Division Director, EP&R

Job Title: Division Director
Division: Emergency Preparedness and Response
Reports To: Chief of Operations
FLSA Status: Exempt/Full Time
Salary Range: $120,000 – $145,000
Modified
:
September 14, 2026
Prepared By: Chief of Staff

About

The Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) serves the seventy-one EMS agencies and thirty-five hospitals in the twenty-two-county region of Trauma Service Area P (TSA-P). The STRAC has a legislative mandate to develop and implement a regional EMS/Hospital Disaster Plan, which includes organizing and consolidating emergency preparedness planning for the region’s responders, assisting with training, plans development, and coordinating resources for more efficient disaster operations.

STRAC EMS agencies and hospitals are the local and regional medical resources that respond to disasters, manmade or natural, and must be prepared for any eventuality to protect both the lives of the citizens and the personnel that provide that care. The Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council works closely with the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Division of Emergency Management, the City of San Antonio, local jurisdictions, local health departments, and similar agencies throughout the State to improve health care systems throughout Texas.

Additionally, STRAC receives and manages State and Federal Grant Funds to develop, plan and implement regional and State programs.

Job Summary

The Emergency Preparedness and Response Division Director is a professional clinician possessing in-depth knowledge and experience in overseeing disaster and emergency management planning, mitigation, response, and recovery needs of the emergency healthcare system within Trauma Service Area P. The Director works closely with hospital and pre-hospital emergency management personnel and local, county, regional, and state emergency management officials to coordinate planning and response resources to ensure optimal readiness of regional healthcare entities.

The Director is responsible for building partnerships to collaborate with and support the health and medical needs of other emergency support functions during a disaster. The Director supervises the Hospital Preparedness Program contract, awarded by the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) which is part of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, through the Department of State Health Services.

Duties also include serving as the primary point of contact for hospital emergency preparedness programs pertaining to the implementation of programs to improve hospital readiness for bioterrorism and all-hazards threats. The Director participates in State-level planning meetings to coordinate activities with other Regional Advisory Councils (RACs) and the Department of State Health Services, and update contract managers on grant spending and implementation status.

The Emergency Preparedness and Response Division Director is also responsible for planning, preparedness, and deployment of response resources organic to or organized by STRAC during a disaster. The regional Emergency Medical Task Force, Regional Public Health, and Mass-Casualty Trailer Programs, as well as support programs, including power, communications and IMT support developed using Emergency Preparedness funds is overseen by the EP&R Division Director.

They will be responsible for the overall readiness of equipment, maintenance of Memorandums of Agreement/Understanding and personnel readiness to ensure a rapid and efficient response to a disaster, locally, regionally, or statewide. The Director supervises personnel tasked with these duties and is responsible to the Chief of Operations and ultimately Chief Executive Officer for…