Ohio Department of Public Safety - Ohio Homeland Security

Report to Location: 1970 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43223

Under administrative direction of supervisor of the Program Administrator 2 in the Ohio School Safety Center, act as project leader & subject matter expert (SME) to assist in the planning, coordinating, monitoring & assessment of school emergency management plans & tests; Aid in &/or conduct school security & vulnerability assessments; Conduct outreach & assessments, review security plans & prepared documents for assigned State/Public/Private facilities &/or properties to include emergency operation plans; Inform supervisor & Ohio School Safety Center Administrator of  real &/or potential infrastructure security issues that could adversely affect Ohio schools & higher education institutions (Public & Private), properties & citizens; Assist in the development of best practice guides & marketing for emergency management for K-12 & higher education; Provide research on school safety emergency management exercise & planning best practices for the purpose of information sharing & developing tools for Ohio schools & universities; Assist with developing & implementing training's; Assist with the annual school safety summit development & implementation; Assist with information gathering for annual school safety reports & quarterly newsletters.

Participate in deployments to the field for events & critical incidents in order to support school safety & security operations; Support to the overall management, administration & education of the various systems used by Ohio Homeland Security (OHS), Protected Critical Infrastructure Information Management System (PCII), Contact Information Management System (CIMS), etc.; Assist with coordination of the school anonymous reporting system & information sharing; Assist with marketing & education of other school safety resources & programs; Perform other duties as assigned.

Must acquire and maintain Protected Critical Infrastructure Information (PCII) certification.

Completion of undergraduate core program or 24 mos. exp. in assigned program area (e.g., engineering, landscape architecture, rehabilitation, mental health technology, transportation, physical, behavioral & social science, urban or community planning, natural resources, business or public administration); 9 mos. trg. or 9 mos. exp. in operational, mathematical, analytical or statistical research methods used in conducting & documenting research studies; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in public relations; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in budgeting; 1 course or 3 mos. exp. in technical writing or business communication.

-Or 6 mos. exp. as Planner 2, 85312, in assigned program area. 

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above. 

Please note assigned program area is completion of undergraduate core program or 24 months experience in Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Infrastructure Protection, or a related field as specified in job duties.