AC Disaster Consulting

AC Disaster Consulting

Operations Section Chief

Denver, Colorado, United States · Exec · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$40k-$55kDetected 21 days ago
LogisticsLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingTime ManagementOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • Mission of Role/Position Summary: The Operations Section Chief (OC), working alongside the SERT Chief and the Planning Chief, establishes the operational objectives of the State Emergency Response Team (SERT) through the action planning process.
  • This position ensures effective coordination between all state and local response agencies to achieve SERT's operational objectives.
  • Identify resource needs beyond state agency inventories and communicate them to the Logistics Section Chief.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the AHIMT Unit Leader to efficiently deploy requested teams and manage mutual aid requests.
  • Deploy and maintain communication with liaisons in affected areas through coordination with the SERT Field Operations Branch Director.
  • Conduct operational meetings with Branch Directors and Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) to resolve response issues and maintain coordination with the Plans, Logistics, and Finance & Administration Section Chiefs.
  • Manages tactical incident activities to achieve incident objectives and oversees Incident Action Plan (IAP) implementation.
  • Ensure the decisions of agency leadership are translated into action and manage and coordinate those efforts with all responders.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive customer and internal information.
  • Experience working in an Emergency Operations Center or disaster response, including at least 2 activations or exercises in a supervisory or key support capacity.

Requirements

  • Must be willing to travel and deploy to client sites for extended periods of time.
  • Experience with financial management applications.
  • Master's degree in Emergency Management or a related field.

Nice to have

  • Must be 18 years of age or older.
  • Eligibility to work in the United States without employer sponsored visa is required.
  • Must pass company and any applicable client background check and reference check upon offer of employment.
  • This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
  • AC Disaster Consulting will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any protected characteristic.
  • You can request reasonable accommodation by contacting AC Disaster Consulting Human Resources team at hr@acdisaster.com.
  • We use E-Verify for all candidates who are offered and accept a position with us.
  • Please visit this link to the E-Verify Website and this link to view the E-Verify rights poster to understand your rights in this process.

Skills

  • Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written.
  • Capable of multi-tasking when necessary.
  • Strong familiarity with state and local governments is necessary.
  • Excellent critical thinking, strategic planning, and problem-solving skills.
  • Highly organized, detail oriented and self-motivated.
  • Strong time management skills.
  • Strong desire to help people.

Compensation

  • $40k-$55k

Benefits

  • Temporary positions are not benefits eligible except where required by law.
  • Experience and Education Required Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management or other applicable field.
  • Workplace Health & Safety: We are committed to fostering a safe and healthy workplace.

Company info

  • 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.
  • This role will be onsite at the designated Emergency Operations Center for the duration of the mission.
  • We are committed to fostering a safe and healthy workplace.

Equal opportunity

  • Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions: Coordinate priority missions and resource deployment with Operations Section Branch Directors, ensuring alignment with operational objectives.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Eligibility to work in the United States without employer sponsored visa is required

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