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Position:

The role of the Resilience Coordinator position will be to support the Mission of the Office of Emergency Management, which is “To provide leadership of the City of San José’s emergency management responsibilities through planning and coordination of programs, functions, and supporting activities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from all emergencies and disasters.” The position will assist in coordinating multi-hazard planning efforts in the City of San José, including reviewing documents with an intentional lens of Access and Functional Needs (AFN) and racial equity considerations in emergency.  This position requires high levels of analysis, document development, understanding of the State of California’s Standardized Emergency Management System principles and integration with response plans. This is the fully experienced level in the unclassified Executive Analyst series and requires an individual to work under the general direction of an assigned executive in the Office of Emergency Management with full professional independence.

·        Assist in the coordination of programs to integrate existing emergency preparedness and comprehensive operational plans and procedures with internal city offices and departments, other government agencies, community-based organizations, volunteers, public service agencies, private and nonprofit sector resource agencies to ensure that established programs and plans comply with state and federal guidelines.

·        Plan and coordinate emergency management operational activities, drills, and events with all levels of government, school districts, public utilities, community-based organizations, volunteers, public service agencies, private and nonprofit sector resource agencies with disaster response administration.

·        Research, evaluate, and assist in the development and maintenance of comprehensive emergency plans in accordance with federal and state emergency management guides.

·        During major disasters and emergencies, performs emergency management tasks requiring action from all levels of government, school districts, public utilities, community-based organizations, volunteers, public service agencies, private and nonprofit sector resources agencies.

·        Administers, coordinates, and presents Disaster Service Worker training for employees and emergency management training for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Staff.

·        Monitors state and federal disaster preparedness information and requirement updates, and may advise management of issues

·        Assists with preparing correspondence, procedures, transmittals, project and grant applications and program reports associated with emergency management activities

·        Performs other emergency management duties as assigned

·        This position responds to activations of the EOC.

Typical Duties and Results 

•         Participates in the organization, administration, operations, and functions of the Office of Emergency Management

•         Assists in coordinating Office of Emergency Management programs with other city departments

•         Conducts research on emergency planning best practice activities of other like organizations

•         Assists in developing reports related to how to implement state and federal guidance on emergency planning

•         Assists in presentations and trainings on community preparedness, city preparedness activities, outreach and technical skills to operate in conjunction with the Emergency Operation Center

•         Supports office systems for emergency response workflow; revises emergency forms; manages records related to emergencies and disasters; proposes resolutions to challenges as they relate to emergency activities, documentation and recovery

•         Performs emergency preparedness tasks that requires attention to detail and integration with plans, procedures and training tools

•         Maintains administrative records, supplies, inventory control and tests of disaster equipment related to community preparedness

•         Provides public education training

•         Responds to activations of the Emergency Operations Center

•         Act as the Office of Emergency Management Duty Officer on a periodic basis

•         Performs other emergency management activities as needed

Distinguishing Characteristics

This position requires an energetic, well focused, and detailed oriented applicant.   Under general supervision, the applicant would be responsible for analytic work of moderate difficulty in areas such as plans and procedure development; review and analysis of existing plans and newly proposed plans; generalized analysis of continuity between plans; organization and methods analysis; or personnel analysis.  Performs additional work as required.

The position also requires a high level of professionalism, excellent customer service skills, and a strong work ethic.  The position requires excellent judgment, initiative, integrity, analytical and organizational skills.

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Per the City’s COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Policy, the City requires all new hires to provide proof of vaccination as a condition of employment absent an approved medical or religious exemption. “Fully vaccinated” means the employee has received two doses of Pfizer, Moderna or Novavax or a single dose of Johnson & Johnson.

Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third party job board application system. To apply, applicants must complete an application via the City of San Jose’s website at www.sanjoseca.gov/citycareers.

This position is responsible for performing transactional paralegal duties related to legal transactions for the Housing Department. The ideal candidate will be a Paralegal experienced in preparation and/or review of real estate loan documents, closing of escrows for real estate financing transactions (including review of preliminary title reports and title policies), will be detail-oriented with good organizational and computer skills, and will have good writing and analytical skills. Typical assignments may include preparation and/or review of real property financing documents and other lender documents, real property acquisition documents, escrow instructions, and consultant and grant agreements. Other duties may include, but are not limited to, drafting and/or reviewing resolutions and ordinances, coordination with City or other government departments or agencies, involvement in the Council agenda process, and responding to public record act requests. The skill level of this position places strong emphasis on accuracy, attention to detail, and strong analytical skills. Incumbents must be proficient in the use of various types of software in the Windows environment.

