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Mitigation Planning Consultant

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Fixed term

Experience:

Mid-level (2-5 years)

Work from:

United States

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management or related field, 5+ years of emergency management planning experience, Experience writing local and state plans preferred.

Key responsabilities:

Assist in developing or updating Hazard Mitigation Plans
Provide technical assistance with FEMA regulations
Collect and analyze data on hazards and vulnerabilities
Conduct outreach, stakeholder engagement, and meetings
Create comprehensive mitigation strategies

Tidal Basin Group SME https://www.tidalbasingroup.com/

201 - 500 Employees

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Job description

Position Summary:
Tidal Basin is a professional consulting services firm specializing in emergency and disaster management, disaster recovery, emergency preparedness, grant management and technology services.
The primary purpose of the Mitigation Planning Consultant is to assist our clients in the development and implementation of deliverables required for their Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). The Mitigation Planning Consultant will support the Resilience, Mitigation and Policy team with various tasks, including providing technical assistance to the client in relation to the FEMA regulations associated with hazard mitigation.

Job Duties and Responsibilities include:

Assist with the development or update to a HMP
Provide technical assistance and informational support
Collect relevant data on hazards, vulnerabilities, and existing mitigation efforts.
Identify and evaluate potential hazards and risks to a community
Conducts outreach, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation of meetings
Assess vulnerabilities and capabilities
Create comprehensive mitigation strategies to reduce or eliminate risk to potential hazards. Integrate HMPs with other community plans, including land use, capital improvement, special district, and master plans. Develop or update any internal documents and products as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Completion of all required compliance training upon hire, and annually thereafter or more frequently as deemed necessary.

Skills and Competencies:

Strong communication skills to express complex and technical concepts clearly and concisely both orally and in writing
Excellent organization and time management skills
Excellent interpersonal skills to foster strong client and team relationships
Demonstrate knowledge and experience in hazard and risk identification, planning, principles, and practices
Skill in utilization of data and analytics including knowledge of applicable modeling programs.
Advanced user of Microsoft products, Adobe Pro, and other technical programs needed to perform work.

Required Education and Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in emergency management, Public Administration, or related field; if no degree, must have minimum of (5) years of emergency management planning (Mitigation)
4 or more years of progressively responsible experience in emergency management at a local or state government agency, special districts, federal agencies, hospital / healthcare / public health, utility, private non-profit, university or college, airports, airlines, transit operators, oil, ports, rail, or similar organization where job duties specifically related to emergency management and preparedness
Experience or the equivalent to experience in writing at least 2 local plans and 1 State plan preferred.

Work Environment:

The ability to travel to client locations and deploy for extended periods of time is a requirement of this position.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Upon hire, secondary employment must be disclosed and approved.

Tidal Basin HoldCo, LLC and its affiliated companies, which includes Tidal Basin Government Consulting, are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.