Deputy Program Manager - Federal Emergency Ops (Part-Time)

Harkcon; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 50,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Harkcon, Inc. is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to oversee daily operations for a federal emergency management program based in Washington, DC, with on-site work at FEMA NIC. The role includes coordinating technical document production, reviews, scheduling, and staffing, with possible telework as approved.

This is a part-time position contingent on contract award. The successful candidate will manage workflows, ensure timely deliverables, and coordinate multiple analysts, writers, and SMEs

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• At least three years of recent experience since 2017 managing a contract of similar size and scope.
• Ability to support multiple complex, time-critical activities including technical or data-processing work.
• Experience managing schedules, document workflows, action items, risks, and customer reporting.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to version control and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily execution of technical guidance, analytical products, briefing materials, meeting support, and related deliverables.
• Manage the daily production workflow supporting NIMS implementation products, resource typing documents, National Qualification System resource-typing documents, and Position Task Books.
• Convert customer priorities into assignments, milestones, review cycles, and staffing requirements.
• Maintain the Project Task Tracker, including task and document status, travel, meetings, issues, recommendations, and monthly updates for the NIC Program Manager and COR.
• Coordinate analysts, writers, quality reviewers, and subject matter experts across concurrent products.
• Track Government-furnished information, reviewer comments, dependencies, risks, and overdue actions.
• Prepare weekly meeting materials and monthly performance, staffing, schedule, and cost inputs.
• Coordinate preparation of deliverable acceptance forms, weekly COR meeting materials, and monthly status-report inputs.
• Monitor deliverable readiness and prevent late, incomplete, or improperly formatted submissions.
• Serve as acting Program Manager when designated and maintain continuity during absences or surge periods.
• Support in-person and virtual workshops, including planning, facilitation, materials, action tracking, and follow-up.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Schedule management

Document workflow management

Risk management

Customer reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Tools

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Teams

Structured task-management tools

Job description

Harkcon, Inc. is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to oversee daily operations for a federal emergency management program based in Washington, DC, with on-site work at FEMA NIC. The role includes coordinating technical document production, reviews, scheduling, and staffing, with possible telework as approved.

This is a part-time position contingent on contract award. The successful candidate will manage workflows, ensure timely deliverables, and coordinate multiple analysts, writers, and SMEs