Emergency Preparedness Officer

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES::

• Develop plans and conduct drills to ensure that Suffolk County is prepared to respond to a variety of public health emergencies.

• Supports the mission through management of the Departments emergency preparedness assets attending planning meetings with local and state agencies and assisting with composition / revision of emergency plans and the conduction of drills.

Benefits For You Now And Your Future

One Of The Following:

• Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice Emergency Management Homeland Security or a related field

OR

• Bachelors degree in any field plus one year of experience in emergency program planning emergency services training and/or fire safety management

OR

• High school graduation or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and 5 years of experience in emergency program planning emergency services training and/or fire safety management.

This Role Is A Provisional Appointment

A provisional appointment which occurs only in the competitive class is a temporary appointment to a position for which no eligible list exists or for which an eligible list exists with fewer than three candidates who are willing to accept the order to become permanent the employee who is provisionally appointed must take the next examination for the position in question. The appointment to the position is then made from among the three highest scoring passing candidates who indicate their willingness to accept the position. Civil Service law does not compel the appointing authority to choose the provisional employee should he or she be one of the three candidates

Additional details regarding a Provisional Appointment can be reviewed at:

Countys Commitment to Diversity Inclusion & Equity:

• Our focus is to promote support and implement the County-wide diversity and inclusion strategic plan.
• We achieve results in all our responsibilities through the use of diversity and inclusion best practices.
• We maintain a familiarity with Diversity & Inclusion trends and best practices.

Suffolk County is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race color religion creed national origin ancestry disability that can be reasonably accommodated without undue hardship sex sexual orientation gender identity age citizenship marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.