Community Resilience Coordinator

Compensation Range: $45,697.60 - $68,556.80. Our full‑time positions come with an array of excellent benefits including comprehensive healthcare coverage, a pension plan, flexible spending accounts and even a tuition reimbursement program. At Lancaster County, we understand the importance of work‑life balance. That's why we offer paid time off for sick, vacation and holidays, an employee assistance program, and family medical leave.

This position serves as Lancaster County's lead planning specialist for community resilience and disaster recovery and has primary responsibility for the following critical areas:
The Community Resilience Coordinator leads community resilience outreach and public‑private partnership development. The position leads Lancaster County's implementation of Pennsylvania Act 33 of 2023 school preparedness initiatives, including the County Safe Schools' Collaborative and a countywide emergency preparedness planning approach for public, nonpublic, private, and charter schools, intermediate units, early childhood education programs, and day care facilities. The position coordinates schools, law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, emergency management, and other school‑safety partners to develop, maintain, exercise, and improve all‑hazards emergency operations and disaster response plans.

Serves as the primary point of contact for access and functional needs planning and technical assistance. Leads countywide disaster shelter, mass care, mass evacuation, emergency housing, and reunification planning with municipalities, schools, nongovernmental organizations, faith‑based organizations, human‑services partners, and private‑sector partners. Planning shall address shelter‑site identification and readiness, agreements, accessibility, transportation, feeding, household pets and service animals, functional needs support services, resource requirements, and coordination of the FEMA Community Lifelines, including Food, Hydration, Shelter;
Health and Medical;
Safety and Security; and other lifelines relevant to Lancaster County's agricultural and business communities. Serves as liaison to volunteer organizations within the County, including, but not limited to, the Fire Police Task Force, Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM), Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), Citizen Corps, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), American Red Cross, County Animal Response Team (CART), and Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD).

Leads and administers Lancaster County EMA's Duly Enrolled Volunteer program in accordance with applicable Commonwealth requirements, including enrollment and credentialing, records management, training and qualification tracking, readiness, assignment, activation, accountability, safety, deployment documentation, demobilization, and after‑action improvement.

The Community Resilience Coordinator/Volunteer Liaison reports to the Emergency Management/HAZMAT Operations Manager or to the DPS Deputy Director in the absence of the EM/HAZMAT Operations Manager.

Develop and maintain the Lancaster County EMA’s website information related to emergency preparedness, community resilience, and health preparedness education. Provide technical assistance to public and private subscribers of the Lancaster County public notification system to include email and phone support and contact list maintenance. Leads and oversees County‑wide emergency management volunteer programs, including needs assessment, recruitment, enrollment, credentialing, training, qualification tracking, placement, supervision, activation, accountability, documentation, recognition, retention, and sustainment.

Programs include CERT, MRC, VOAD, Citizen Corps, CART, Duly Enrolled Volunteers, and LEMA volunteer and internship programs. Serves as the County's lead planning specialist for disaster recovery. Develops, maintains, and coordinates Lancaster County disaster recovery plans, recovery frameworks, functional annexes, policies, procedures, and planning documentation covering short-, intermediate-, and long‑term recovery. Coordinates…