Director, Emergency Preparedness

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Lead the creation and maintenance of comprehensive Emergency Operations Plans, Emergency Support Function and hazard-specific annexes, continuity plans, crisis communications plans, EOC procedures, SOPs, field guides, and job aids.

• Ensure that plans comply with federal, state, and local regulations as well as FEMA CPG 101, NIMS, and ICS standards.

• Perform hazard, vulnerability, risk, and capability assessments.

• Facilitate planning efforts among public, private, nonprofit, and community stakeholders.

• Direct multi-year preparedness, training, and HSEEP-aligned exercise initiatives.

• Supervise exercise design, execution, evaluation, hotwashes, after-action meetings, After-Action Reports, Improvement Plans, and corrective actions.

• Manage portfolio performance across various metrics including delivery quality, staffing, utilization, schedules, contracts, budgets, compliance, client satisfaction, and risk management.

• Oversee on-call and task-order engagements while managing Project Managers and multidisciplinary teams.

• Assume a leadership or advisory role during EOC activations and incident response operations.

• Utilize ICS and NIMS to enhance situational awareness, resource management, action planning, documentation, executive briefings, and interagency collaboration.

• Provide strategic recommendations to executive leadership regarding preparedness, response, continuity, and recovery priorities.

• Expand the portfolio through client growth, additional task orders, recompetes, and targeted market pursuits.

• Cultivate senior-level relationships with emergency management agencies, Public Assistance grant recipients, and stakeholders in preparedness and resilience.

• Collect market and competitive intelligence while collaborating with portfolio, service line, capture, and technical leaders.

• Lead or oversee the development and submission of proposals and assist in go/no-go decision-making processes.

• Act as a subject matter expert, solution architect, reviewer, and technical contributor on significant emergency management and preparedness initiatives.

• Collaborate with capture and growth teams on win strategies, competitive positioning, staffing, proof points, pricing inputs, compliance, and proposal quality.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Homeland Security, Public Health, Environmental Science, Business, or a related field.

• Over 7 years of combined experience in emergency management and FEMA-related roles, including at least 3 years in a leadership or client-facing position.

• More than 3 years of direct experience overseeing multiple clients, projects, Project Managers, or multidisciplinary teams.

• At least 3 years of direct experience in the development, updating, implementation, or validation of Emergency Operations Plans, continuity plans, annexes, procedures, or emergency management programs.

• Minimum of 3 years of direct experience in emergency planning, preparedness, Emergency Operations Center activations, incident management, training, or exercises.

• At least 3 years of experience managing project or program budgets, schedules, staffing, contracts, client relationships, and delivery risks.

• Willingness and capability to travel by air and vehicle, with travel expectations of up to 50%.

• Current valid U.S. driver's license and the ability to successfully pass a Motor Vehicle Records check.

• Advanced knowledge of FEMA CPG 101, EOPs, ESF and hazard-specific annexes, COOP/COG plans, crisis communications plans, SOPs, EOC procedures, and field or position guides.

• Extensive experience managing the complete HSEEP exercise cycle.

• Experience training exercise planners, facilitators, controllers, evaluators, EOC staff, or partner organizations.

• Experience managing preparedness grants, grant-funded initiatives, accreditation requirements, audit readiness, or compliance activities.

• Familiarity with on-call, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, master services, or task-order contract structures.

• Experience managing multiple concurrent clients, project teams, and delivery priorities.

• Proven experience in developing client relationships and supporting capture, proposal, recompete, and account-growth activities.

• Experience presenting to executive leaders, elected or appointed officials, boards, regulators, community partners, or public-sector clients.

• Preferred training includes ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, IS-700, IS-800, FEMA HSEEP training, Continuity Excellence Series Level I or II, PMP, and FEMA Professional Development Series or equivalent coursework.

• Strategic leadership experience in preparedness, continuity, response, recovery, mitigation, and resilience.

• Strong capabilities in analytical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, facilitation, negotiation, writing, and presenting.

• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities, identify risks early, and produce high-quality work under deadlines in a remote, highly collaborative environment across different time zones.

• Excellent executive-level communication and relationship management skills.

• Working knowledge of the Stafford Act, 44 CFR Part 206, FEMA Public Assistance policy, NIMS, and ICS.

• Proficiency in portfolio, project, budget, contract, staffing, utilization, grant, quality, and compliance management.

• Skills in business development, account growth, capture strategy, proposal development, and competitive intelligence.

🏝️ Benefits

• Nationwide remote work opportunities.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, disabled veterans, and sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Confidential assistance for accommodations.

• Full-time employment status.