Continuity of Operations Planner

Hruckus; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HRUCKUS in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Continuity of Operations Planner to develop, update, and implement high level emergency continuity plans and planning artifacts for federal‑level clients.

The role requires enterprise‑level continuity planning expertise, strong analytical and technical writing skills, and experience facilitating workshops and training, with ability to produce clearly written, compliant plans and lead planning sessions with executives and cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in continuity planning, emergency management, or continuity operations at the enterprise level.
• Experience facilitating workshops, training, and exercises.
• Strong analytical and technical writing skills.
• Experience coordinating with executives and cross functional teams.
• Experience producing compliant, clearly written plans that use mandatory language and consistent terminology.

Responsibilities

• Review existing Agency and HSPA continuity plans, policies, essential functions lists, risk assessments, and procedures to determine current state and gaps.
• Conduct and document a gap analysis and needs assessment against applicable continuity guidance and internal requirements.
• Develop updated, high level continuity plans for the Agency and HSPA, including essential functions, orders of succession, delegations of authority, and devolution concepts.
• Produce supporting artifacts such as continuity concept of operations, activation checklists, quick hit playbooks, and reconstitution plans.
• Ensure plans are written in clear, active voice using mandatory language and consistent terminology.
• Facilitate planning workshops, interviews, and working sessions with Agency and HSPA leadership and external partners.
• Coordinate inputs, manage version control of planning artifacts, and track decisions to resolution.
• Develop continuity training materials and briefings tailored for executives, managers, and staff.
• Deliver monthly status reports summarizing progress, risks, issues, and upcoming milestones.

Skills

Continuity planning

Emergency management

Workshop facilitation

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Veteran Firm Seeking a Continuity of Operations Planner for a Hybrid Assignment in Washington, DC

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.

At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.

We seek to fill a Continuity of Operations Planner role in Washington, DC

The ideal candidate is a Washington resident with extensive enterprise level continuity planning expertise, strong analytical and technical writing skills, and experience facilitating workshops and training, with a strong background in producing compliant, clearly written plans.

www.hruckus.com

Executive Summary

HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced Senior Continuity of Operations Planner to develop, update, and implement high level emergency continuity plans and associated planning artifacts.

Position Description

The Continuity of Operations Planner will work alongside agency staff to lead and perform assessments, planning, stakeholder engagement, training, and exercise support to ensure continuity of essential functions during disruptive incidents.

Position Responsibilities

• Review existing Agency and HSPA continuity plans, policies, essential functions lists, risk assessments, and procedures to determine current state and gaps
• Conduct and document a gap analysis and needs assessment against applicable continuity guidance and internal requirements
• Develop updated, high level continuity plans for the Agency and HSPA, including essential functions, orders of succession, delegations of authority, and devolution concepts
• Produce supporting artifacts such as continuity concept of operations, activation checklists, quick hit playbooks, and reconstitution plans
• Ensure plans are written in clear, active voice using mandatory language and consistent terminology
• Facilitate planning workshops, interviews, and working sessions with Agency and HSPA leadership and external partners
• Coordinate inputs, manage version control of planning artifacts, and track decisions to resolution
• Develop continuity training materials and briefings tailored for executives, managers, and staff
• Deliver monthly status reports summarizing progress, risks, issues, and upcoming milestones

Required Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in continuity planning, emergency management, or continuity operations at the enterprise level
• Experience facilitating workshops, training, and exercises
• Strong analytical and technical writing skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and collaboration tools
• Experience coordinating with executives and cross functional teams
• Experience producing compliant, clearly written plans that use mandatory language and consistent terminology

Details

Job Title: Continuity of Operations Planner