Emergency Manager

Office of Security and Emergency Management

Administrative
- Central Office
- Central Office Administrator

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Start Date

Open Date 10/05/2026

Closing Date 10/11/2026

Under the direction of the Director, Security and Emergency Management, the Emergency Manager administers the Virginia Beach City Public Schools all-hazards emergency management program across the four phases of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. The position owns the division's emergency planning framework, including the Emergency Operations Plan, the Continuity of Operations Plan, and the hazard mitigation and recovery plans; manages the readiness of the Division Emergency Operations Center;

and directs the division's exercise, continuity, and disaster cost recovery programs in accordance with the National Incident Management System (NIMS), the Code of Virginia, and School Board policy. The position serves as the division's program-level counterpart to the City of Virginia Beach Office of Emergency Management and the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. School security operations, the School Security Officer Program, security technology, school safety audits, and incident command authority remain with the Director, Security and Emergency Management.

(These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)

• Administer the division's all-hazards emergency management program; establish program goals, planning standards, and performance measures, and report program status to the Director and the Chief Operations Officer.
• Author, maintain, and publish the division-level Emergency Operations Plan, including the basic plan, functional annexes, and hazard-specific annexes; route revisions to the Director for review and to the Chief Operations Officer for approval.
• Establish the planning standard, templates, and technical guidance schools use to build the crisis, emergency management, and medical emergency response plans required by Va. Code § 22.1-279.8; review school plans against the standard and return written findings to principals.
• Serve as the emergency manager the division designates under Va. Code § 22.1-279.8(D), and prepare the plan review documentation for the Superintendent's annual certification to the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety.
• Recommend emergency management policies, regulations, and procedures to the Director and the Chief Operations Officer, and maintain the division's NIMS compliance record.

• Develop, test, and maintain the division Continuity of Operations Plan, including essential functions, orders of succession, delegations of authority, alternate facilities, vital records, and continuity of instruction; coordinate continuity of systems and data with the Department of Technology.
• Conduct and update the division threat and hazard identification and risk assessment; align division mitigation priorities with the City of Virginia Beach and regional hazard mitigation plans, and recommend capital and operational mitigation measures for severe weather, coastal flooding, and utility disruption.
• Direct the recovery planning framework, including damage assessment procedures, restoration priorities for instructional operations, and documentation of disaster costs for reimbursement under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and 44 CFR Part 206, in coordination with the Department of Budget and Finance and Facilities Services.
• Integrate access and functional needs…