Emergency Management – Response Support (Office-based)

All Towns, Hamilton

Organisation Waikato Civil Defence Emergency Management Group
Category Business Support
Hours Both/Flexible

When an emergency occurs, CDEM may activate an Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) or local Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) to coordinate the response. As a CDEM-trained volunteer, you will support the teams working within these centres. This is an office-based role – you will not be responding on the ground.

Depending on the needs of the response, tasks may include:
• Managing and responding to emails and communicating requests.
• Data entry and maintaining records.
• Gathering information and writing reports.
• Rostering and coordinating staff.
• Providing IT support.

Emergencies can happen any time (and be few and far between) so it is important to be ready and prepared. You will receive training in how to work within a response office environment, giving you the knowledge and skills to support CDEM Function Managers during an emergency response.
NOTE: Most training and events will happen at our Hamilton office location.

What we can offer you:
• A large selection of ongoing training opportunities and exercises.
• Emergency Management experience and skills.
• Rare opportunities to deploy to other areas of the country during an emergency event.
• Various interesting events and relationship building opportunities.
• The opportunity to train and progress into managing one of the functions within our coordination centre.
• A chance to be part of something important and helping your community during a time of emergency.

Requirements:

We are looking for reliable and trustworthy people who possess good personal management skills.

To best suit this role, you would need:
• To be 18 years or older with a high standard of conversational English.
• Have great written and verbal communication.
• High computing proficiency and data entry.
• Structured approach & positive attitude.
• Ability to work autonomously in a high-pressure environment.
• Emotional intelligence and people oriented.
• Health & Safety conscious.
• To be prepared to participate in our free training.

A Ministry of Justice background check is required for this role.

Time commitment:

• Initial two-hour Q&A information session after office hours – to find out if this role is right for you (2 hours).
• Volunteer application form and introductory e-learning modules – approximately 1 hour.
• Online Foundation course – approximately 2.5 hours.
• Face-to-face Intermediate training course – two days at our Hamilton office.
• Further events, exercises and training are available and highly recommended.

NOTE: Most training and events will happen at our Hamilton office location.

Getting started:

The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below. We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.

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