NY HELPYes

AgencyTransportation, Department of

TitleDisaster Preparedness Program Rep 1 (NY HELPS)

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary Grade14

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $52198 to $66634 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 5%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 7:30 AM

To 3:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 50 Wolf Road

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12232

Duties Description Duties Description:

• Conduct regular correspondence between the Main Office and regional emergency management personnel to ensure consistent statewide preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts are developed and upheld.

• Perform administrative tasks to ensure documentation, contact lists, and data are up to date in all locations.

• Attend intra-agency meetings, committees, and exercises to support the Department’s emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts.

• Attend inter-agency meetings and exercises to build relationships with outside partner agencies and to strengthen the Department’s preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts across the State.

• Assist in the facilitation of intra-agency specific training courses to support the Department’s emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts.

• Assist in the facilitation of tabletop exercises, drills, and workshops focusing on various aspects of the Department’s emergency prepared, response, recovery, and mitigation efforts.

• Assist in conducting necessary emergency event preparation activities

• Maintain and update necessary Department required plans (I.E., Continuity of Operations Plan, Emergency Management Operations Protocol, Playbook, etc.).

• Maintain and update various emergency management related manuals and resources. This includes activation resources and materials, software/application user guides, ICS job aids, standard operating procedures, etc.

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).*
To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55 b/c, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The qualifications are:

Either 1. four years of emergency management experience as listed below;*

Or 2. a specialized associate's degree as listed below** AND two years of emergency management experience as listed below;*

Or 3. a specialized bachelor's degree or higher as listed below;**

*Qualifying experience: For the purposes of this examination qualifying Emergency management experience must include one or more of the following areas:

1. Coordination and implementation of emergency management and disaster preparedness programs.

2. Preparation or modification of disaster plans.

3. Preparation, modification, presentation of disaster educational training and/or exercises.

4. Gather and analyze information to produce briefings or reports or to make timely and effective incident response decisions.

5. Represent an agency or organization in an Emergency Operations Center or leadership position on the Incident Command System.

6. Manage or supervise logistics operations during a major emergency or disaster by overseeing the distribution or staging of equipment and supplies.

**Specialized Degree Areas: Atmospheric Science, Business Continuity, Business Organizational Security Management, Criminal Intelligence Analysis, Criminal Investigations, Criminal Justice, Crisis, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Disaster or Emergency Management, Disaster Resilience, Disaster Science, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency or Public Safety Services, Emergency and/or Risk Management, Fire and Emergency Services, Geography, Homeland Security, Informatics, Meteorology, National Security, Political Science, Public Administration, Security Studies, System Safety and Security, or Urban or Regional Planning.
Candidates may also be qualified for permanent competitive appointment if reachable from the appropriate Civil Service eligible list or eligible for reassignment or transfer in accordance with Civil Service Law.

Additional Comments *For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply.
At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. You can write to the Examination Information Desk of the NYS Department of Civil Service for a list of acceptable companies who provide this service. This information can also be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee. If you are applying on the Internet, you must mail the independent verification of equivalency to the New York State Department of Civil Service, Albany, New York 12239. Attention: S2CAV.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name NYS DOT Office of Traffic and Mobility

Telephone

Fax

Email Address dot.sm.mo.operations.personnel@dot.ny.gov

Address

Street 50 Wolf Road

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12232

Notes on ApplyingQualified candidates should submit a letter of interest and a current resume, titled by last name, with the Notice Number MO-25-077 and last name in the subject line and referenced in the letter of interest no later than March 10th, 2025 to:
New York State Department of Transportation
Office of Traffic Safety & Mobility
50 Wolf Road, POD 5-3
Albany, NY 12232

dot.sm.mo.operations.personnel@dot.ny.gov