Title: VEST Specialist for Planning #00601

State Role Title: Emergency Coordinator II, 69152

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience and qualifications ($55,000-$58,000)

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept of Emergency Management

Location: VDEM EOC

Agency Website: www.vaemergency.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is currently seeking a qualified candidate to become our VEST Specialist for Planning! Assists the Operational Coordination Division Director and VEST Coordinator for Planning in the development and coordination of the Virginia Emergency Support Team (VEST) Liaison Officers from Executive Branch State Agencies and the readiness of the Virginia Emergency Operations Center. Serves in the VEST Plans Section for one of the three VEST rotations. Supports Bureau goals through project management, program implementation, process management and planning.

Minimum Qualifications

- Considerable general leadership skills.
- Proven ability to develop and motivate a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to work with internal clients as well as federal, state, and local partners.
- Strong presentation skills, demonstrated ability to conduct and deliver training.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Considerable project management skills.
- Ability to plan, follow up, set goals and objectives, and analyze and evaluate data in order to make program modifications.
- Considerable knowledge of state, federal, and local emergency operations systems as well as emergency response and recovery principles and concepts.
- Working knowledge of budget processes and procedures.
- Ability to prioritize and make decisions reflecting the mission of VDEM and the VEST.
- Strong organizational ability.
- Considerable knowledge of agency communications systems
- Expert computer skills, proficient in WebEOC and the ability to utilize information systems.

Additional Considerations

- Prefer current emergency management certification (IAEM or VEMA)
- Completion of the Emergency Management Basic Academy.
- Work experience in emergency management.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Applications will only be accepted on-line through the State Job website. Applications must include all work history and references. The decision to interview an applicant is solely based on the information provided in the application materials. Therefore, it is essential to provide enough information to make this assessment.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a fingerprint-based criminal history background check, Division of Motor Vehicle check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. The selected candidate must complete a State of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment, if applicable (Va. Code 2.2-3114). Other financial, credit, driving, or degree verification checks prior to employment may be required for certain positions. A one-year probationary period is required of all newly hired and re-hired Commonwealth of Virginia employees.

The salary for this position is negotiable up to the maximum hiring range listed in this posting. Offers will not be made outside of the hiring range. This is a restricted position due to the funding source.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply.

VDEM does not provide sponsorship to prospective or current employees. Applicants applying for a position with our agency must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment.

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Phone: (804) 366-7942

Email: Recruitment@vdem.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.