All-Hazard Mitigation & Recovery Lead

City of Seattle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 72,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Seattle City Light is seeking an All Hazard Mitigation Specialist to lead and refine mitigation and recovery planning across facilities. You will coordinate with the Emergency Management Manager and work with internal teams to advance grants, budgets, and schedules, while developing comprehensive hazard analyses and reports.

The role requires three years of emergency management experience, a bachelor’s degree in emergency management, and strong collaboration and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Three (3) years’ experience in hazard mitigation, recovery, emergency management response, and disaster recovery operations at the local, state, or federal level, or other relevant experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, or closely related field.
• Equivalent combinations of education, training, certification and experience will be evaluated on an individual basis for comparability.

Responsibilities

• Manage City Light’s All Hazard Mitigation Program to advance mitigation and recover from an emergency.
• Support diverse teams in preparing utility emergency management grants, including scopes of work, budgets, and project schedules.
• Provide direct technical assistance including hazard identification at work locations and critical facilities.
• Prepare and manage workshops, roundtables and forum logistics, agendas, budgets, and reports.
• Coordinate with the Seattle Office of Emergency Management on Public Assistance for the utility.
• Lead mitigation and recovery planning efforts and engage stakeholders with local, state and federal guidance and best practices.
• Confer with internal and external stakeholders to obtain information to complete planning documents.
• Organize and facilitate workshops with partners to review documents.
• Develop mitigation reports to provide analysis to the executive team.
• Coordinate statewide hazards with subject matter experts, energy providers, and agencies.
• Maintain City Light Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Plans in compliance with guidelines.
• Coordinate grant activities for recovery and mitigation.
• Prepare written reports, analyses, resources, and publications.
• Serve as on-call point of contact for emergency management support.

Skills

Hazard mitigation

Emergency management

Stakeholder collaboration

Written communication

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management

Job description

Seattle City Light is seeking an All Hazard Mitigation Specialist to lead and refine mitigation and recovery planning across facilities. You will coordinate with the Emergency Management Manager and work with internal teams to advance grants, budgets, and schedules, while developing comprehensive hazard analyses and reports.

The role requires three years of emergency management experience, a bachelor’s degree in emergency management, and strong collaboration and communication skills.