Job Description
The City of Warrenville is accepting applications for the position of Emergency Management Coordinator. This position coordinates disaster-planning efforts between all City departments, other municipalities, and governmental Districts, Railroads, DuPage County Office of Emergency Management, IEMA, FEMA, and the Business Community.
Salary: $27.35/Hour; 19 hours per week.
Some of the Essential Job Functions of an employee of this class are:
- Must be present during City wide sponsored events. Serves as the primary resource responsible for directing emergency preparedness activities, ensuring procedures and policies are current, and making evacuation decisions during an emergency or inclement weather.
- Keep informed of activities or changes that could affect the likelihood of an emergency, as well as those that could affect response efforts and details of plan implementation.
- Maintain and update the city's Emergency Operations Plan and citywide disaster drills.
- Prepare emergency situation status reports that describe response and recovery efforts, needs, and preliminary damage assessments.
- Coordinate disaster response or crisis management activities, such as ordering evacuations, opening public shelters, and implementing special needs plans and programs
- Conduct natural, human-caused, and technological hazards assessments including the development of hazard mitigation plans, Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRA), hazard vulnerability assessments, or other emergency management planning processes
The job description contains additional information about this position and is available to view in the Attached Files link of the job posting.
Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree in emergency and disaster management, public administration, or another closely related field is preferred, and
- 3-5 years of experience in a related field, or • an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Certified in Incident Command Systems (ICS) 100, 200, 300, 400, 700 and 800.
- Must also possess a valid Class D Illinois driver’s license.
Complete the employment application and submit a Cover Letter and Resume through the online portal under the Jobs section of our website: https://www.warrenville.il.us/jobs.aspx
The City of Warrenville, located approximately 30 miles west of the City of Chicago, is recognized as a small, hometown refuge nestled in the center of the dynamic and nationally recognized research and development corridor that runs through DuPage County, Illinois.
It's a town where everyone is welcome and can enjoy a safe, clean, aesthetic way of life. Businesses benefit from a community that is open for business. Warrenville's location at the Winfield Road interchange on I-88 connects to a network of County roads, which provide easy access to both homes and businesses.
Warrenville's population of 13,415 allows the City to maintain that small-town feel and still have the advantage of drawing upon a diversified tax base to ease the financial burden off of residential property owners.
Warrenville's citizens are filled with a community spirit that breaks forth whenever there's a holiday or special event to celebrate or when the community has a need for volunteers.
The median age of Warrenville residents is 37 years old with a median home value of $204,500.
Warrenville is 5.5 square miles, with 42% residential land, 13% commercial land, 1% industrial land, 2% agricultural land, 4% institutional land, 19% transportation/other, 13% open space, and 6% undeveloped area.