Summary
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 Managing Consultant is responsible for taking on leadership/project management responsibilities within client projects. An Emergency Management Managing Consultant provides subject matter and expert level support, advice and analytical services to private businesses and government agencies on how to deal with emergency situations or any emergency management functions or disciplines. The managing consultant will be responsible for client relationship building and problem solving with leadership support. Each Consultant will have a specific work portfolio based on skills sets and needs. The position will be guided in all activities by ACDC’s Corporate Values Platform.
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time/Exempt
Temporary/Seasonal/Regular: Regular
Reporting Division: Recovery
Compensation: $100k-120k per year, DOE
Benefits Summary: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid parental leave, paid time off, sick time, tuition reimbursement, short-term disability.
Travel/Location: Remote with up to 50% travel/deployment required
Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions.
- Serve as a senior resource for the Mitigation, Engineering, Environmental, Planning and Resiliency (MEEPR) Division on all division projects in addition to general emergency management services as needed.
- Support the Director and Deputy Director with project management duties.
- Ensure all strategic and business plans are followed in relation to project and division work.
- Lead and develop project teams and all other assigned direct reports.
- Lead and manage complex portions of projects teams/tasks, program management or full scope programs.
- Perform technical assistance assignments post-disaster for Public Assistance Program including site inspections, damage assessments, analysis of applicable Federal, State and local codes and standards, structural damage evaluations (SDEs).
- Prepare conceptual/written scope of work, bid documents and development of cost estimates.
- Ensure all aspects of a project are completed as outlined in the contract scope of work and timeline.
- Conduct meetings and briefings with clients, prepare and facilitate budgets, proposals, client presentations, develop materials and reporting as needed.
- Conduct communication and coordination with all staff members working on related projects, as well as with Local, State, Federal, Regional organizations, and the public.
- Assist with all corporate and program operations and division priorities, as needed.
- When requested, assist Division Director with business development tasks such as responding to requests for proposals and building relationships with external partners based on subject-matter expertise.
- Develop state and local response and pre- and post-disaster recovery plans, procedures, checklists, and guidance documents.
- Maintain currency of and compliance with applicable state and federal policies, procedures, and guidance documents for applicable roles.
- Conduct needs assessment and gap analysis as it relates to response and recovery planning, the client’s emergency operations plan, and mitigation planning (where applicable).
- Identify potential impacts/implications of policy changes to Federal/State/local programs and provide briefings as required.
- Perform quality control review procedures over work performed by other consultants and over client-provided documents as requested.
- Serve in a response capacity in a state or local Emergency Operations Center as needed.
- When requested, provide response and recovery related training to state and local government clients.
- During a disaster, you may be called into the field to support or co-lead relief efforts or assist with organizing responses to support advanced roles in emergency situations and/or activations.
- Gain experience, train for, and become knowledgeable in all areas of Emergency Management.
- Maintain/pursue ongoing knowledge, certifications, training, and subject matter expertise as appropriate.
- Perform other duties as assigned.