Emergency Management Specialist

As an Emergency Management Specialist, you will:

• Handle, triage, and manage call volumes that are received by the CDC EOC in response to the daily mission requirements.
• Assist with monitoring electronic media including official email traffic and responds to daily and event specific Critical Information Requirements (CIRs) and notifies supervisory leadership when CIRs are triggered.
• Assist with clearance level and communication channel requirements for public health incidents of concern, including biological, chemical, and radiological/nuclear emergencies and natural disasters, may emerge and pose an imminent threat to locations or specific populations at any time.
• Assist higher graded staff in the development of effective plans, procedures, protocols, and templates which permit CDC and its programs to respond to emergencies in a coordinated and proactive manner.
• Maintain individual readiness to perform in an emergency response environment that requires on-call duty, weekend work may involve extensive overtime for extended periods of time during responses to public health events.