Executive Director of Preparedness & Resilience

Queens, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the Citys evolving criminal justice system participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees visitors volunteers and people in our custody. Importantly safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.

The Department of Correction has a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced Executive Director of Preparedness & Resilience. Under executive direction and with latitude for decision-making the candidate recruited will manage a wide range of administrative duties logistical and executive support-related tasks. Typical duties for this position include but are not limited to:

-Supervise a team including a deputy director and specialists;
-Oversee plan development & management for any internal inter-agency and citywide
emergency management plans initiatives protocols policies and activities including
but not limited to human-made and natural disasters and crises hazard mitigation and
other preparedness activities;
-Support the assistant commissioner with managing the departments Continuity of Operations
(COOP) program including but not limited to facilitating plan management training table-top
exercises and after-action/improvement planning;
-Facilitate meetings and activities with internal and external stakeholders;
-Represent DOC at emergency management & public safety meetings conference calls field
support and City command centers including the NYC Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
and the NYPD Joint Operations Center (JOC) for interagency working groups calls and meetings;
-Serve as a DOC representative for emergency activations at department emergency operations
centers or if necessary in the field;
-Serve as a planning lead during emergencies and disasters.
-Provide written and verbal situational updates for warning and without-warning events utilize
applications & systems and input data;
-Support and participate in preparedness activities with stakeholders including facilities maintenance
fleet fire-safety environmental health security infrastructure information technology management
analysis & planning strategic initiatives and more;
-Serve as an on-call emergency coordinator during business and non-business hours.
-Attend meetings on behalf of the Assistant Commissioner;
-Perform related duties as assigned

Preferred Skills
- Ability to be on call after business hours including weekends;
- Ability to communicate highly complex information clearly and succinctly both orally and
in writing;
- Ability to work focus coordinate and collaborate in high-stress environments;
- Ability to adapt to rapid change multi-task and meet restrictive deadlines;
- Experience working in a law enforcement setting a plus;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as strong listening skills;
- Experience communicating and collaborating with uniformed and civilian members of
staff;
- Strong writing and editing experience & skills
- Strong problem-solving and facilitation skills;
- Strong technical and project management skills preferred;
- Emergency Management Business Continuity Security or Fire Safety certifications from
NYC Emergency Management Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) International
Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) American Red Cross the Disaster Recovery Institute
(DRI) International National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) American Society for Industrial
Security (ASIS) International preferred.
- Drivers license not required but preferred.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS - 60879

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.

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Employment Type :

Full-time