Job Description

Public Safety Project Management Job

Performs moderately complex public safety project management work. Work involves coordinating homeland security exercise planning, conduct, and evaluation tasks. Communicates with DPS divisions and stakeholder partners statewide in support of the DPS homeland security exercise program. Works under general supervision, with limited latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. The following Military Occupational Specialty codes are generally applicable to this position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Schedule and lead exercise planning meetings with local jurisdictions, state agency partners, and DPS divisions as needed depending on the location and type of exercise.
2. Develop exercise planning and conduct materials such as meeting agendas, PowerPoint presentations, meeting summaries, exercise schedules, handbooks, evaluation guides, feedback forms, and other materials, and produce after-action reports detailing observations and recommendations collected during the exercise.
3. Coordinate with state and local exercise planning teams to ensure exercise objectives and scenarios meet the needs of all exercise stakeholders.
4. Lead homeland security exercise conduct for DPS and assist DPS divisions as needed during exercise scenarios.
5. Promote DPS homeland security exercise capabilities statewide to ensure that state and local partners understand the exercise-related resources and assistance that the Department can offer.
6. Attend work regularly and observe approved work hours in accordance with agency leave and attendance policies.
7. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

General Qualifications and Requirements:

• Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelors degree in Homeland Security, Political Science, or a related field is required.
• Experience: Minimum of two years experience in homeland security-related analysis and planning, emergency planning and preparedness, and/or a related field is required. Must have the ability to demonstrate strong writing skills.
• Knowledge: Working knowledge of, or the ability to rapidly assimilate information related to TXDPS, State and Federal regulations, legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Technology: Proficiency with Microsoft Office and appropriate levels of proficiency with utilized software and systems (e.g. CAPPS, SharePoint) and be able to learn new software/systems.
• Interpersonal Skills: Must demonstrate an ability to exercise poise, tact, diplomacy and an ability to establish and maintain positive, working/professional relationships with internal/external customers.
• Organizational and Prioritization Skills: Must be organized, flexible, and able to effectively prioritize in a multi-demand and constantly changing environment; able to meet multiple and sometimes conflicting deadlines without sacrificing accuracy, timeliness or professionalism.
• Presentation/Communication Skills: Must be able to construct and deliver clear, concise, and professional presentations and/or communications to a variety of audiences and/or individuals.
• Research and Comprehension: Must demonstrate ability to quickly and efficiently access relevant information and be able to utilize and/or present research and conclusions in a clear and concise manner.
• Analytical Reasoning/Attention to Detail: Must demonstrate an ability to examine data/information, discern variations/similarities, and be able identify trends, relationships and causal factors, as well as grasp issues, draw accurate conclusions, and solve problems.
• Confidentiality and Protected Information: Must demonstrate an ability to responsibly handle sensitive and confidential information and situations and adhere to applicable laws/statutes/policies related to access, maintenance and dissemination of information.
• Safety: Must be able to work in safe manner at all times, avoiding shortcuts that have potential adverse results/risks, and must be able to comply with safety standards and best practices.
• Schedule and Travel: Availability for after-hours and weekend work may be required. Travel statewide and occasional travel out-of-state may be required.

Physical and/or Environmental Demands:

• Environment: Office/Indoors and/or Outdoors and/or Vehicle;
• Ambulatory skills, e.g. stand, walk, sit;
• Hand-eye coordination and arm/hand/finger dexterity;
• Ability to speak, hear, and exercise visual acuity;
• Ability to transfer weights of up to forty (40) pounds anticipated for this position;
• Driving requirements: Occasional (up to 10%).

Testing is required for candidates to be considered to go before the oral interview board and will be notified via email provided on the application. Candidates must qualify on DPS issued testing.

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