Montgomery City County Personnel

Director of Emergency Communications (#CI8188)


FLSA Status

Exempt

Pay Grade

A15

Nature of Work

The Director of Emergency Communications is responsible for the direction of the Communications Department which includes E-911, radio, wireless and land communication systems.  This is responsible administrative and management work in planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling the operations and maintenance of the Communications Center, its employees, facilities, equipment and grounds. Major duties include developing, implementing and enforcing policies and procedures for overall administration and generally overseeing all department activities.  The Director of Emergency Communications supervises the Communications Center Assistant Director and reports to the Executive Assistant to the Mayor.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Business, Emergency Management, or a closely related field and five (5) years of experience in a management position in an E-911 communications center equal in programmatic and geographical size to the City of Montgomery to include supervision of subordinate supervisors, budget management, and resource management.

NOTE:  Qualifying education, training and experience that provide the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job will be considered.

 

Special Requirements

Must be willing to work nights, weekends and holidays and willing to be on-call to respond to emergency incidents as needed.

CLASS: CI8188; REV: 5/22/2020;