Depending upon qualifications, the successful candidate may be hired at the Legal Analyst I or Legal Analyst II level. The annual salary range for a Legal Analyst I is $80,676.96 to $98,083.44, and the annual salary range for a Legal Analyst II is $88,058.88 to $107,016.00. Both ranges include an approximate five percent (5%) ongoing non-pensionable pay. Actual salary shall be determined by the final candidate's qualifications and experience.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this department. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

For more information and to apply, please visit:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Cupertino

Position:

The Emergency Coordinator classification is an entry-level position into the City Manager’s Office of Emergency Management.  The person fulfilling the job will report to the Director or Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency Management.

We are seeking energetic, well focused, and detailed oriented applicants.   Under general supervision, the applicant is responsible for analytic work in the areas of emergency management, instructional training, adult platform instruction, training scheduling and coordination of instructors, certification management, etc.  The position must be aware of the Office of Emergency Management’s plans and procedures and prepare training to implement the plans and programs. The position will also track available training through Bay Area, state, and federal resources. 

 Position and Duties:

The Training Coordinator position will focus on training and exercise activities.

The range of activities will include, but are not limited to, the following list.

• Support the implementation of a Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan for the Emergency Operations Center staff.

• Manage a system to track available Urban Area Security Initiative, State, and Federal trainings to enhance delivery of instruction for Emergency Operation Center staff.

• Monitor State and Federal requirements for emergency management training, and be sure staff are aware of training opportunities to meet the requirements

• Facilitate the development of exercises within the City and exercises that engage community partners.

• Coordinate the delivery of designated contract training.

• Coordinate and track training attendance of the Office of Emergency Management, Emergency Operations Center and Department Operations Center staff.

• Coordinate with Office of Emergency Management staff, identify training needed to implement plans and protocols.

• Coordinate presentations and trainings on community preparedness, city preparedness activities, and outreach.

• Coordinate the public education program and requests for public engagement.

• As needed update the public education presentation materials and the employee Disaster Service Worker materials.

Typical Duties and Results

• Participate in the organization, administration, operations, and functions of the Office of Emergency Management

• Assist in coordinating applicable Office of Emergency Management programs with other city departments

• Conduct research on best practice activities of other like organizations

• Assist in developing reports related to how to implement state and federal guidance on emergency planning

• Perform emergency preparedness tasks that requires attention to detail and integration with plans, procedures and training tools

• Administrate the Learning Management System used to track Emergency Management training

• Maintain administrative records, supplies, inventory control and tests of disaster equipment

• Respond to activations of the Emergency Operations Center

• Act as the Office of Emergency Management Duty Officer on a periodic basis

• Perform other emergency management activities as needed

Minimum Knowledge of:

• Principles of effective written communication, including the preparation of clear and concise reports, documents, and revisions to documents

• Principles of administrative process and governmental organization

• Principles of adult learning

• Providing training to a culturally diverse community

Ability to:

• Work both independently and interdependently to ensure work is completed in an accurate, and timely fashion

• Promote and coordinate emergency preparedness messages

• Work with diverse groups, including volunteers

• Communicate effectively in written and oral form

• Be available to report to duty on a 24 hour a day basis, as needed

Preferred Experience in:

• Managing a Learning Management System

• Experience with content creation, graphic design and utilizing creative platforms for presentations/trainings

• Writing scopes of works for projects

• Working with executive level managers, elected officials and organization leaders

Distinguishing Characteristics

This is the entry into higher levels of the emergency management classification, where expertise is gathered in a specific field in order to progress into the more specialized class such as Emergency Planner.  Initially, supervision and training are given in detail, but as an incumbent becomes more capable, he/she works with a higher degree of independence.

These positions require someone with the ability to work both independently and interdependently to ensure work is completed in an accurate, and timely fashion.

The successful candidate will possess a high level of professionalism, excellent customer service skills, and a strong work ethic.  The position requires excellent judgment, initiative, integrity, analytical and organizational skills.