Training Instructor
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management
North Little Rock, Arkansas
Salary: $30,713 to $52,167
Deadline: February 18, 2015
This position is responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing emergency management preparedness training. Duties include researching material for use in course content, conducting training and evaluating results, analyzing post-disaster damage assessments, and revising programs based on recent research. A bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related area and two years of experience is required.
Director of Planning and Preparedness
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Salary: $66,973 to $101,829
Deadline: February 27, 2015
This position is responsible for overseeing tactical and operational planning, community preparedness, and training, exercise, and evaluation programs. Duties include implementing emergency management policies, coordinating community planning, conducting public outreach, and developing homeland security programs. A bachelor’s degree and six years of emergency management experience, including supervisory and emergency management program planning, are required.
Program Director
National Science Foundation Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events Program
Arlington, Virginia
Salary: Not Listed
Deadline: March 1, 2015
This position is responsible for ensuring the program supports fundamental, multidisciplinary research on the impact of hazards and extreme events on civil infrastructure and society. Duties include soliciting, receiving, and reviewing research and education proposals, making funding recommendations, administering awards, interacting with other federal agencies, and forming and guiding interagency collaborations. A PhD in a related field and six years of research experience is required.
Private Sector Coordinator
Southern California Earthquake Center
Los Angeles, California
Salary: Not Listed
Deadline: Open until filled
This position will raise private sector awareness of the University of Southern California’s Southern California Earthquake Center, increase participation in its projects, and develop funding opportunities. Duties include administrating the academic, research, and clinical program; developing program operating policies; and implementing a promotion strategy for the program. A bachelor’s degree in a related field and three years of experience is required.
Research Director
National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
Rockville, Maryland
Salary: Not Listed
Deadline: Open until filled
This position will lead research efforts at the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health and be responsible for providing scientific, technical, and program support services. Duties include preparing technical reports, writing literature reviews, conducting investigations of human subjects ethics compliance, data analysis and interpretation, overseeing quality control, supervising research, and submitting abstracts and posters of results. A master’s degree in a social science or health-related field and at least six years of experience is required.