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Job Description
Job Title
Preparedness Team Student Worker I
Agency
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Department
Emergency Service Training Institute
Proposed Minimum Salary
$14.00 hourly
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Student Worker
Job Description
The TEEX Preparedness Team Student Worker will use their developing career skills and knowledge to perform various functions within the exercise program, including the design, development, setup, execution, evaluation, and after-action reporting of full-scale, functional, and tabletop exercises and custom training courses. Additionally, the student worker may assist in planning, organizing, and conducting professional tours, summits, and conferences. Interns will be mentored in leadership and relevant professional skills by participating in events across TEEX mission areas. Writing skills will be used to ensure published reports and papers are professionally drafted and reflect TEEX quality. The Student worker will gain knowledge and experience in program management of public safety projects for fire, law enforcement, public works, cyber-related projects, and processes, including resource management, planning, and leadership.
Required Qualifications:- High School Diploma or GED, and current enrollment in a degree granting program at an accredited college or university.
Equivalency: N/A
Required Licenses/Certifications:- Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
Preferred Qualifications:- Education, experience, and/or training in public safety, intelligence, or public policy.
Physical Requirements:- Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
- Ability to regularly use a computer/keyboard.
- Ability to remain stationary for extensive periods in an office environment.
- Ability to work outdoors during the summer.
- Physical conditioning consistent with moving office documents/files, instructional materials, and setting up classrooms up to 20 lbs. with assistance.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:- Related technical skill or knowledge using hardware/software or other job-related equipment.
- Ability to work hands-on while assisting with special projects.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Equipment:- Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, telephone and fax machine.
- Occasional use of agency vehicles.
Notifications:- This position is security sensitive.
- This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.
- All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and Agency safety requirements.
- This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
- Ability to travel independently to other and/or remote locations by driving a personal or TEEX vehicle.
Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:
Conduct Literature or Organizational Reviews - 70%- Assist with resource and time management for large-scale projects.
- Conduct social media and web background reviews for projects.
- Assist with enterprise development and marketing projects.
Data Analysis - 15%- Prepare plans, reports, and data analytics.
Other Projects as Assigned - 15%- Perform complex project tasks which require the application of advanced-level skill or knowledge.
- Develop and assist in the execution of HSEEP Full-scale, Functional, and Table-top exercises.
- Assist with technical review and writing of After-action reviews prior to delivery to clients.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer. - High School Diploma or GED, and current enrollment in a degree granting program at an accredited college or university.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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TEEX Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Show moreIt comes down to saving lives. From providing emergency responders to disasters across the state and nation to developing training and practical workforce solutions, TEEX makes a difference worldwide. More than 174,000 people representing every U.S. state and 109 countries are served annually through on-site and online resources for specialties from homeland security to economic development and workforce training.
Home to some of the world’s top training facilities, the emergency preparedness campus in Bryan/College Station includes the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Customized TEEX training programs develop practical solutions for each client’s need through hands-on instructional facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordinance training at the home campus or at customer-specified locations worldwide.
Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2, the state’s elite urban search and rescue teams, are sponsored by TEEX. Throughout its existence, TX-TF1 has served the state of Texas and the nation by participating in over 100 deployments, completing search and rescue missions with highly trained and qualified personnel.
As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has been leading homeland security training since 1998.
The major TEEX programs include fire and rescue, infrastructure and safety, law enforcement, economic and workforce development, and homeland security. As a member of The Texas A&M University System, TEEX is unique in its ability to access a broad range of emerging research and technical expertise. Beginning with course design and development all the way through hands-on instruction and national certification testing, TEEX delivers comprehensive training through both classroom and hands-on instruction and as online courses. Hosting services for online courses, technical assistance and technology validation, and bilingual training and translation services also are available.
By placing safety and well-being above all and by focusing on prevention and response, TEEX has become a comprehensive training provider through more than 80 years of extension training. Working with other agencies and encouraging involvement has led to better fire safety and emergency response, cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved homeland security, safer workplaces, heightened public safety and security, new therapeutics manufacturing and the evolution of cybersecurity.
Through innovative programs and adaptive outreach, TEEX services are created to train the people who expand the security, occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond.
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