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Georgetown University
Director, Emergency Management & Operational Continuity
Georgetown University seeks an energetic and thoughtful individual to become the Director of Emergency Management & Operational Continuity to oversee the University’s emergency management. An academic community dedicated to creating and communicating knowledge, Georgetown provides excellent undergraduate, graduate and professional education in the Jesuit tradition. The University has more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students who take classes at five locations: Main Campus, Medical Center, Law Center, GU-Northern Virginia and the university’s School of Foreign Service-Qatar. Georgetown has a large and diverse workforce that employs more than 5,000 faculty and staff members.
Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Risk Management, the Director of Emergency Management and Operational Continuity provides overall leadership and expert oversight for the development of policy and strategy across the areas of emergency preparedness, disaster response and recovery, and operational continuity for Georgetown University and its various campus locations. The Director will develop, lead and conduct emergency/disaster drills/exercises, and assist departments in preparing plans. The Director will assess business continuity priorities and coordinate institutional community alerting and emergency notification protocols.
The most compelling candidates will possess a proven track record of partnering with a diverse set of stakeholders to develop formal and thoughtful business continuity plans, as well as experience inspiring, motivating, and empowering team members. He or she must be a multi-dminensional thinker and have at least seven years of demonstrated experience in creating, implementing and coordinating emergency management, planning programs for a large diverse organization. Successful completion of emergency management industry certification programs is desired. Experience with private higher education and/or large non-profit organizations is highly preferred.
Nominations, inquiries, and expressions of interest should be directed electronically to: GeorgetownEMOC@divsearch.com.
For further information, please contact:
Andrew C. Wheeler, Chief Lean Officer & Managing Director
(215) 656-3548; Andrew.wheeler@divsearch.com
Andrew C. MacLean, Senior Associate
(919) 960-1245; Andrew.maclean@divsearch.com
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This would be an exciting job for someone who is passionate about combining the work of government and the private sector, see Director, Private Sector Division
Really this is the work I'm undertaking with the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) and the Center for Regional Disaster Resilience Just on a smaller scale, working here in the Pacific Northwest, but with a cross-border function in working not just with our states, but with sister provinces in Canada.
Stay tuned for more information on that front.
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The San Francisco has an opening for a Interoperability Project Manager
This is an Urban Area position in San Francisco, so don't go gaga over the salary. Money doesn't go as far in that fair city. This is a general coordination position for all the projects that are administered by an urban area. Yes, the position does require a working technical knowledge of public safety interoperable communications, including P25 radio systems. But really...it is the people and agencies that will give you trouble, not the equipment.
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If you have been watching this blog on jobs in emergency management, there has been a number of new positions posted of late. Either the economy is getting better, there is more job turnover, or pure happenstance.
See this University of Connecticut Public Safety Division position for an Emergency Management Director
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I don't have any more details on this position, not even a web link. Check it out and if you can't find it on line, call the number listed below. Unless they have someone in mind--this might be a good position for someone with a degree in emergency management. Getting a copy of the job description would be helpful!
General
Floyd County
Manage county/city response efforts to natural or technological emergencies or disasters through preparing response and avoidance plans for communities; coordinate and administer quality emergency management programs. Full-time; Competitive wage and benefit package. Position description with education/experience requirements is available at the Floyd County Auditors Office.
Applications or resumes must be
submitted by April 19, 2013 to the:
Floyd County Auditors Office
101 S Main St, Ste 302,
Charles City, IA 50616
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This is an interesting story on the politics of establishing an emergency management position in a city. See Medford to hire emergency manager for $145,000 a year
There are plenty of jurisdictions that are betting that nothing will happen to them when it comes to having a disaster. If nothing does happen and you haven't hired an emergency manager then "you win!" However, someday the piper will be paid, especially when it comes to earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest.
I always tell elected officials that the best way to become prepared as a jurisdiction is to dedicate an FTE (a person) to the job. If it is an additional duty for someone the mission of emergency management will always end up on the back burner because of other "pressing matters" that demand a person's attention, day-to-day.
If you are in the "hunt" for a new position, this would be one to watch for when it gets advertised in the future. My best guess is that this position will top out around $90K for salary.
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You will need to read the job description for WATrac Program Manager in order to get a feel for this position. There are many compatible skills with those of emergency management.
Certainly there is a focus on regional and statewide activities. Note that it is grant funded--but, what isn't these days?
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Working for a children's hospital will give anyone a great feeling of being committed to a mission that counts. Recently one of my grand daughters spent four days at Children's Hospital in Seattle and when you walk through those halls you can get a sense for the importance of what they are doing for children and families.
With that in mind, see Texas Children's Hospital's job posting for an Emergency Management Manager
Yes, it does require five years emergency management experience and one year as a leader.
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FEMA Region IX has a job opening for a Emergency Management Program Specialist
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Just when you think that there aren't any good jobs out there and larger firms are not hiring--bingo, there are three available from one company. See links below. These are not for the newby in emergency management.
Emergency Management Consultant/Business Development Lead Job, Washington, D.C.
Emergency Management Consultant/Business Development Lead Job, Houston, TX
Preparedness Practice Manager, Maitland, FL
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