Health and Medical Planner
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This position assists with the development, strategic planning, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of the preparedness program meeting health and medical needs of Philadelphia residents. Emergency Management Planners work closely with numerous city, regional, state, and the community.
All OEM staff is required to work during non-business hours, as needed in a field environment, and during activations of the Emergency Operations Center. Staff also is on-call. Successful candidates must be city residents within six months of hire. Candidates should team-oriented and able to work in a fast-paced, professional public safety environment.

Some job duties include:

  • Familiarization with stakeholders and fundamentals of emergency management
  • Researching best practices for health- and medical-related issues such as healthcare facility preparedness, disease control and prevention, worker health and safety, hazardous materials, and casualty and fatality management
  • Developing and enhancing preparedness messages for emergency preparedness education campaigns.
  • Identifying and collecting resource information related to agencies that govern public health, medical, and environmental safety services
  • Writing and updating assigned elements of citywide emergency plans

Completion of a bachelor’s degree from a college accredited in planning, management, healthcare, public administration or a related field is required. Experience working within an emergency management, public health or healthcare organization is preferred. Familiarity with health care and emergency medical services in Philadelphia also is preferred. For full job requirements, e-mail Christopher Coforio.

Emergency Preparedness Manager
John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, California

Some job duties include:

  • Ensuring the Airport is prepared to respond to, mitigate, and recover from emergencies or disasters; develop and maintain emergency preparedness and recovery plans in compliance with regulations
  • Planning and executing emergency preparedness
  • Acting as primary liaison to the County’s Emergency Management Bureau
  • Directing and maintaining Airport volunteer Emergency Response
  • Maintaining the airport emergency supply

Required qualifications include:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an college accredited in emergency management, business administration, public administration or other related area of study plus five or more years of progressively responsible experience
  • Verifiable experience in writing emergency response plans, coordinating training, and conducting tabletop and full-scale exercises
  • Extensive knowledge of all phases of disaster mitigation and principles of emergency management

Emergency management experience directly related to commercial airports and/or certification in emergency preparedness planning and management, disaster recovery or, business continuity planning is highly desirable. For full job description or to apply, click here.

Hazard Mitigation Specialists
IEM, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Some skills required include:

  • Oral communication and presentation skills are essential. Demonstrated training and facilitation skills desired
  • Ability to work with homeowners, many devastated by the Katrina/Rita storms, to identify critical needs and provide solutions
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to organize and write clear, concise technical reports

Some required qualifications are:

  • Background in emergency management, grant administration, homeowner’s insurance adjustment, real estate, accounting, social services, or customer service
  • Experience in the management and execution of the Hazard Mitigation Grant program preferred
  • Minimum of bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Ability to travel for extended periods

Click here for full job description and to apply.

Public Safety Communications Manager
Gallatin County 911 Communications Office, Bozeman, Montana

This position is in the Gallatin County 911 communications office and is responsible for procurement, implementation and maintenance of the Public Safety Radio Comms systems, including trunked, vote/steered, digital and analog for Gallatin County. The position reports to the Communications Service Director and does not supervise other county personnel.

Some qualifications include:

  • Basic knowledge of radio frequency equipment and systems used to diagnose, repair, or install radio communication systems
  • Knowledge of FCC rules and regulations related to radio spectrum and the wireless environment, as well as pending rule changes that affect public safety communications
  • An understanding and knowledge of public safety technology planning; city/county frequencies; fiscal accounting; public safety operations; theories, principles and practices of administration and the ability to implement a complex program that crosses multiple jurisdictions

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in telecommunications, electronics, electrical engineering IT or closely related filed plus five years experience managing a large public safety radio system is required. Find a full job description here.

FEMA National Exercise Division Director

FEMA is in need of an individual to serve as Director, National Exercise Division (NED) within FEMA’s National Preparedness Directorate, National Integration Center. This is a senior level position within the United States Government. It is not a political appointment.

Some job duties include:

  • Guiding the direction of national preparedness exercises with the support of 21 full time employees
  • Coordinating the National Exercise Program (NEP) to meet the goals of Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-8 and the requirements of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA)

Some qualifications are:

  • Excellent inter-agency coordination persuading exercise stakeholders to align and integrate priorities at the national level
  • Knowledge of methodology for designing, developing, conducting, and evaluating exercises, includes the ability to leverage lessons-learned repositories and tools to improve effectiveness
  • Significant leadership experience beyond technical or exercise development that enables the candidate to work at the executive level facilitating collaboration, regional preparedness and support at state and local levels.

While an operation experience is beneficial, this is not an operations position. More importance lies within the ability to translate DHS objectives into exercises that measure the effectiveness of the big picture national preparedness objectives.

For more information or to apply, e-mail your information to Mark Makary, FEMA Federal Contractor and Executive Recruiter.

Exercise/Training Specialist
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Washington D.C.

Duties include:

  • Providing coordination efforts to support HSEMA's federal and state partners in developing, coordinating and delivering training assessments, emergency management training, technical assistance, exercise, and evaluation activities
  • Preparing briefings, exercise plans, role players, evaluator handbooks, events lists, after action reports and corrective action plans
  • Developing and updating standard operating procedures and District of Columbia training and exercise handbooks

This position provides oversight for gap analysis and needs assessment projects, serves as point-of-contact for coordination of government participants in regional training and conducts exercise delivery and evaluation with other agencies. For more information or to apply, click here.

Community Training and Exercise Specialist
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Washington D.C.

Duties include:

  • Providing coordination efforts to support HSEMA partners in developing, coordinating and delivering educational emergency preparedness planning services and products, technical assistance, exercise and evaluation activities
  • Assisting in the development of strategies and approaches to enhance the readiness of D.C. residents and those of surrounding jurisdictions
  • Interfacing directly with members of neighborhood-based organizations, individual citizens, government, and neighborhood officials
  • Conducting and attending emergency preparedness education and awareness activities at the neighborhood level
  • Providing community exercise planning assistance to community-based organizations, local jurisdictions, and state partners

For more information and to apply, click here.

Emergency Management Coordinator
Town of East Hartford, Connecticut

Duties include:

  • Formulating emergency management policies and procedures
  • Insuring the town follows state and federal mandates
  • Making decisions about the implementing emergency plans and operating the town emergency operations center when open

Considerable knowledge and ability in all phases of emergency planning and related state and federal guidelines is required. For complete job description and to apply, click here.

Emergency Management Coordinator
University of Minnesota Department of Emergency Management, Twins Cities, Minnesota
This position primarily works with an assigned portfolio of campuses and units within the University of Minnesota system, assisting stakeholders at those locations in developing and implementing emergency operations plans.

Qualifications include:

  • Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to facilitate planning
  • Ability to travel 1.5 days a week, on average, to various locations across the state.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, emergency management, or a related field and at least one year of full-time experience working in an emergency services position. A combination of education and experience to total at least five years may be substituted for the degree.

Click here for more information or to apply.

Management Analyst
Florida Department of Emergency Management, Seminole County , Florida

Qualifications include:

  • Ability to implement grant program policies, plans and procedures as governed by federal and state laws and rules
  • Ability to independently conduct project eligibility reviews and manage and monitor projects for specific disasters.
  • Ability to manage financial activities for disaster projects and provide budget projections
  • Ability to provide technical assistance to state and local governments and other entities on mitigation projects
  • Ability to conduct effective program presentations to state and local
  • Ability to travel overnight and work non-traditional hours during emergency events.

Click here for more information or to apply.