Emergency Management Deputy Program Manager (Part-Time)

Harkcon; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Harkcon is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to oversee daily operations for a FEMA NIC program, located primarily in Washington, DC, with on-site attendance and potential telework as approved. The role focuses on managing technical document production, scheduling, staffing, and customer actions.

Ideal candidates bring a Bachelor’s degree, 3+ years of relevant contract management, and strong communication, organizational, and workflow-management skills to coordinate analysts, writers, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• At least three years of recent experience managing a contract of similar size and scope.
• Ability to support multiple 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 with attention to version control and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily execution of technical guidance, analytical products, briefing materials, meeting support, and related deliverables.
• Coordinate the daily production workflow supporting NIC program documents and related artifacts.
• 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.
• Coordinate analysts, writers, quality reviewers, and subject matter experts across concurrent products.
• 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

Organization

Time management

Documentation

Stakeholder reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Harkcon is seeking a Deputy Program Manager to oversee daily operations for a FEMA NIC program, located primarily in Washington, DC, with on-site attendance and potential telework as approved. The role focuses on managing technical document production, scheduling, staffing, and customer actions.

Ideal candidates bring a Bachelor’s degree, 3+ years of relevant contract management, and strong communication, organizational, and workflow-management skills to coordinate analysts, writers, and