Emergency Management Planner

About the role

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) seeks an Emergency Management Planner to provide support to the Resilience area. This position is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary coordinator and custodian of the Oklahoma State Administrative Plan and associated planning documentation.
• Develop, maintain, revise, and coordinate updates to the State Administrative Plan (SAP).
• Maintain alignment of SAP with federal and state statutes, regulations, grant requirements, and agency policy.
• Coordinate review cycles and stakeholder input processes for statewide planning documents.
• Monitor planning requirements associated with FEMA grant programs and emergency management guidance.
• Create administrative procedures, planning guidance, and supporting documentation necessary to maintain compliance with applicable planning requirements.
• Support audits, monitoring activities, and program reviews involving planning-related deliverables.
• Support statewide resilience initiatives through planning, risk analysis, and mitigation strategy development.
• Coordinate development and integration of hazard mitigation planning efforts supporting state and local resilience objectives.
• Assist with identification and prioritization of mitigation opportunities that reduce risk to people, property, infrastructure, and critical services.
• Lead planning initiatives involving hazard vulnerability assessments, consequence analysis, and predictive evaluation of cascading impacts to critical infrastructure and Community Lifelines.
• Promote integration of mitigation concepts into emergency management, community development, infrastructure, and land-use planning efforts.
• Aid local jurisdictions in understanding and implementing mitigation planning requirements and best practices.
• Support development of planning products that strengthen long-term resilience and disaster risk reduction.
• Career planning and operational readiness.
• Coordinate continuity planning efforts that support continuity of government and continuity of operations capabilities.
• Develop, maintain, and improve Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning initiatives.
• Facilitate continuity planning workshops, planning teams, and stakeholder coordination activities.
• Support continuity planning efforts involving critical functions, essential personnel, communications, facilities, and resource requirements.
• Aid agencies and stakeholders in developing continuity capabilities and continuity planning products.
• Coordinate testing, validation, and improvement of continuity plans through exercises and planning activities.
• Promote continuity planning integration with preparedness, resilience, and emergency operations programs.
• Planning integration and technical assistance.
• Provide advanced planning expertise and technical assistance to local jurisdictions, partner organizations, and agency stakeholders.
• Aid local, tribal, and state stakeholders with development, review, and improvement of emergency management planning documents.
• Evaluate planning documents for compliance with applicable standards, requirements, and best practices.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and planning sessions supporting jurisdictional preparedness and resilience efforts.
• Aid stakeholders in integrating planning efforts across preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation functions.
• Promote planning consistency and coordination among partner organizations.
• Program analysis, community lifelines & strategic planning.
• Support statewide planning initiatives through analysis, assessment, and strategic planning activities.
• Conduct planning studies, research projects, assessments, and analyses supporting agency objectives.
• Evaluate planning initiatives and recommend improvements supporting organizational effectiveness and resilience.
• Utilize FEMA Community Lifelines as the operational framework for analyzing vulnerabilities, evaluating cascading impacts, and developing effects-based planning strategies supporting statewide resilience.
• Identify planning gaps, emerging risks, and opportunities for capability enhancement.
• Support development of strategic planning products, preparedness assessments, and resilience frameworks.
• Prepare reports, presentations, planning guidance, and executive briefing materials.
• Grant planning & interagency coordination.
• Support planning activities associated with federal and state emergency management programs.
• Aid with planning requirements associated with EMPG and other emergency management grant programs.
• Coordinate planning activities with federal, state, tribal, local, nonprofit, and private-sector partners.
• Support development of grant-related planning deliverables and performance measures.
• Participate in interagency planning groups, working groups, committees, and task forces.
• Serve as project leader for assigned planning initiatives and special projects.
• Promote coordination between planning, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery functions.

Qualifications

• Education and experience requirements: Bachelor’s degree in business, public administration, or urban planning plus three years of qualifying experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of experience in a technical capacity in emergency preparedness planning or emergency management operations, or in public assistance or disaster recovery operations at the local, state or federal level for each year of the required education plus three years additional year of qualifying experience.
• Knowledge: Emergency response programs and emergency management principles; hazard mitigation, resilience, preparedness, response, and recovery planning concepts; principles and practices of program planning and project implementation; disaster emergency organization and preparedness methodologies; effects-based EM strategies and predictive analysis methodologies for critical infrastructure; federal and state laws, regulations, and guidance related to emergency management and disaster assistance; continuity of Operations (COOP) and continuity planning principles; community Lifelines, resilience planning, and risk reduction strategies; training techniques, report writing, and planning documentation methods.
• Skills: Research, analysis, and strategic problem solving; analyzing cascading impacts affecting critical infrastructure, utilities, transportation, communications, healthcare, and other Community Lifelines; technical writing and planning document development; stakeholder engagement and facilitation; project leadership and planning coordination; public speaking and presentation delivery.
• Abilities: Develop, coordinate, and evaluate complex planning initiatives; interpret and apply emergency management regulations, policies, and guidance; provide technical planning expertise and consultation; analyze planning challenges and recommend practical solutions; coordinate planning activities among multiple stakeholders; prepare complex reports, plans, presentations, and planning documents; establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, supervisors, and external partners; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; demonstrate flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team; demonstrate strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills; demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; demonstrate proficiency in GIS software; demonstrate proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite; demonstrate proficiency in web-based planning tools and platforms.