Planner, Campus Preparedness/Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

About the role

The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by June 23, 2026. Applications received after June 23, 2026 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain foundational emergency management plans for the University including, but not limited to, the Emergency Operations Plan; Emergency Public Information and Warning Plan; Preparedness, Outreach, and Education Strategy; Hazard Mitigation Plan; Business Continuity Plan; Recovery Plan; and Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan.
• Develop and maintain emergency preparedness and business continuity plans for URI’s departments and programs.
• Cook extensively with, and provide support to, faculty, staff, and student groups in their emergency preparedness and continuity efforts.
• Lead the development of emergency preparedness conferences, instructive seminars, presentations, speeches, and other outreach activities for the URI community and external partners.
• Prepare information for public releases and present public awareness programs to the URI community.
• Design, develop, and distribute relevant public information and education materials on emergency preparedness to enhance URI community awareness of hazards that may have an adverse effect on lives, property, and the environment.
• Provide support at OEM meetings, events, and exercises including facilitation, preparing minutes and reports, and collecting and analyzing data.
• Following events and incidents that impact URI, conduct after action reviews and develop after action reports using the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) format.
• Write compelling, clear, and concise plans, procedures, and other program documents in styles appropriate to respective sectors of the URI community using correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• Aid in the management and dissemination of emergency notification messages during tests and actual incidents using URI’s emergency notification system.
• Aid in OEM’s social media campaign as needed, including updating social media venues with frequent and appropriate posts.
• Aid in the duties of the other team members within OEM when necessary and required, as guided by the Assistant Director of Public Safety.
• Support the Assistant Director of Public Safety on special projects as assigned.
• Respond to emergency incident(s) in the field and participate in the management of those incidents with local jurisdictions; as necessary, serve in a command, support, or supervisory role to provide direction for emergency and non-traditional responders in a fashion consistent with National Incident Management System (NIMS) guidelines and also to manage and/or coordinate resources as appropriate.
• Liaise with and maintain communication with local, state, federal, national, regional, nonprofit, and private agencies, institutes, centers, and organizations as necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, business continuity, communications, English, public health, public administration or related field.
• Minimum two years full-time professional experience in emergency planning and preparedness.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining plans and procedures.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing community preparedness programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of emergency management and business continuity principles.
• Demonstrated strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in written communication skills.
• Demonstrated public speaking skills.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (including Word, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated experience in creating visual presentations for a variety of audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to take technical information and put it into a format that can be understood by various audiences.
• Demonstrated training in the Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, and National Incident Management System (NIMS) 700, 800.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively under difficult and trying circumstances and during changing conditions (e.g. during an emergency or disaster).
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups/populations.