Transportation Program Manager  

JOB DESCRIPTION

The New York City Office of Emergency Management is seeking an exceptional candidate to develop transportation and evacuation components of emergency plans. The Program Manager will have broad responsibility to coordinate with and provide technical advice to City agencies regarding their emergency planning efforts for transportation emergencies. This includes identifying methods for protecting the public against hazards and for formulating a citywide emergency response to those hazards (policy creation, recommendation, and implementation), working with City agencies to identify roles and responsibilities and resolving gaps and overlaps.  The selected candidate will maintain critical working relationships with agency partners, including DOT, MTA, NYPD, EDC, NYSDOT, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and TRANSCOM.

The Transportation Program Manager is responsible for planning in the following areas:

• Evacuation for coastal storms and no-notice events including maritime, roadways, and mass transit
• Transportation disruption planning
• Post-Event Recovery and Restoration of Transportation Infrastructure

The selected candidate will be required to staff the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during emergency activations and to work during non-business hours during emergencies. The candidate will also participate in drills and exercises and fulfill other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above.

OTHER INFORMATION:  While we appreciate every applicant’s interest, only those under consideration will be contacted.  No telephone inquiries please.

Note: New York City residency is required within 90 days of appointment.  Recent amendments to theadministrative code may affect this requirement.

For more information about DOT, visit us at:   www.nyc.gov/dot
Appointments are subject to OMB approval.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE

• Experience with evacuation and transportation planning, transportation engineering, and/or traffic modeling desired.

• Demonstrated ability to interface with agency partners and manage projects, including setting project timelines, monitoring output, and producing final deliverables sought.

• Superior written and oral communications skills preferred.

• Experience writing detailed emergency plans desired.

• Experience managing multiple projects in a high pressure work environment helpful.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex projects within specified deadlines wanted.
  

Interested applicants should send resume and cover letter to:

Director of Personnel
NYC Office of Emergency Management
165 Cadman Plaza East
Brooklyn, NY 11201

or e-mail in MS Word or RTF format to: jobs@oem.nyc.gov.

Please indicate the position to which you are applying.

NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.