MD Dept of HR, Office of Emergency Operations Seeks Intern
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We are looking for someone with a background in social work, policy, emergency management, sociology, or law.
DHR is the lead for Emergency Support Function #6 (ESF-6) - mass care, sheltering, housing, emergency assistance, feeding, coordination of pet sheltering and functional needs support services. In addition, we are the lead for repatriation of American citizens returning from foreign countries, both large and small scale repatriation. (Examples: Lebanese and Haitian American repatriation). Staff write and develop emergency plans, conduct research, provide training in emergency preparedness, shelter management, and disaster behavioral mental health. Our office is also responsible for conducting other needs assistance and preliminary damage assessments during and after a disaster. We are often deployed throughout the Maryland and to other states to assist during and after disasters. We also conduct and participate in exercises: table top, functional and full scale, within
Our office specifically, responds to local and State declared emergency events: inclement weather, hurricanes, etc.
We are involved in, and serve on both State and Federal committees as they pertain to mass care and other ESF 6 functions. Maryland DHR was one of 7 State's agencies chosen throughout the U.S. to help develop sheltering during pandemic influenza protocols.
A working knowledge of computers and Microsoft Office programs is essential.
Specific duties of an intern might include constructing databases, assisting with research, attending meetings, helping on any number of projects as they relate to our successful completion of an exercise or an activation event. For example, in preparation for our functional exercise to evacuate foreign students from Ocean City, we needed to develop travel documents so that players could garner some familiarity with the forms they would have to assess during a real-life evacuation event.
TO APPLY, search position 9250015 on UMBCworks. If you have any questions, contact Christine Routzahn at The Shriver Center (routzahn@umbc.edu)
This is a spring internship, unapaid, and requires at least 8-10 hours of work per week.
DHR is the lead for Emergency Support Function #6 (ESF-6) - mass care, sheltering, housing, emergency assistance, feeding, coordination of pet sheltering and functional needs support services. In addition, we are the lead for repatriation of American citizens returning from foreign countries, both large and small scale repatriation. (Examples: Lebanese and Haitian American repatriation). Staff write and develop emergency plans, conduct research, provide training in emergency preparedness, shelter management, and disaster behavioral mental health. Our office is also responsible for conducting other needs assistance and preliminary damage assessments during and after a disaster. We are often deployed throughout the Maryland and to other states to assist during and after disasters. We also conduct and participate in exercises: table top, functional and full scale, within
Our office specifically, responds to local and State declared emergency events: inclement weather, hurricanes, etc.
We are involved in, and serve on both State and Federal committees as they pertain to mass care and other ESF 6 functions. Maryland DHR was one of 7 State's agencies chosen throughout the U.S. to help develop sheltering during pandemic influenza protocols.
A working knowledge of computers and Microsoft Office programs is essential.
Specific duties of an intern might include constructing databases, assisting with research, attending meetings, helping on any number of projects as they relate to our successful completion of an exercise or an activation event. For example, in preparation for our functional exercise to evacuate foreign students from Ocean City, we needed to develop travel documents so that players could garner some familiarity with the forms they would have to assess during a real-life evacuation event.
TO APPLY, search position 9250015 on UMBCworks. If you have any questions, contact Christine Routzahn at The Shriver Center (routzahn@umbc.edu)
This is a spring internship, unapaid, and requires at least 8-10 hours of work per week.
Posted: February 11, 2013, 11:21 AM
