STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PROTECTION PLANNER
Class Code: 4043-22
Date Established: 08-21-92
Occupational
Code: 7-5-3
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To develop,
monitor, and coordinate procedures for statewide emergency management
protection plans.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Analyzes and
interprets emergency management plans and procedures and devises plan revision
or implementation.
·
Assists in developing
and deploying protection tests, drills and exercises to provide hands-on
emergency management skills training in the event of a natural or man-made
emergency.
·
Provides planning,
guidance, and assistance to local officials, state officials, and operators of
special facilities in order to develop protection plans and procedures.
·
Develops feasible
emergency information materials for risk areas and host areas.
·
Develops in-place
fallout shelter allocation for use in the event that crisis relocation is not
implemented.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill
in developing formats and procedures for special applications OR in
investigating and reviewing the use of equipment and data for a specialized
function.
Knowledge: Requires
logical or scientific understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or
professional nature in a particular field.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for achieving direct service objectives by assessing agency
service needs and making preliminary recommendations for the development of
alternative short-term program policies or procedures. Errors at this level result in
incomplete assessments or misleading recommendations causing a disruption of
agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires
direct supervision of other employees doing work which is related or similar to
the supervisor, including scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work
for accuracy, performance appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position
vacancies.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in a controlled environment with minimal exposure to disagreeable job
elements and little risk of hazard to physical or mental health.
Physical
Demands: Requires light work, including
continuous walking or operating simple equipment for extended periods of time
as well as occasional strenuous activities such as reaching or bending.
Communication: Requires
reviewing summaries and reports and making management level decisions to solve
problems or to achieve work objectives as well as articulating and expressing
those solutions and goals. This
level also requires formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees
and the general public to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the
demands of its client system.
Complexity: Requires
coordinating a combination of diverse job functions in order to integrate
professional and technical agency goals.
This level also requires considerable judgment to implement a sequence
of operations or actions.
Independent
Action: Requires objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's
degree from a recognized college or university with major study in urban or
transportation planning, civil engineering, business administration or public
administration. Each additional
year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required
work experience.
Experience: Four years'
paraprofessional or professional experience developing, coordinating and
implementing comprehensive plans, programs and recommendations in a federal,
state or private agency, including fact-finding, or analysis and interpretation
of basic information and trends in order to develop in-depth planning
reports. Each additional year of
approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal
education.
License/Certification: Valid New
Hampshire driver's license.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS:
For appointment consideration, Emergency Management
Protection Planner applicants must successfully participate in a structured
interview measuring possession of knowledge, skills and abilities identified as
necessary for satisfactory job performance by this class specification. The structured interview is developed
and administered, according to Division of Personnel guidelines, by
representatives of the state agency in which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of budgeting, finance and
grants administration. Knowledge of New Hampshire municipal government
structure and operations.
Demonstrated capabilities in basic emergency planning, topographic map
reading and site review. Knowledge
of the basic principles and practices of urban or community planning. Knowledge of methods and techniques
used in fact-finding, analysis and interpretation of statistical
information. Ability to develop
projections from existing data.
Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to follow oral and written instructions. Ability to establish and maintain
effective working relationship with federal, state and local officials. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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