What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Emergency Management Operations Assistant position at City of El Paso?
MOS Code: None
Education and Experience: A High School Diploma or GED, or higher and two (2) years of direct contact with the public, emergency response, contact tracing, education outreach, or specimen collection experience and one (1) year of supervisory or lead worker experience.
Licenses and Certificates: Valid Texas Class “C” Driver’s License or equivalent from another state.
Under general supervision, function as lead worker and assist with supervising, leading, guiding and participating in a variety of support tasks in the response and recovery from emergencies and disasters.
Supervise, lead, guide, oversee and participate in a variety of tasks supporting the response and recovery from emergencies and disasters. Involves: plan, assign, and supervise the work of operations assistants and others as assigned. Manage the day-to-day scheduling and work assignments of subordinates. Assess workload and reallocate team members to ensure goals are met. Demonstrate continuous effort to improve procedures, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service. Train employees and others as assigned. Document exceptional work, set high standards for team members or document and acknowledge excellence. Make recommendations regarding employee complaints and problems. Recall employees to work in emergencies. Resolve complaints. Recommend disciplinary action and approval of vacation and other leave requests. Complete various activity reports or other special projects. Ensure that department management is informed of critical issues or other emergencies.
Coordination of activities in the areas of emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, logistics, finance, and recovery efforts to reduce the impact of emergencies and disasters on people, property and the environment. Involves: assist with purchasing and inventory of supplies, delivery and/or dissemination of supplies, and record keeping. Support warning and evacuation of community and at-risk populations. Observe and report hazardous weather conditions. Conduct field damage assessments. Gather and analyze data. Prepare status reports and preliminary damage assessments during emergencies.
Serve as a shelter worker during a natural disaster, emergency or humanitarian relief operation. Involves: working in reception, registration, feeding, dormitory, information gathering, and other key duty areas within a shelter. Provide activities and services in a congregate setting to include: feeding, sheltering, reunification, cleaning/sanitizing, laundry, making travel arrangements for clients, and distribution of supplies, clothing, hygiene kits and other essential items. Provide victim support services for those impacted by emergencies and disasters. Follow-up assistance, support and advocacy for those impacted by an emergency or disaster. Assess needs and connect clients to resources within community. Provide preparedness education programming to the community to help individuals prepare for emergencies and other disasters.
Perform a variety of tasks supporting test collection sites, education and contact tracing during a public health emergency. Provide client registration and education to clients who come to a COVID-19 or other communicable disease specimen collection site. Provide outreach and cluster management for COVID-19 or other communicable diseases. Provide active contact trace investigation and surveillance for COVID-19 or other communicable diseases. Provide support activities for isolation and quarantine facilities.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
Salary : $36,180 - $59,430
