Hazards & Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) Coordinator

Nature of Work - Under general supervision, this position is responsible for the coordination of the Bureau’s response to critical incidents and declared and undeclared disasters on a local and statewide basis. The Coordinator will further develop and maintain Hazards and Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) for the Bureau of Behavioral Health (BBH) and integrate this planning into the overall statewide disaster organizational, structural, and response systems. This includes strategic planning, technical assistance, outreach, response exercises and drills, formation and further development of partnerships, and building of coordinated regional and state behavioral health response capacity, including Comprehensive Behavioral Health Centers (CBHCs), first responders and other service providers, faith-based groups and volunteer organizations, and federal/state/local emergency preparedness/planning/response/recovery entities. Oversees and coordinates multiple state behavioral health call line programs, including: submitting grant applications for funding, programmatic and fiscal reports, and data to the applicable funding agencies; developing grant agreement Statements of Work (SOWs) for subgrantee service providers that identify program goals and aim to improve outcomes for service recipients; reviewing subgrantee service provider budgets and reports and maintaining ongoing communication with grantee service providers to ensure that they stay on track with identified goals and objectives; shepherding grant agreements, applications and reports through the DOHS Shared Administration Grants Management processes; collecting, analyzing, and articulating stakeholder feedback and other available data sources in order to improve program outcomes and demonstrate their effectiveness; ensuring compliance with program rules and regulations; and, planning and scheduling program events and meetings. The Coordinator must maintain an extra-governmental behavioral health disaster response network, inclusive of the CBHCs, WV Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (WV VOAD), the WV Council of Churches and other faith-based groups, Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs), and first responders. The Coordinator will apply for federal Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) funding when needed for longer-term disaster-response to a declared incident that exceeds a given CBHC’s ability to provide. The Coordinator will participate in disaster planning and response exercises at the state, and when appropriate, regional level and will organize meetings of designated CBHC Disaster Coordinators as needed. The Coordinator will work to collaborate across BBH and other DoHS bureaus, the Center for Threat Preparedness, WV Emergency Management, and other multidisciplinary partners to develop and implement protocols and policies for connection to behavioral health crisis services from the state crisis lines when behavioral health emergencies present, including 911 calls, law enforcement and emergency response services, and hospital emergency departments. The Coordinator will oversee reimbursement of CBHCs for staff development during critical incidents and disasters; participate in incident health command at the state level upon request, to provide input and assistance on behavioral health issues and concerns; monitor the ongoing capacity of CBHCs to respond to acute and long-term behavioral health treatment needs resulting from critical incidents and disasters; ensure that each CBHC maintains active COOP and Disaster Response Plans; coordinate deployment of personnel during disasters that require multiple CBHCs to respond and/or help provide direction to behavioral health responders coming from other regions or states. The Coordinator will partner with the Center for Threat Preparedness and WV Emergency Management to ensure that CCBHCs are properly notified, continually updated and designated as active responders as needed during a given event; and, ensure that each CBHC has staff sufficiently trained to enable them to enter and partner with local command centers in order to represent behavioral health. Other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Training: Bachelor's Degree from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.

• Substitution: Additional experience as described below may be substituted for the required training on a year-for-year basis.

Experience: Four years full-time, equivalent part-time paid or volunteer experience in a technical or program area that is related to the area of employment.

• Substitution: Post-graduate education in a field related to the technical or program area may be substituted for the required experience on the basis of fifteen semester hours for one year of experience.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• related: 4 years (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Kanawha County, WV (Required)

Benefits:

Salary : $41,194 - $71,789