Senior Continuity of Operations Planner — Hybrid in DC

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

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.