Emergency Services Coordinator - Companion Position

The Emergency Management Department (EMD) has an opportunity for an Emergency Services Coordinator to support the Hospital Preparedness Program in Riverside.

The incumbent will be responsible for responding to any field incident, regional emergency, disaster, or catastrophic event, providing critical and decisive emergency management direction to EMD staff, allied agencies, departments, and partners, serving as an EMD duty officer; and performing other related duties as required.

Seeking candidates with planning, managing, and monitoring Federal Grants experience and Healthcare environment experience.

Competitive candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree with a major in disaster management or emergency management.

The incumbent will be required to work extended periods, nights, weekends, holidays, and be available to work overtime as needed.

The incumbent will be required to participate in on-call rotation and travel throughout Riverside County.

Meet the Team!
The Riverside County Emergency Management Department (EMD ) is a public safety department that includes Emergency Planning Division (EPD) the Riverside County Emergency Medical Services Agency (REMSA) and the Emergency Services Division (ESD).

EMD coordinates emergency management and emergency medical services in order to mitigate, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters.

Who May Apply

This recruitment is open to all applicants.

This position is currently a full-time companion position with benefits.

It is expected that this position will become a full-time regular position in the near future.

This companion position has been opened to allow proper training time before the current Emergency Services Coordinator vacates the position.

For more information regarding companion positions, please contact t he recruiter.

• Plan, develop, and coordinate response to multi-hazard emergency or disaster conditions involving earthquakes, major fire/wildfires, hazardous materials, nuclear incidents, imminent/actual flooding, imminent/actual dam failures, and transportation networks.

• Develop, implement, and maintain program elements for multiple County emergency management plans in accordance with the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS); review and evaluate local, state, and federal laws and regulations as they relate to disaster and emergency response program elements.

• Research, analyze, develop, and coordinate emergency preparedness procedures, response and recover plans and resources for all County unincorporated areas, individual cities on a contract basis or assigned division of responsibility; confer with various public, private and nonprofit agencies and officials to identify human and material resource needs and to formulate plans for resource mobilization during an emergency, including considerations for special accommodations (e.g., English language proficiency, individual...