Emergency Exercises Program Lead

City of New York; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Reasonable accommodations

Telework policy

Job summary

New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) seeks an Exercises Program Manager to design, implement, and evaluate internal and interagency exercises. You will prepare concepts, scenarios, briefings, and supporting materials, and coordinate with NYCEM partners to test plans and improve response capabilities.

The role emphasizes proactive leadership, collaboration, and delivering trainings on exercise design and evaluation while supporting citywide emergency management across all phases.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, delivering, and evaluating exercises.
• Familiarity with Homeland Security Exercise Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent facilitation and leadership abilities.
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently and tracking progress.

Responsibilities

• Design, facilitate, and evaluate exercises of varying sizes for NYC emergency managers and partners.
• Prepare exercise concepts, objectives, scenarios, briefings, and user-friendly materials.
• Develop exercise evaluation plans, guides, and after-action reports.
• Collaborate to align exercise strategies with agency needs and interagency partners.
• Deliver trainings on tabletops, facilitation, and exercise evaluation.

Skills

Exercise design

Facilitation

Evaluation

Project management

Communication

HSEEP

Microsoft 365

Education

Bachelor's degree in emergency management or related field

Master's degree in emergency management or public administration

Four-year high school diploma with 6 years experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) seeks an Exercises Program Manager to design, implement, and evaluate internal and interagency exercises. You will prepare concepts, scenarios, briefings, and supporting materials, and coordinate with NYCEM partners to test plans and improve response capabilities.

The role emphasizes proactive leadership, collaboration, and delivering trainings on exercise design and evaluation while supporting citywide emergency management across all phases.