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Description of Job
The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) is hiring a Director of Emergency Management to join our System Office. This is a great opportunity to bring your experience with emergency preparedness to an organization composed of over 35 campuses with different needs. We are looking for someone with real-world experience in emergency management who can lead teams across CCCS during high-stress situations. We provide generous leave, excellent benefits, and flexible work schedules, including hybrid-remote work within the state of Colorado.
Note: Travel throughout the state, including to our rural colleges, is required for this position.
In this role you will provide overall emergency management leadership to the 13 colleges (including campus police departments) and the System Office by ensuring awareness and compliance with applicable laws, policies, and procedures through effective training and development.
Duties Include:
- Establish and maintain productive communications and information flow between the System and CCCS campuses and among groups, committees, and teams systemwide on matters impacting emergency management.
- Carry forward ongoing emergency management initiatives suitable to the diverse needs of the System’s 13 colleges and the System Office to manage and mitigate risks associated with natural and man-made emergency situations faced systemwide.
- Act as a resource providing expertise to groups, committees, teams, campuses, and System leaders on matters impacting emergency management.
- Provide regular and ongoing on-the-ground support in developing and maintaining campus emergency management programs to colleges as necessary, with a focus on rural colleges.
- Serve as a liaison between CCCS and external agencies, assuring integration of the System and its campuses into nationwide and regional higher education emergency management and resiliency networks and federal, state, regional, and local emergency management initiatives.
- Investigate, evaluate, learn, recommend, and apply emerging technologies to enhance emergency management.
- Develop and/or coordinate training for students and staff and act as a subject matter resource for the System Office and CCCS campuses on a variety of topics including (but not limited to) man-made and natural disasters and emergency preparedness, violence prevention, and campus recovery.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. A combination of education and/or experience in addition to that below may substitute for the degree.
- Three years of increasingly responsible experience in emergency management in law enforcement, school safety, homeland security, military, or related fields.
- Must have foundational FEMA Incident Command System (ICS) or National Incident Management System (NIMS) certifications.
- Must be willing and able to travel to locations across the State, sometimes with limited notice, including to locations where public transportation may not be available
Supplemental Information
Attributes that will contribute to success in this position, some of which may be learned on the job:
- Knowledgeable in the theory, principles, practices, trends, and techniques in the field of emergency management.
- Knowledge of emergency evacuation procedures and common fire, environmental, weather, and safety hazards.
- Knowledgeable in the principles of budget administration.
- Knowledgeable in the principles and procedures of data collection and analysis, record keeping, and report writing.
- Knowledgeable in the principles of leadership, ethics, and organizational development.
- Practiced in planning, developing, and administering a sound emergency preparedness program and implementing preparedness audits.
- Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
- Practiced in executing active shooter protocols.
- Ability to work in a team environment with multiple constituencies and stakeholders throughout CCCS colleges and external governmental entities.
- Be responsive to System emergency situations whenever and wherever they may arise.
- Maximize collaboration through effective use of interpersonal skills including tact, patience, and courtesy.
- Effectively communicate orally and in writing; including writing complex proposals, reports, and informational communications.
- Prepare and deliver persuasive and instructive presentations.
- Ability to organize, prioritize, and problem solve.
Work Location/Travel Expectations:
- This position is located at 9101 E. Lowry Blvd, Denver, CO 80230.
- The position is expected to travel to all community college campuses (over thirty-five) and within the State of Colorado as is necessary for work and training. Travel outside of Colorado is minimal.
- Alternative work arrangements, including flexible schedules and hybrid-remote work may be available. All work must be completed in the state of Colorado.
The Colorado Community College System is the state’s largest provider of higher education and workforce training, consisting of 13 colleges and over 35 locations across the state, educating approximately 120,000 students annually. In addition, we train more than 4,000 Coloradans each year through customized employer training programs. Our mission is to provide accessible, responsive learning environments where students can achieve their educational, professional and personal goals in an atmosphere that embraces academic excellence, diversity and innovation. We are an organization that encourages individuals to bring their whole selves to work.
CCCS believes when all human qualities are regarded with dignity and respect and when everyone has access to the individualized support they need, all will have the opportunity to thrive. In all aspects of the employment process, decisions are made based on merit, competence, performance and business need without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.
Note: per the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, an applicant may redact information from their resume, cover letter, and/or transcripts that identifies their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. If your position requires us to review an official transcript, without redacting, we will request one as part of our conditional offer process. In order to evaluate work experience against established requirements for positions, we are still requesting dates of service (month and year) for positions in the applicant’s work history.
