Hazard Mitigation Planner III

IEM is searching for a Full Time- Hazard Mitigation Planner III to develop hazard mitigation, climate adaptation, and resilience plans for communities across the U.S as well as to conduct risk assessments, analyze data, engage stakeholders, and produce high-quality technical documents.

Primary Location:

• Live anywhere that meets personal office /home work requirements in the United States including Puerto Rico.   
• Work from home or personal office location.

Travel Requirements:

• This position may require travel to complete work assignments or attend meetings.

Essential Functions:

• Serve as lead planner in the development and updating of:
  • Local, State, and Tribal Hazard Mitigation Plans
  • Resiliency and Climate Adaptation Plans
  • Implementation Plans
  • Other plans as required
• Lead staff members from various disciplines to perform a range of planning functions.
• Identify priorities, develop tasks, and make assignments.
• Oversee the collection, documentation, and analysis of data related to hazard mitigation planning, community development, economic development, infrastructure, and land use.
• Perform technical writing, review, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data and information.
• Review plans, reports, and other documents for relevant content.
• Prepare written documents and reports based on data and information reviewed.
• Coordinate, facilitate, and develop materials for public, stakeholder, and client meetings with state, local, tribal and federal officials, elected officials, residents, business leaders and technical experts.
• Serve as the primary point of contact with stakeholders and clients.
• Perform quality control/quality assurance (QA/QC) review of all applicable plans for FEMA review and approval.
• Perform risk assessment analyses of hazard data and lead the development of planning documents.
• Evaluate existing mitigation capabilities through research of local plans, regulations, policies and programs, and review of programs and documents.
• Identify and describe cost-effective, technically feasible, and environmentally sound mitigation actions.
• Perform other research and writing tasks as necessary to support a wide range of planning and mitigation/resilience tasks and overall plan development.
• Assist with marketing and proposal development.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree: Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Urban or Regional Planning, Community Planning, Sustainable Development, Public Health, Geography or related field.
• Experience: Five (5) years of experience developing some or all of the items listed in the essential functions section of this solicitation.
• Developed at a minimum five (5) FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plans.
• Strong written and oral communications skills to support plan development and meeting facilitation.
• Ability to lead multiple plan development projects simultaneously.
• Expertise with the latest FEMA mitigation planning policy guidance.
• Experience with climate and resiliency planning.
• Experience with community outreach and engagement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software suite.
• Understanding of fundamental project management principles.
• Understanding of business and financial processes.
• Self-motivated respondents with the ability to work as part of a team and independently to build strong customer relationships.
• Demonstrated leadership and team coordination capabilities.
• Understanding of potential funding sources to be used for hazard mitigation.
• Completion of the following FEMA Independent Study courses or willingness to complete them within 3 months of hire:
  • IS-100.C Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS 100
  • IS-200.C Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
  • IS-2700 National Mitigation Framework, an Introduction
  • IS-318.A Local Mitigation Planning Training
  • IS-328 Plan Review for Local Mitigation Plans
  • IS-329.A State Mitigation Planning Training
  • IS-350 Mitigation Planning for Tribal Communities
  • IS-393.B Introduction to Hazard Mitigation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Emergency Management, Urban or Regional Planning, Community Planning, Sustainable Development, Public Health, Geography or related field.
• Certifications including Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) certification, Associate Emergency Manager (AEM) certification, American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma, or others; willingness to pursue relevant certifications is a plus.
• Experience with ArcGIS and other relevant software products.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Knowledge of Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) and Incident Command System (ICS)
• Technological hazard assessment experience.
• Completion of additional FEMA Independent Study courses after hire:
  • IS-212.B Introduction to Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA)
  • IS-271.A Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk, 2nd Edition
  • IS-201 Forms Used for the Development of the Incident Action Plan
  • IS-2200 Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions
  • IS-315.A CERT and the Incident Command System (ICS)
  • IS-700.B An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
  • IS-703.B NIMS Resource Management
  • IS-706 NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid - An Introduction
  • IS-800.D National Response Framework, an Introduction

Submission Requirements:

• Be prepared to provide a writing sample illustrating personal content and style of planning, analysis, and/or technical writing.

Benefits and more:

• Annual salary based on location and experience: $85,000 - $100,000
• 10 paid Holidays
• Vacation Pay
• Sick Pay
• 401 (K) plan with matching
• Company paid STD and LTD

Additional Information:

• Personal Office: All personal office work environments require the ability to maintain minimum Internet speeds of 25 Mbps upload and 3 Mbps download, as well as a ping rate of 100 ms or less during working hours, regardless of the type and number of devices using your Internet connection. You must also have account privileges and access to your Internet service provider account during working hours for the purposes of maintaining the Internet connection, if needed.  

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