Emergency Services Planner Senior

About the Position

Make a lasting impact on the safety and resilience of one of the nation's fastest-growing counties.

As an Emergency Services Planner Senior, no two days are the same. You will be at the forefront of regional safety, helping prepare for and respond to a diverse range of challenges, from extreme heat and flash floods to wildfires, major special events, and complex all-hazards emergencies.

In this critical role, you’ll develop and maintain emergency plans, provide technical expertise in all hazards and radiological programs, support training and exercises, and collaborate with Maricopa County, partner cities, towns, tribal nations, and other emergency management stakeholders to strengthen regional preparedness and response. While emergency management is at the core of this role, it has a strong technical focus on radiological emergency preparedness.

You’ll do this work from our state‑of‑the‑art Emergency Operations Center, opened in 2025. This high‑tech command hub features advanced video walls for real‑time situational awareness during active emergencies, plus access to an on-site fitness center to support your wellness and work‑life balance.

• Provide technical assistance, subject matter expertise, and planning support to county departments, local jurisdictions, tribal nations, and partner organizations to ensure consistency and integration of emergency management programs and plans.
• Develop, coordinate, evaluate, and maintain Emergency Operations Plans (EOPs), Continuity of Operations Plans (COOPs), and related emergency preparedness plans for the county, municipalities, tribal nations, and partner agencies, including access and functional needs considerations.
• Review, update, research, and develop emergency management plans, procedures, and program documentation to address emerging threats, changing requirements, and operational needs.
• Support the development, coordination, training, testing, and execution of all‑hazards or radiological emergency preparedness programs, exercises, and response plans, including exercise planning team leadership as assigned.
• Assist in the development and implementation of training and exercise programs aligned with NIMS, ICSE, CPG
  101, and HSEEP guidelines.
• Collaborate with local, state, federal, tribal, nonprofit, and private‑sector partners to foster inter‑agency cooperation and resource sharing.

• Three (3) years of professional experience in program or project management for emergency operations.
• Bachelor's degree in emergency management, program management, natural or physical science, or a closely related field.
• An equivalent combination of post‑secondary education and/or job‑related experience may substitute for the required experience on a year‑for‑year basis.

• Experience with radioactive materials, power plants, or the radiological emergency preparedness program.
• Experience developing emergency operations plans, continuity plans, training programs, and exercises; familiarity with NIMS, ICSE, CPG
  101, and HSEEP.
• Experience collaborating with local, state, federal, tribal, nonprofit, and private‑sector partners.
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and project management skills.

• Work with a greater purpose.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Exceptional work‑life balance with hybrid or alternative work schedule options.
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County.
• Low‑cost, high‑value health care for you and your qualifying dependents.
• Child care benefits, including access to an on‑site center (Maricopa County Kids Club) dedicated to serving Maricopa County families.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
• Extensive wellness program, including incentives.
• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring an 11.98% per‑paycheck contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day
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