Job Description
Dewberry is currently seeking a Technical Planning Specialist to join our cadre of skilled professional and technical staff supporting planning, preparedness, mitigation, and operational coordination activities across Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
This position is based in the Seattle/Bothell, Washington area and supports regional planning initiatives focused on natural hazards, operational readiness, and emergency management coordination. Work assignments may include planning efforts associated with Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami scenarios, volcanic hazards within the Cascade Range, continuity planning, logistics planning, and other all hazards preparedness activities.
You will collaborate with emergency management professionals, planners, GIS analysts, and federal, state, local, Tribal, territorial, and private sector stakeholders to develop planning products and analytical solutions that support emergency management decision making.
Dewberry’s Geospatial and Technology Services creates geospatial and analytical solutions for real world engineering, environmental, and community problems. Our analysts provide a variety of data services for our clients including data management, governance, analysis, transformation, automation, and visualization.
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.
Responsibilities
Candidates will have strong competencies and demonstrated experience in emergency management planning, stakeholder coordination, and data analysis. Work assignments will include:
- Develop, validate, and implement emergency operations plans, hazard mitigation plans, continuity of operations plans, and other planning products.
- Apply FEMA’s FOPM Six Step Planning Process to guide planning deliverables and stakeholder engagement.
- Support planning task orders through coordination, documentation, technical assistance, and meeting facilitation.
- Facilitate stakeholder engagement and interagency coordination for planning efforts.
- Assist in the design and execution of exercises to test and improve plans.
- Support planning activities related to earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic hazards, continuity, logistics, and regional preparedness initiatives.
- Integrate data analysis and geospatial analytics into planning products to support evidence based decision making.
- Perform quantitative and qualitative analysis in emergency management policies, programs, and procedures supporting federal agencies.
- Develop and implement database management solutions, dashboards, analytical workflows, and data visualization products.
- Support GIS based analysis, mapping, and situational awareness activities.
- Ensure compliance with applicable government regulations and federal guidance.
Required Skills & Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, public administration, planning, geography, GIS, data science, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in emergency management planning, preferably with FEMA, state emergency management agencies, or other federal deployments.
- Familiarity with FEMA’s Incident Command System (ICS), planning doctrine, and disaster operations.
- Experience applying the FOPM Six Step Planning Process in real world planning scenarios.
- Demonstrated understanding of emergency management planning principles and regional hazard considerations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, Microsoft 365 tools, ArcGIS Pro, and ArcGIS Online.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including technical writing and stakeholder facilitation.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in dynamic environments.
- Must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
Additional Requirements
- Position based in Seattle/Bothell, Washington.
- Ability to travel periodically throughout FEMA Region 10 in support of planning activities.
- Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record, and ability to pass a driving record background check.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.
Notice to Third Party Recruiters: Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.
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