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Emergency Management

The Emergency Management Manager provides strategic oversight to the University's emergency management efforts, focusing on mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

• Responsible for the oversight and direction of the Office of Emergency Management; set goals and priorities for the unit
• Provide leadership and direction to the University regarding emergency management issues
• Oversee and direct the operations of the University Police and Public Safety Operations Center
• Function as part of the University Police and Public Safety leadership team
• Research and purchase safety equipment for the Operations Center; keep up to date on technologies in the field, changing methods, and laws and regulations for doing business in a Public Safety Access Point
• Oversee emergency management policy and procedure compliance
• Represent emergency management interests of the University to our partners at the local, county, state and federal level
• Provide emergency management services to the twenty-two Commonwealth Campuses
• Develop, maintain, and monitor budgets
• Provides oversight to the University Police and Public Safety Operations Center
• Advise on policies, procedures, and current events to University leadership and management

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 14
• Minimum – $97,100.00
• MidPoint – $121,400.00
• Maximum – $145,700.00