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Acquiring Employee 2

Gregory Dayes

Colangelo College of Business, Grand Canyon University

HRM – 635-0500

Instructor Name: Kayong Holston

Aug 31, 2021

Acquiring Employee

Needs Assessment Matrix

Definition: A needs assessment is the process organizations use to determine if training is necessary for their employees.

Note: This template serves as a guide to complete the needs assessment of your current or selected organization. You are allowed to manipulate the categories to obtain the information you require in order to complete the assignment.

Department	Required Functions	Department or Employee Needs	Jobs or Tasks	Current Training
Assessor	Estimate the value of real property within a city, town, or village boundaries.	Work experience, Certification, and License. Also, uphold and exhibit the County’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.	Identify overlooked properties and locates and contacts the owners.	Training is offered through colleges
District Court	Deliver justice to the community. Approves important matters of the community.	Certification and license. Also, uphold and exhibit the County’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.	Clerk of the district court, secretary, judges, and lawyers	Training programs are generally offered through the university or county clerk associations.
Emergency Management	Administer disaster services programs such as severe weather warnings and assist the federal and state agencies in disasters.	Work experience, skills, Certification, and License. Also, uphold and exhibit the County's shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.	Firefighter, Homeland Security Officer, Emergency Management Director, and Public Information Officer.	Training is done at Emergency Management institute
Engineer/ Secondary Roads	Planning and inspecting all road, bridge, and culvert projects, designs and submits all transportation plans, supervises construction work, and more.	Work experience, Certification, and License. Also, uphold and exhibit the County’s shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.	Design and submit all plans to the Iowa Department of transportation, direct and supervise all construction and maintenance work, inspect contract road, bridge, and culvert projects, and plan all road, bridge, and culvert projects on secondary road systems.	Training programs are generally offered through universities and colleges.
Health and Zoning	Handling environmental health functions, zoning permits, and enforcement of zoning ordinances.	Work experience, Certification, and License. Also, uphold and exhibit the County's shared employee values of Knowledge, Respect, and Integrity.	County Sanitarian and Zoning Administrator.	Training programs are generally offered through universities, colleges, and medical institutes.

Job Description

Emergency Management Coordinator

Classification responsibilities

The emergency management coordinator coordinates the preparation and implementation of the emergency management plan and emergency management operation of the county. Besides, the coordinator relates the procedures that are associated with the working of the state for the plan and directory of the county. This supports the development and implementation of emergency plans. Lastly, the emergency management coordinator represents the county government in various local and state committees and overseers the Community Emergency Response Team of volunteers.

Distinguishing features

The emergency Management Coordinator is a civilian class who is supervised their reviewers. The fire captain is the reviewer and serves as an emergency response subject matter expert. An assistant Fire Chief who serves as the county manager is supported by the coordinator. Besides, the coordinator participates actively in local and state committees but must be approved by the fire captain and his assistant (Clayton, 2021) Lastly, the coordinator is required to work before, during, and after events of emergency.

Qualifications

The minimum qualification required is a bachelor’s of degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Business Administration, or closely related field and 3-5 years experience. On the other end, preferred or desirable qualifications are emergency management professional certification from Homeland Security and Emergency Management(HSEM), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (Mesa, 2016).

Essential functions

Communication: Be able to communicate with the county medical department, management, coworkers, public safety, and emergency management personnel from other agencies.

Manual/physical: responds quickly before, during, and after emergency incidents. Thus, many include working in extreme weather conditions. Operate a motor vehicle, lift and carries object easily and can operate any electronic devices.

Mental: learn job-related material with ease, coordinates the preparation and implementation of emergency plans, and lastly conduct research and analyze data.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Knowledge and skills in coordinating and executing emergency management, preparedness, and response efforts.

References

Clayton. (2021). Departments. Clayton County, IA | Official Website.  https://claytoncountyia.gov/148/Departments

Mesa. (2016). The city of Mesa. https://apps.mesaaz.gov/JobDescriptions/Documents/JobDescriptions/cs5096.pdf

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