Recovery Planning Lead, Emergency Ops (Hybrid)

State of California; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

On-site Gym

CalPERS pension

401(k) and 457(b)

Flexible schedules

Generous PTO

Health, dental & vision

Job summary

California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in Sacramento County seeks a Recovery Planning Unit Chief to lead statewide recovery planning efforts, supervise staff, and ensure IRC/JFO planning integration in disaster recovery programs.

Under the PM I role, you will develop policies, provide technical assistance, and produce periodic planning reports while coordinating with internal and external partners to advance resilience and compliance with state and federal mandates.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising, leading, and developing professional or technical staff responsible for emergency management, disaster recovery planning, or a comparable program.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, maintaining, or evaluating disaster recovery plans, policies, procedures, programs, or related emergency management initiatives.
• Experience managing complex emergency management programs, projects, or initiatives involving multiple priorities, deadlines, stakeholders, and organizational objectives.
• Experience developing or coordinating plans, policies, procedures, or programs with statewide, regional, tribal, county, or local government applicability.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and maintaining productive working relationships with local, tribal, state, federal, nongovernmental, or private-sector partners to accomplish emergency management or disaster recovery objectives.
• Knowledge of or experience working with FEMA, federal disaster recovery programs, federal recovery doctrine, or other federal policies and guidance applicable to emergency management and disaster recovery.
• Experience designing, coordinating, facilitating, or evaluating workshops, seminars, tabletop exercises, functional exercises, or full-scale exercises related to emergency management or disaster recovery.
• Experience conducting after-action reviews, identifying lessons learned, developing corrective actions, and implementing improvement plans to strengthen programs and operational capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely through executive briefings, presentations, reports, memoranda, correspondence, planning documents, or other decision-support products.
• Experience working within the Incident Command System (ICS) or supporting disaster operations in an Emergency Operations Center, State Operations Center, Regional Emergency Operations Center, Joint Field Office, Area Field Office, Local Assistance Center, or comparable operational environment.
• Experience identifying emerging program needs, developing innovative solutions, improving organizational processes, measuring program outcomes, and aligning activities with strategic goals and objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment, initiative, flexibility, and resourcefulness while managing competing priorities, short-notice assignments, sensitive issues, and rapidly changing conditions during emergency or disaster operations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and evaluate the work of the Recovery Planning Unit to develop, maintain, and improve statewide recovery planning policies, procedures, and tools.
• Ensure Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC), Joint Field Office (JFO) planning integration, and operational support during disaster recovery.
• Provide supervisory leadership, program administration, and technical assistance for workshops, tabletop exercises, and full-scale exercises.
• Maintain unit information, dashboards, and monthly/quarterly/annual planning reports; cultivate partnerships to improve organizational efficiency and operational excellence.
• Track trends, verify analytics, and produce quarterly and annual recovery planning reports; anticipate the needs of disaster recovery programs and operations.

Skills

Emergency management

Disaster recovery planning

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

ICS knowledge

Job description

California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) in Sacramento County seeks a Recovery Planning Unit Chief to lead statewide recovery planning efforts, supervise staff, and ensure IRC/JFO planning integration in disaster recovery programs.

Under the PM I role, you will develop policies, provide technical assistance, and produce periodic planning reports while coordinating with internal and external partners to advance resilience and compliance with state and federal mandates.