Emergency Management Specialist

The UW-Madison Police Department is hiring for full time Emergency Management Specialists. This position plays a key role in planning for, responding to, and preventing emergencies. This role works as part of a team responsible for crisis management, infrastructure security, and related critical functions. Under the general supervision of the Emergency Management Manager, this position facilitates and manages the development of response plans for crisis, emergency response, continuity of operations, continuity of government, evacuation, logistics, disease outbreak, large population events and other emergency response plans for UW-Madison.

This position provides assistance in plan development for UW System which consists of 26 campuses with over 200,000 students, faculty and staff. This position may require travel to UW System Colleges. Key Job Responsibilities: - Provides technical assistance with the development of compliance, investigative, and inspection procedures - Operates emergency control database(s) and adjacent resources - Creates emergency plans in response to natural disasters, terrorist acts, crowd violence, and emergencies of significant scope - Identifies, organizes, and evaluates emergency management education and drills - Schedules logistics and secures resources for crisis management activities - Serves as a point of contact for emergency management and emergency operations center activations, has delegated authority to make decisions on behalf of emergency management including commitment of resources required to address emergency situations