ADMINISTRATOR I

The Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM) is looking for a diligent, detail-oriented individual who is excited about making Maryland a safer place to live and work.

MDEM’s mission is to proactively reduce disaster risks and reliably manage consequences through collaborative work with Maryland’s communities and partners. MDEM is the Department of State government with primary responsibility and authority for emergency preparedness policy, and for coordinating hazard mitigation, incident response, and disaster recovery. MDEM is a national leader in Emergency Management that provides Maryland residents, organizations, and emergency management partners with expert information, programmatic activities, and leadership in the delivery of financial, technical, and physical resources “to shape a resilient Maryland where communities thrive.” We do this by being Maryland's designated source of official risk reduction and consequence management information.

NOTE: This position operates within an on-call rotating schedule according to assignment within the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) to attend to emergencies on a statewide 24/7 basis. This may involve working 12-hour shifts and extended periods of time in support of 24-hour consequence management activities.

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7229 Parkway Dr Hanover, MD 21076
7450 Traffic Dr, Hanover, MD 21076 (COOP Site)
1 E Rolling Crossroads, Catonsville, MD 21228, USA (COOP Site)

The National Capital Region (NCR) Grant Administrator supports the execution of daily activities necessary to administer the NCR Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant program. This encompasses all pre-and-post-award processes as well as all relevant initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/controlling, and closing activities across the full-lifecycle of the NCR UASI awards. Specifically, this includes, but is not limited to: interfacing with MDEM employees to resolve and adjudicate a variety of grant-administration-specific issues; communicating with the District of Columbia (DC) Homeland Security & Emergency Management Agency (DC HSEMA) to ensure compliance with grant regulations, closely collaborating with and supporting the NCR Program Support Officer (PSO) to support baseline monitoring and submit programmatic and financial reports, preparing and submitting documentation in state financial/grant and federal financial/grant systems; utilizing Google Suite products to monitor and validate grant expenditures and revenues; answering a variety of internal/external grant-specific RFIs; developing standardized and ad hoc reports; achieving and maintaining a mastery-level understanding of federal and state statutes, regulations, guidance documents, and other grant documentation as it relates to NCR UASI; providing support during monitoring visits; supporting the development and delivery of administratively-oriented trainings; collaborating with the MDEM EHP Specialist; and attending events that support the longevity and efficacy of NCR UASI in Maryland. The NCR Grant Administrator supports the Special Grants Supervisor as it relates to NCR grant administration. This program is valued at $1.8 million, annually.

Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.

Experience: Four years of administrative staff or professional work.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute 30 college credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.

2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university for the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university for the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policy, procedures and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher ranking commissioned officer on a year-for- year basis for the required experience.

Experience of at least One (1) year in budgeting and/or accounting.

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be placed on the eligible (employment) list for at least one year.

The assessment may consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience related to the requirements of the position. It is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application. Please report all experience and education that is related to this position.

Online applications are highly recommended. However, if you are unable to apply online, the paper application and supplemental questionnaire may be submitted to: Department of Emergency Management, 5401 Rue Saint Lo Drive, Reisterstown, MD 21136. Paper application materials must be received in our office by the closing date for the recruitment. No postmarks will be accepted.

For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact the DBM Recruitment and Examination Division at Application.Help@maryland.gov or 443-381-4436, MD TTY Relay Service 1-800-735-2258.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.

People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.