Emergency Management Coordinator

The salary for this position is:$6,173 - $8,119 monthly.

Thurston County Emergency Management is seeking an experienced, collaborative, and forward-thinking Emergency Management Coordinator – Operations to help strengthen the County’s readiness to coordinate and sustain emergency operations.

This position serves as a key operational leader within Emergency Management and is responsible for ensuring the County’s Emergency Coordination Center (ECC), operational procedures, systems, and personnel are ready when they are needed. The Operations Coordinator leads ECC readiness efforts, coordinates the Emergency Management Duty Officer program, develops and maintains operational procedures and tools, supports ECC workforce training and qualification, and leads the Countywide Continuity of Operations (COOP) program.

This is a hands-on emergency management position for someone who enjoys turning plans into operational capability. The successful candidate will work across County departments and with regional partners to build practical systems, develop people, solve operational challenges, and continuously improve how Thurston County coordinates during emergencies.

Essential functions may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Emergency Coordination Center Readiness - Lead the operational readiness of the County’s primary and alternate Emergency Coordination Centers, including procedures, position checklists, job aids, equipment, technology, supplies, and operational systems. Conduct routine readiness assessments, identify capability gaps, and coordinate improvements with County departments, vendors, and partners.
• Emergency Operations & Duty Officer Program - Develop and maintain operational procedures and standardized guidance supporting County emergency coordination. Serve as program lead for the Emergency Management Duty Officer program and help ensure duty personnel have the procedures, information, tools, and expectations necessary to effectively respond to emerging incidents.
• Situational Awareness & Operational Systems - Coordinate systems and processes that support situational awareness, information management, and a common operating picture during emergencies. Work with GIS, information technology, public safety, and other partners to develop and maintain dashboards, decision-support tools, and other operational capabilities.
• ECC Workforce Development & Training - Coordinate recruitment, onboarding, training, qualification, and sustainment of the County’s Emergency Coordination Support Team. Develop position-specific training and qualification standards, coordinate recurring ECC training opportunities, and help build a capable and scalable workforce to support emergency operations.
• Continuity of Operations & Government - Lead the Countywide Continuity of Operations (COOP) program and provide guidance and technical assistance to County departments in developing, maintaining, and exercising continuity plans. Establish standards, templates, and review processes and support development and maintenance of the County’s Continuity of Government (COG) Plan.
• Training, Exercises & Continuous Improvement - Coordinate recurring ECC training and support exercises designed to evaluate emergency operations and continuity capabilities. Participate in after-action reviews and improvement planning and ensure lessons learned from incidents and exercises are incorporated into procedures, checklists, training, and operational practices.
• Emergency Response - Participate in the Emergency Management Duty Officer rotation and serve in ECC leadership or other assigned positions during activations. Support ECC activation, staffing, operational coordination, situational awareness, information management and…