Mission Manager

Introduction:

We are a leading, national consulting firm that provides compassionate, full-spectrum emergency management services including planning and preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation services to the public and private sectors before, during and after a natural disaster or catastrophic event.

Our mission is to provide compassionate consulting services to local, state, federal, and industry clients, active in disaster response, recovery, and preparedness. We will be on time, on target, and on budget with the services aligned to the evolving threats and hazards facing our nation.

The position will be guided by ACDC’s Corporate Values Platform in all activities.

Position Summary:

• Job Title: Mission Manager
• Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
• Temporary/Seasonal/Regular: Temporary
• Compensation: $30-$35/hour
• Travel/Location: Tallahassee, FL (on-site location)

 Mission of Role/Position Summary:

The Mission Coordinator will serve as a part of a team providing operational and organizational management support.

Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

• Receive new resource requests and validate requests have sufficient information to be processed.
• Requests additional information from requestors when needed.
• Assigned missions to appropriate branch.
• Responsible for coordinating, consolidating and ensuring smooth implementation of program activities and adherence to logistics, human resource, administration and security procedures.
• Work with Staging and Staffing for tactical implementation of missions to support operational requests.
• Be responsible for operational planning to support an escalation of activities where a greater presence is required of state capacity to manage.
• Develop and present plans, standard operating procedures, checklists, and other documents to support implementation and coordination of projects.
• Bi-weekly collection of survey data detailing facility needs.
• Identify operational goals and objectives and create and maintain a tracking mechanism to ensure the team has awareness of progress in meeting these goals.
• Engage with direct and executive client leadership to identify and maintain team awareness of priorities and status.
• Manage engagement and communication with internal and external partners.
• Serve as a problem solver and advisor to State partners and on-site team to improve service delivery.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Expected Hours of Work:

Schedule may vary and include 12 hour shifts 7/days week. Work on evenings and weekends may be required. Dependability and punctuality are paramount.

Travel Requirements:

• Up to 50% travel is expected for this position.
• Must be willing to travel and deploy to client sites for extended periods of time.

Physical Demands:

• Mobility required on-site with clients.
• Sitting or standing for hours at a time.
• Ability to work at a computer for extended periods of time if needed.
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. repetitively throughout the day and as needed.

Working Environment:

• Emergency management consultants may work in an office or home environment or be deployed to the field which may require working outdoors in adverse weather conditions.
• Work may be on-site with clients ex: EOC, hospital, debris sites or local government buildings.

Requirements

Experience/Education Required:

• Familiarity and experience using WebEOC.
• A dependable, responsible, detail-oriented and organized mindset
• Ability to think critically and solve problems in a team environment.
• Proficiency with technology and comfort with computers, including Microsoft Word and Excel programs.
• At least three years of professional experience within an emergency management, project management, field operations and/or response function.
• A high school diploma or GED.
• ICS 100/200

Experience/Education Preferred:

• A bachelor's degree in emergency management or a related field is preferred. Years of experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year for year basis, in addition to the minimum requirements.
• A professional certification, such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) or other relevant certification.

Additional Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Eligibility to work in the United States without employer sponsored visa is required. We are not able to employ those located outside of the US.
• Must pass company and any applicable client background check and reference check upon offer of employment.

Benefits

EEO Statement

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