Emergency Management Specialist

Summary

Heartland Consulting is seeking an experienced Emergency Management Specialist to support government programs and initiatives. The role focuses on program and project management, strategic and operational planning, preparedness activities, stakeholder coordination, policy analysis, and organizational continuity and crisis-response efforts.

Responsibilities

• Provide program and project management support for government programs and initiatives
• Develop, review, and coordinate strategic, operational, preparedness, continuity, and crisis-response planning products
• Analyze program requirements and provide recommendations to leadership
• Coordinate planning meetings, working groups, project activities, and stakeholder engagements
• Conduct research and analyze historical, operational, and planning data to support program decisions
• Interpret policies, program directives, and organizational requirements and translate them into actionable planning activities
• Assist with project schedules, milestones, deliverables, documentation, and program tracking
• Coordinate with federal, state, local, and other organizational stakeholders
• Support preparedness exercises, training activities, and after-action or improvement initiatives
• Develop briefings, reports, meeting materials, planning documents, and other program documentation
• Support continuity of operations and emergency preparedness initiatives
• Assist leadership with program administration, organizational priorities, and special projects
• Facilitate working groups and collaborative planning sessions
• Maintain accurate program records and documentation using applicable government and organizational systems
• Provide training, mentoring, and guidance to staff as required

Skills

• * Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related field
• * Experience supporting program management, project management, emergency management, preparedness, or government planning activities
• * Experience developing or supporting operational, strategic, emergency, or continuity planning products
• * Strong written and verbal communication skills
• * Demonstrated ability to coordinate activities involving multiple stakeholders and organizations
• * Experience researching, analyzing, and presenting information to support program decisions
• * Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and related collaboration tools
• * Program and project management
• * Strategic and operational planning
• * Emergency management and preparedness
• * Stakeholder coordination
• * Policy and requirements analysis
• * Research and data analysis
• * Technical and professional writing
• * Meeting and working-group facilitation
• * Training and exercise support
• * Government program administration
• * Master's degree in Public Administration, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, or a related discipline
• * Project management education, training, or certification
• * Federal government program or emergency management experience
• * Experience with FEMA programs, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), Incident Command System (ICS), continuity planning, or emergency preparedness exercises
• * Experience with SharePoint, ArcGIS, WebEOC, HSIN, Microsoft Project, or similar program management and emergency management systems
• * Experience facilitating working groups and coordinating with federal, state, and local government stakeholders

Qualifications

Must Haves

• * Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Health, Business Administration, or a related field
• * Experience supporting program management, project management, emergency management, preparedness, or government planning activities
• * Experience developing or supporting operational, strategic, emergency, or continuity planning products
• * Strong written and verbal communication skills
• * Demonstrated ability to coordinate activities involving multiple stakeholders and organizations
• * Experience researching, analyzing, and presenting information to support program decisions
• * Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and related collaboration tools
• * Program and project management
• * Strategic and operational planning
• * Emergency management and preparedness
• * Stakeholder coordination
• * Policy and requirements analysis
• * Research and data analysis
• * Technical and professional writing
• * Meeting and working-group facilitation
• * Training and exercise support
• * Government program administration

Nice to Haves

• * Master's degree in Public Administration, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, or a related discipline
• * Project management education, training, or certification
• * Federal government program or emergency management experience
• * Experience with FEMA programs, the National Incident Management System (NIMS), Incident Command System (ICS), continuity planning, or emergency preparedness exercises
• * Experience with SharePoint, ArcGIS, WebEOC, HSIN, Microsoft Project, or similar program management and emergency management systems
• * Experience facilitating working groups and coordinating with federal, state, and local government stakeholders