Accommodations: The City is committed to making reasonable accommodations in the examination process and in the work environment. Individuals requesting reasonable accommodations in the examination process must submit a request in writing to at the time of application.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROCESS

Candidates under final consideration for employment with the City will undergo an employment background/reference check that may include but is not limited to: employment history confirmation of educational credentials and degrees licenses including drivers license registrations certificates other credentials credit check criminal history check and Live Scan fingerprinting.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) EMPLOYER

The City of Berkeley is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All employment actions shall be administered regardless of race color national origin ancestry religion age physical or mental disability or medical condition sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation genetic information marital status pregnancy political affiliation veterans status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

All City employees are required to provide services as Disaster Service Workers in the event of an emergency/disaster.

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