The Community Engagement Bureau’s Ready New York program teaches New Yorkers the importance of emergency preparedness through in-person and virtual presentations and large community events. The Individual Preparedness unit leads the strategic outreach and oversees the programing that directly educates various communities across the five boroughs.

The Community Engagement Bureau is seeking a Community Engagement Specialist to Coordinate and execute outreach strategies focused on engaging older adults and people with disabilities, access, and functional needs on the topic of emergency preparedness.

The Community Engagement Specialist will also be assigned the following tasks:
- Develop new and existing partnerships with older adult centers, disability-services agencies, health care providers, government agencies, social services sites, hospital social workers, home and community-based services providers, and others to expand reach of Ready NY program.
- Serve as a liaison between the Community Engagement Bureau and other City agency partners such as NYC Aging and Mayor’s Office for People with Disability.
- Organize preparedness events, webinars, and training classes with a focus on engaging people with disabilities, access, and functional needs and/or older adults.
- Support overall Ready NY program by conducting presentations and sharing information at tabling events to community stakeholders.
- Collaborate throughout the Bureau to assess and develop cross program outreach efforts.
- Participate in team development of Ready NY social media content to promote emergency preparedness messaging related to outreach strategies.
- Ensure data quality, accurate tracking, and reporting of outreach engagements.
- Support the overall program administration, such as managing the program’s weekly calendar of events, train new presenters, organize ordering of Ready NY guides for outreach events and maintain information on database.
- Attend in-service training and unit meetings as well as any other agency-related activities.
- Stay current on community engagement activities and complete other program-related duties as assigned.
- Support emergency response and recovery as a member of the Emergency Operations Center On-Call team.

*PLEASE NOTE: The selected candidate will be assigned to an on-call Emergency Operations Center (EOC) team and will be expected to work non-business hours during some emergencies. These non-business hours include nights, weekends, holidays, and extended week hours outside of a 9AM-5PM schedule. The selected candidate will also participate in trainings to build skills and competencies in emergency response; will participate in drills and exercises associated with the on-call EOC team; and may volunteer to assist with Ready NY emergency preparedness presentations to external groups. EOC teams are on call for three weeks at a time, with six weeks off in between.

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.

- Direct experience in working with older adults, people with disabilities, and understanding of disability-related issues preferred. - Ability to interact respectfully and professionally with persons who have different cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and work well independently as well as part of a team. - Excellent written and oral communication and organizational skills. - Knowledge of and experience in working with community-based organizations, government agencies, local department of social services sites, and city-wide coalitions. - Experience organizing and managing community engagement events. - Ability to travel between and throughout NYC boroughs. - Proficiency with virtual platforms such as Zoom, MS Teams, etc. - Some after-hours and weekend work are required. - Bilingual skills a plus.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.