Department of Civil Service

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Positions

This title exists within Various New York State Agencies and has approximately 14 positions statewide.

*The number of positions is approximate and represents the number of positions established (both filled and vacant); it is not an indication or reference to position type or duration, or intent to be filled.

Career Ladder

A listing of titles that are most commonly used as steps for upward mobility for this title series.

Salary Information for Disaster Preparedness Program Rep 1

Title	Grade	Hiring Rate/yr	Job Rate/yr
Disaster Preparedness Program Rep 1	14	$53,764	$68,630
Disaster Preparedness Program Rep 2	18	$66,951	$85,138
Disaster Preparedness Program Rep 3	23	$86,681	$109,650
Disaster Preparedness Program Rep 4	25	$96,336	$121,413

All salary grades for trainees titles are Non-Statutory (NS) equated to the salary grade identified. These grade equations apply to the starting salaries in their respective salary schedule for the traineeship levels.

This title may exist in more than one negotiating unit. This salary schedule represents the most typical salary for this title. Click here to view additional salary information regarding the various bargaining units.

An individual's final salary is determined by the Office of the State Comptroller. This salary schedule does not reflect any Special Salary Treatments

Job Duties

As a Disaster Preparedness Program Representative 4, under the general direction of executive level staff, you would manage, direct, and recommend policy for one or more homeland security disaster preparedness planning, training, response, recovery, and reimbursement programs. You would supervise subordinate staff.

View the classification standard for this title which illustrates the nature, extent and scope of duties and responsibilities of the classes they describe.

Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

There are two examinations for this position. Please note: New York State employees may qualify for both.

For employees of New York State, on or before the date of the exam, you must be a qualified employee of New York State and have had three months of permanent competitive, non-competitive, non-competitive NY HELPS*, or 55-b/55-c service as shown below.

Either A. a Disaster Preparedness Program Representative 3;

Or B. an Agency Emergency Management Coordinator, Agency Emergency Management Supervisor, DHSES Logistics Supervisor, DHSES Logistics Manager, DHSES Program Administrator 2, DHSES Program Administrator 3, Homeland Security Program Analyst 2, or Homeland Security Program Analyst 3.

If you have received a permanent appointment to a qualifying title listed and served provisionally** in that title immediately preceding your permanent appointment, such provisional service may be counted towards meeting the time in title required for this examination.

Only the title or titles listed are qualifying.

For all other qualified individuals, on or before the date of the exam, you must have:

Either 1. eight years of emergency management experience as listed below**, one year of which must have been at a supervisory*** level;

Or 2. a specialized associate's degree as listed below;* AND six years of emergency management experience as listed below**, one year of which must have been at a supervisory*** level;

Or 3. a specialized bachelor's degree as listed below;* AND four years of emergency management experience as listed below**, one year of which must have been at a supervisory*** level;

Or 4. a specialized master's degree as listed below;* AND three years of emergency management experience as listed below**, one year of which must have been at a supervisory*** level.

*Specialized Degree Areas: Atmospheric Science, Business Administration, Business Continuity, Business Organizational Security Management, Communications, Criminal Intelligence Analysis, Criminal Investigations, Criminal Justice, Crisis, Critical Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Data Science, Digital Forensics, Disaster or Emergency Management, Disaster Resilience, Disaster Science, Emergency Communications, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency or Public Safety Services, Emergency and/or Risk Management, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Fire and Emergency Services, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Homeland Security, Informatics, International Relations, Meteorology, National Security, Political Science, Public Administration, Public Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Public Policy, Security Studies, Sustainability Studies, System Safety and Security, or Urban or Regional Planning.

**Qualifying experience: For the purposes of this examination, qualifying emergency management experience must include one or more of the following areas:

Coordination and implementation of emergency management and disaster preparedness programs.
Preparation or modification of disaster plans.
Preparation, modification, presentation of disaster educational training and/or exercises.
Gather and analyze information to produce briefings or reports or to make timely and effective incident response decisions.
Represent an agency or organization in an Emergency Operations Center or leadership position on the Incident Command System.
Manage or supervise logistics operations during a major emergency or disaster by overseeing the distribution or staging of equipment and supplies.
***For purposes of this examination, supervisory work experience is defined as duties focused on the supervision of subordinate staff. Such duties might include assigning and reviewing work, evaluating performance, and/or motivating subordinates.

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

21-003020 31-176020

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. Job postings on StateJobsNY will contain the most up-to-date qualifications.

How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for email notification so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Mobility Options

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the career ladder. Additional movement may be achieved through transfer or other examinations.

For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322.

You can also visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists.