Administrative Specialist 2

Three years of secretarial or administrative support experience that includes coordinating office procedures, preparing narrative and statistical reports, and administrative data collection and analysis
An associate degree in general office occupations and two years of secretarial or administrative support experience that includes coordinating office procedures, preparing narrative and statistical reports, and administrative data collection and analysis
An equivalent combination of education and experience
Two (2) years of emergency services dispatching OR firefighting capacity with six months of responsibility for leadership of other employees

Develops and facilitates the implementation of plans and procedures for dispatch operations
Performs administrative research, analysis and/or evaluation in support of the coordination center
Interprets laws, rules, policies and applies those interpretations to their direct supervisor located in the coordination center
Provides guidance and direction on agency policies, procedures, guidelines and emergency response plans to the seasonal dispatch and support staff
Uses multiple agency and interagency computer programs
Creates, maintains and edits multiple databases in various forms
Provides training to seasonal dispatch and support staff
Initiates coordination of fire activities with other state and federal agencies, county and city officials, cooperators, landowners and agency administration
Determines appropriate response to wildland fire incidents based upon critical needs, prioritizes resource requests and fills requests based upon resource availability, cost efficiency, and timeliness

Ability to use Incident Resource Ordering Capability (IROC), and/or other local established process for documentation, tracking and dispatching resources throughout mobilization and demobilization
Ability to research, analyze and evaluate laws, rules, policies and procedures and apply those interpretations with the support of the Wildland Fire Supervisor
Ability to Observe, receive, and obtain information from all relevant sources
Experience using, monitoring and assuring compliance with SPOTS card
Ability to effectively communicate with others in person, in writing and/or verbally
Ability to effectively provide information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, radio, in written form, e-mail, or in person
Experience directing others in completing and processing resource order requests for personnel, equipment, supplies, and aircraft via radio, phone, fax, written, verbal or various computer programs