Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent amount of education and experience.
• Professional certification in Emergency Management preferred.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in business continuity, emergency management/disaster preparedness or related field
• Familiarity with Hospital Incident Command System structure and Joint Commission Emergency Management
• Project management experience
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Requires excellent analytic, consultative, and presentation skills.
• Effective management skills including planning, directing, evaluating, and controlling systems
• Proficient in MS Office and additional computer applications

Highly Desired Qualifications:

• Masters degree in directly related field
• 5-10 years of directly relevant experience
• Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) conferred by the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
• National Incident Management System (NIMS) certification
• Prior experience in hospital emergency management role and coordinating health care preparedness, response, and recovery processes and audits
• Successful completion of National Incident Management System (NIMS) training - Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, 300, 400, 700 and 800

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with coordinating health care preparedness, response, and recovery processes and audits
• Success completion of  Hospital Disaster Management Training
• Project management certification
• Successful completion of FEMA’s Professional Development Series (PDS)
• Successful completion of FEMA’s All Hazard Incident Management Team (IMT) 40-hour training.

This position is being advertised at the Director of Emergency Preparedness and Manager of Emergency Preparedness levels.  One position will be filled between the two postings.

Application Process: In order to be considered, applicants must upload resume and cover letter (under submission relevant materials) that clearly address how they meet the listed required and desired qualifications of this position.
 
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days.
 
Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.