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Full-time

King County , Shoreline, WA Western Australia United States

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Are you a task-oriented person looking for a fulfilling position? Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) is seeking a Emergency Management Program Specialist 3 to join the team at Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center. Located in Shoreline Washington, it is surrounded by 88 acres of quiet natural beauty, yet easily accessible by car or public transportation. We welcome you to join our community of hard-working professionals and offer competitive benefits, on the job training, meaningful work, and long-term career opportunities. This is a highly rewarding opportunity in which you will have a direct impact on the people around you, and they will be grateful for the support that you provide to them! Join us in our mission to Transform Lives!

Some of what you will do
As the Emergency Management Coordinator for the campus, you will provide critical leadership and development and delivery of emergency management plans. You will be responsible for the planning and implementation of emergency exercises, including fire drills, incident evacuation, and lockdown procedures. In addition, you will provide disaster and emergency preparedness training to the Fircrest RHC residents and staff.

In this role, you will be primarily responsible for ensuring the state and facility safety standards are met for our residents, visitors, and staff. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Planning, organizing, and directing campus emergency management programs
• Developing and maintaining cooperative relationships with other governmental entities and outside safety agencies
• Planning, coordinating, and reviewing campus emergency response plans
• Developing safety policies, regulations, systems, and procedures to provide a safe and healthy environment for staff, residents, and visitors
• Developing safety programs such as, fire/life safety, violence prevention, hazard vulnerability analysis, ergonomics assessments, driving safety, job hazard analyses, etc.
• Advising the employee Safety Committee
• Maintaining a database of injury claims in compliance with L&I regulations

• Experience interpreting NFPA 101 Life Safety Codes for Board and Care and Nursing Homes
• Ability to implement principles and practices of employee and public safety and health administration
• Ability to utilize specialized communication devices such as satellite radios and two way radios
• Ability to interpret safety rules and policies
• Ability to establish and maintain a safe and healthful working environments
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with officials, employees, and the public
• Ability to analyze and resolve a variety of safety and health problems
• Able to communicate interrelated and sometimes complex policies, procedures, and regulations so that employees will understand expectations
• Ability to compose professionally cogent, and grammatically correct, correspondence
• Ability to effectively utilize computer programs such as Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook
• Ability to learn specialized database systems such as Riskmaster
• Ability to identify serious issues which need to be reported to your chain of command
• Ability to work within a diverse team environment

Two years of experience as an Emergency Management Program Specialist 2
OR
A Bachelor's degree and four years of professional level experience in emergency management, homeland security, disaster mitigation planning, emergency communications systems, financial management (grant management, contracting, claims management, budgeting), training/education, public information/affairs, program/project management, scientific environmental analysis, civil/structural engineering, legislative affairs, and/or urban planning.

Additional qualifying experience will substitute, year for year, for the education requirement.

A Master's or PhD degree will substitute for one year of the experience requirement.

Note: Qualifying Program/Project management is defined as: directing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating a project or program having a specific goal to be achieved within a specific time frame.

Our Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) mission to Transform Lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agencys mission that you bring an equity, anti-racism, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to create greater access and affirming representation of the communities we serve, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.

Questions about this opportunity? Please contact Grant Grady grant.grady@dshs.wa.gov and reference project number 01474.Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any area of employment, its programs or services on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, religion or beliefs, political affiliation, military status, honorably discharged veteran, Vietnam Era, recently separated or other protected veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, equal pay or genetic information. Persons requiring accommodation in the application process or this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the Recruiter at (360) 725-5810. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call through Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.



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