Emergency Management Specialist

Would you take pride in knowing your work supports statewide safety and helps communities prepare for emergencies and disasters? As an Emergency Management Specialist with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), you will help coordinate essential emergency programs across the region. This role allows you to work with counties, agencies, and partners and contribute to projects that support safety, response, and recovery efforts.

Apply today to join a team that plays a vital role in keeping the Commonwealth resilient and informed!

This position supports statewide emergency missions by coordinating with counties, managing preparedness programs, and assisting with response and recovery efforts. Your work will focus on planning, training, hazard awareness, and efficient collaboration with local and state partners. As an Emergency Management Specialist, you will perform the following duties:

• Program Support: Assist with hazardous materials programs, emergency planning requirements, and preparedness activities
• County Coordination: Serve as a liaison to counties and support their emergency management needs and initiatives
• Training Assistance: Help develop, conduct, and evaluate emergency training sessions and certification exercises
• Plan Review: Evaluate emergency response plans, review reports, and provide feedback to improve readiness
• Event Response: Support emergency operations during incidents, special events, and statewide activations
• Public Outreach: Participate in outreach efforts and help create education materials for emergency partners and the public

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• In the event of an emergency/disaster situation or training exercise, this position may be required to travel, work up to 12-hour shifts, and work outside of the normal work hours, including weekends and overnights.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, upon successful completion of the training period. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Indiana. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview
• Salary:In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• Free and secure on‑site parking.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Successful completion of the Emergency Management Trainee program (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Two years of professional experience in the development, coordination, or promotion of emergency management programs such as disaster relief, public safety, flood mitigation and resiliency, and emergency management in government, industry, education, or the military; and a bachelor’s degree; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of professional experience in the development, coordination, or promotion of emergency management programs such as disaster relief, public safety, flood mitigation and resiliency, and emergency management in government, industry, education, or the military

• This position requires possession of an active motor vehicle license.
• All positions require certification in the following courses from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute, within six months of hire:
  • IS-100.C:
    Introduction to the Incident Command System
  • IS-700.B:
    An Introduction to the National Incident Management System
  • IS-800.D:
    National Response Framework, An Introduction
  • IS-2200:
    Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to…