Public Warning Specialist

Reporting to the Director of Public Warning, the candidate will prepare and disseminate notifications, alerts, and messages for Notify NYC, the City of New York’s official source for information about emergency events and important City services;

• Provide ongoing system monitoring;
• Ensure that public safety communications are properly processed;
• Ensure that data is correctly formatted;
• Perform quality assurance assessments of data;
• Perform testing and maintenance of notification systems;
• Prepare operational reports and analysis;
• Monitor multiple sources of information related to data telecommunications;
• Communicate with various agencies and organizations in order to confirm the scope and impact of data relating to incidents;
• Support the collection and analysis of data utilizing multiple sources of information, including GIS, in order to develop reporting systems;
• Participate in telecommunications testing;
• Coordinate special projects as assigned;
• Assist with Ready New York presentations to external groups.

1. A master’s degree from an accredited college in emergency management, public administration, urban planning, engineering, economics, political science, the physical sciences or related field and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: emergency management, fire, police, or military service, public safety, public health, public administration, urban planning, engineering, or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made; or
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas listed in “1” above; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a state’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and six years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas listed in “1” above, at least two years of which must have been in one of those areas, or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made.

Preferred Skills

• Bilingual writer/speaker
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and Power Point
• Report writing skills