Fire Emergency Preparedness Manager

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year, but can be extended.

Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Postmarks are not accepted. Applications will only be accepted on-line.

 

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Applications will only be accepted on-line. Postmarks are not accepted. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

 

ON-LINE APPLICATIONS ONLY

 

THE AGENCY

THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT (ACFD) provides all-risk emergency services to the unincorporated areas of Alameda County (excluding Fairview), the cities of San Leandro, Dublin, Newark and Union City and Emeryville, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. With 29 fire stations and 35 companies serving a population of 394,000, the ACFD serves densely populated urban areas, waterways, industrialized centers, extensive urban interface, agricultural and wildland regions. Over 400 personnel and 100 Reserve Firefighters provide a wide variety of services to an ever expanding, dynamic and diverse community of roughly 508 square miles. These services include:

• Advanced Life Support
• Fire Suppression
• Hazardous Materials Response
• Urban Search & Rescue
• Water Rescue
• Community Outreach & Education
• Disaster Preparedness
• Fire Prevention and Code Compliance
• Regional Dispatch T

The Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) was formed on July 1, 1993 as a dependent special district with the Alameda County Board of Supervisors as its governing body. This consolidation brought together into a single jurisdiction the Castro Valley Fire Department, Eden Fire Department and County Fire Patrol (each a dependent special district under the Board of Supervisors).

Prior to 1993 Unincorporated Fire Protection:

• Castro Valley FPD
• Eden Consolidated FPD
• County Fire Patrol
• July 1, 1993 Alameda County Fire Department

Subsequently, the following communities have consolidated with the ACFD:

• July 1, 1995 City of San Leandro
• July 1, 1997 City of Dublin
• August 1, 2002 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• October 1, 2007 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• January 20, 2008 Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center (ACRECC)
• May 1, 2010 City of Newark
• July 1, 2010 City of Union City
• July 1, 2012 City of Emeryville

The ACFD is also responsible for the administration and operation of the Alameda County Regional Emergency Communications Center (ACRECC). The dispatch center provides dispatch and regional communication center services for the ACFD, the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency, Camp Parks Combat Support Training Center, and the cities of Alameda, Fremont, Livermore and Pleasanton. ACRECC is also the Dispatch/System Status Management Center for Paramedics Plus ambulance service.

 

THE POSITION

Under the general direction of the assigned Deputy Fire Chief, plans, develops, coordinates, and directs the work of implementing and maintaining a comprehensive emergency management and disaster program, including budget development and monitoring; develops policies and procedures for emergency management programs; administers plan modification, outreach, training and reporting activities; coordinates public information distribution and public relations related to community emergency preparedness; and performs related duties as required.

This position is a shared position between the Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) and contract agencies served by the ACFD. This position will assist contract jurisdictions with their Emergency Preparedness Programs as directed by the contracting entity in accordance with the established time allocation.

Fire Emergency Preparedness Manager is a single administrative management classification with both program and staff responsibilities. The incumbent provides direction and coordination of all emergency management and disaster preparedness and community outreach activities including coordination, communication, implementation and training activities.

Education:

Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

AND

Experience:

The equivalent of two years full time professional level experience in coordinating, planning, budgeting, and procedure development with an emergency services or disaster preparedness program, including at least one year of providing lead direction or supervision. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis).

License:

Possession of a valid California Class C driver’s license.

Certified training in the areas of local, state or federal Emergency Management and/or community preparedness is highly desirable.

Bilingual skills are highly desirable.

Special Requirement:

Essential duties require the mental and/or physical ability to: be on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; work under highly stressful conditions for extended periods of time and wear appropriate safety equipment during times of an emergency.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above minimum qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

NOTE: The level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the “Examples of Duties” section of this specification.

Knowledge of:

• Principles, practices and procedures of emergency preparedness, response and recovery.
• Emergency services administration, program development and evaluation.
• Applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations to ensure legal compliance of emergency services plans.
• Municipal governments and organization including mutual aid agreements.
• Techniques of training and public speaking.
• Public relations and marketing strategies.
• Technology trends and techniques in the areas of emergency and disaster preparedness, response, relief and recovery.
• Principles of management, supervision, training and community education.
• Budget and contract development and administration.
• Principles of effective written communication.
• Information dissemination techniques and methods.

Ability to:

• Plan, organize, develop and implement a comprehensive emergency and disaster program.
• Understand and apply local, state and federal rules, regulations and directives governing disaster/emergency preparedness.
• Interpret and enforce administrative/operational policies, practices and procedures.
• Anticipate, analyze and evaluate potential disaster problems.
• Effectively manage, train, develop and motivate staff.
• Determine emergency service and disaster preparedness program objectives and priorities to achieve an integrated, focused approach.
• Use various computer systems and applications.
• Provide leadership and direction to assigned staff.
• Coordinate functions and activities between departments and outside agencies.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, managers, government, public, and private agencies.
• Prepare reports and plans involving detail and coordination.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Make presentations to the public and governing bodies.

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF the following steps:

1) A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.

2) A review of candidates’ Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process.

3) An oral interview which may contain a situational exercise and will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.

CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.

 

We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components. Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments many be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the “What You Need to Know” section of our website, www.acgov.org/hrs.

Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:

TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN

Deadline for Filing: Review of Minimum Qualifications: Review of Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified: Oral Interview with Situational Exercises:	5:00 p.m, Monday, December 7, 2015 Monday, December 21, 2015 Friday, January 8, 2016 Thursday, February 4, 2016

Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement before the last date of filing. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.

For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, www.acgov.org/hrs

*** For benefit information, please contact Fire Administration at 510-618-3490.

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Please take the steps recommended above to insure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.

NOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box alamedacountyHR@acgov.org are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions please go to our website at www.acgov.org/hrs. You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.

 

Gizelle Huynh, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
510-272-6472

 

Alameda County is an Equal Opportunity Employer