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• Interpret policies, labor agreements, local, state, and federal laws. Provide guidance and recommendations to GHT managers and personnel, Board members, and external personnel as appropriate. • Identify risks and provide comprehensive review of potential solutions. • Prepare and distribute request for proposals, invitations to bid, and other documents related to the purchase of supplies, vehicles, equipment, and professional services.• Schedules, coordinates, and facilitates meetings related to procurement. Conducts preproposal and pre-bid conferences and public bid openings. Assembles data and preliminary information for terms and price. Conducts prices analyses as required. Coordinates and facilitates the bid/proposal evaluation process.• Develops and maintains a list of competitive sources for supplies and services while cultivating a strong, professional working relationship with all vendors.• Maintains documentation to support GHT’s good faith effort to include Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation in federal contracting opportunities.• Conducts training of staff for the implementation of purchasing policies and procedures.• Ensure compliance with agency, local, state and federal regulations.• Assists and serves as backup to Finance Manager.• Develops human resources policies and procedures.• Oversees and manage the agency’s drug and alcohol testing and certification program to meet FTA requirements. • Serves as agency lead on emergency management and security plans, training, and grants• Assists Human Resource staff, functions as part of the agency management negotiation team on union issues and contracts.• Assists Operations in the development and implantation of long-range planning documents.

• Develop, write, and present emergency and security related plans and procedures for executive approval and facilitate the implementation of approved plans and procedures.• Exercise independent judgment under a broad policy charter to provide consultation on agency safety goals, objectives, policies and procedures while overseeing the activities of staff from across the agency performing multi-functional emergency management, hazard mitigation or security activities.• Develop policy positions and provide written procedures related to emergency management, security and hazard mitigation projects/programs. • Develop and conduct emergency preparedness exercises. • Supervise the evaluation of field emergency management and basic essential safety programs in coordination with safety coordinators and the Safety Manager. Oversee activities that ascertain problem areas and ensure that emergency plans, security plans, facilities and equipment meet established Federal, State, and local guidelines.• Participate regularly and coach participants in the activation activities of the Agency Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and may actually activate and direct the activities of the EOC when senior executive management is not available. Participate as a member of committees when offered by the State Emergency Management Division or FEMA region 1O.• Represent the agency at the State EOC. Has authority to commit agency resources during times of crisis to assist in the recovery process. • Coordinate the agency's disaster recovery activities and provide requested damage information to the Emergency Management Division (EMO) Participate in emergency program exercises and drills when requested. Foster partnerships between agency divisions, private partners and other state and federal agencies.

Provide SME assistance to DOH grants and contracts to ensure compliance with federal and state laws. Responsible for overseeing fiscal management of over $400 million dollars in federal and state grants

• Direct the operations of the Division of Emergency Management, including program activities, training, planning, exercises, disaster recovery operations and hazard mitigation. • Oversee the development and implantation of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP) and other operation plans, procedures and contingency documents. • Maintain administrative systems for the preparation, implementation and monitoring of all program budgets,• Develop and process applications for grants and projects. • Increased annual federal grants for operations from $24,000 a year to an average of over $75,000 a year and equipment grants from $40,000 a year to over $100,000 a year. • Serve as the County’s Applicant Agent for five federally declared disasters since December 2006 and provide oversight to approximately $20 million in federal disaster grant funds. • Represents County on labor relations team for AFSCME contract negotiations. • Appointed to the state Emergency Management Council (EMC) by Governor Gregoire in November of 2009 to represent local emergency management organizations.• Maintain knowledge of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) programs, regulations, policies, and guidance as it applies to Mason County emergency management.• Develop and/or coordinate a variety of systems including communications, shelters and disaster analysis. Utilizing federal grant funds, oversaw the development and implantation of a new state-of-the-art Emergency Operations Center (EOC) significantly improving County’s ability to respond to a wide variety of emergencies and disasters. • Direct the resolution of inquiries, complaints, problems or emergencies affecting the availability or quality of services. Respond to the most sensitive or complex inquires of service complaints.• Supervise two full time and one part time staff as well as approximately 20 volunteers.

• Assisted local communities and agencies around the state of Washington in defining their risks, assessing their vulnerabilities, and to develop alternatives and strategies to reduce the impacts of natural and man-made technological hazards. • Implemented and administered complex state and federal programs designed to reduce potential damages and risks from future natural disasters. • Supervised up to eight professional staff responsible for the review and analyzes of grant applications for technical, cost effectiveness, compliance with federal insurance programs and environmental (State Environmental Policy Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Growth Management Act, etc.) requirements. • Developed and negotiated, and monitored contracts worth over $120,000,000 in federal and state grants for mitigation project. • Developed, implemented and monitored multiple program budgets. • Developed, recommended and implemented state policies on mitigation/damage reduction and provided technical assistance and support to state legislature, congressional representatives, other state and federal agencies, local governments.