EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR RESUME EXAMPLE
Published: Jan 06, 2025 - The Emergency Management Director supervises employees assigned to the Emergency Management function and remains available 24/7 as the Emergency Manager Operations Officer during emergencies or pre-planned events. This role involves conducting workplace safety assessments, mitigating risks, and providing training to employees to enhance safety across the Town. This position also offers counsel to management on risk management matters and manages bed arrangements and dashboards via Juvare to support the Emergency Management program.

Tips for Emergency Management Director Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume
1. Emergency Management Director, SafeGuard Solutions, Cedar Rapids, IA
Job Summary:
- Direct Emergency Management operations leading up to and during active states of emergency or other emergency conditions
- Assess the Town of Bluffton's current Emergency Management records and develop an annual plan for all staff to include training, tabletop exercises and other similar programs to ensure proper plans are in place.
- Evaluate all emergency plans and associated annexes for the Town and annually assess each Department including updated plans, annexes and other procedures.
- Periodically review the Town of Bluffton Code of Ordinances to ensure they remain calibrated with the South Carolina Code of Laws and all other applicable regulatory requirements
- Propose amendments to best support Emergency Management best practices.
- Conduct quality assurance reviews for all aspects of Emergency Management and submit quarterly program status reports to Town Manager regarding assessments, recommendations, and action items.
- Initiate activities and work with applicable Town Staff, e.g., the public information officer and social media manager, to ensure the public, key stakeholders and strategic partners remain informed regarding disaster preparedness, response, and available public assistance.
- Conduct training assessments, recommend requirements including develop, schedule, obtain approval for, and oversee Emergency Management training for all Town Staff.
- Design, implement, and evaluate Emergency Management training exercises.
- Record and maintain documentation of training and exercises.
Skills on Resume:
- Emergency Management Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Planning and Development (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Quality Assurance (Hard Skills)
- Public Communication (Soft Skills)
- Training Development (Hard Skills)
- Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
2. Emergency Management Director, Horizon Preparedness, Huntsville, AL
Job Summary:
- Ensure all essential personnel are identified and maintain a roster of the same by liaisons with human resources and department directors to always have a current essential personnel roster.
- Identify personnel required to staff the Municipal Emergency Operations Center (MEOC) and ensure that identified staff are properly trained and equipped to perform emergency-related duties.
- Advise Town Manager when activation of the MEOC when the MEOC can be deactivated.
- Establish MEOC work schedules to support imminent or active emergencies.
- Coordinate with external agencies to maintain relationships essential to interagency support and regional disaster response activities.
- Coordinate and manage reviews and updates of the Town's Emergency Management Plan and associated annexes.
- Develop Incident Action Plans for Special Events.
- Advise and assist Town leadership and staff on the interpretation of state and federal requirements, issues, and budgets for Emergency Management planning and operations.
- Maintain accurate records during emergencies including but not limited to expenses, equipment accounts, lessons learned and other necessary information.
- Prepare after-action reports and improvement plans.
Skills on Resume:
- Personnel Management (Hard Skills)
- MEOC Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Advisory Decision-Making (Soft Skills)
- Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Interagency Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Plan Review (Hard Skills)
- Incident Action Planning (Hard Skills)
- Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
3. Emergency Management Director, Pinnacle Emergency Services, Bozeman, MT
Job Summary:
- Supervise any employees permanently assigned to the Emergency Management function.
- Remain available for 24-hour on-call response to serve as the Emergency Manager Operations Officer and related duties during an emergency or pre-planned event.
- Make presentations to Town Senior Staff, Town Council and others to support Emergency Management program goals and objectives.
- Performs all emergency or disaster-related duties
- Conduct workplace safety assessments, including policies, practices, and procedures, to define and analyze possible personnel risks.
- Defines solutions to mitigate identified risks and assists in implementation.
- Provides training to all Town employees regarding Town policies and procedures with the objective of maximizing safety in the workplace.
- Provides counsel to management on a broad range of risk management issues.
- Send/receive bed management arrangements and dashboard via Juvare
- Training and exercise efforts that will grow into an Emergency Management
Skills on Resume:
- Employee Supervision (Soft Skills)
- On-Call Availability (Soft Skills)
- Presentation Skills (Soft Skills)
- Emergency Response (Hard Skills)
- Risk Assessment (Hard Skills)
- Risk Mitigation (Hard Skills)
- Safety Training (Hard Skills)
- Risk Management Advisory (Soft Skills)
4. Emergency Management Director, Resilience Strategies Group, Cheyenne, WY
Job Summary:
- Contributes to NYC Health and Hospital's 24/7/365 all-hazards emergency management approach by supporting the mitigation of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from natural, technological and intentional incidents impacting the System's clinical, operational and financial assets
- Manages the calendars and all scheduling for the SAVP and 2 Senior Directors and the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
- Track annual leave and sick time for the department.
- Manages COEM’s main phone line and the individual phone lines of the SAVP and 2 Senior Directors.
- Participates in the weekly 1:1s with the SAVP and Senior Directors.
- Manages COEM’s general administrative functions, including Transportation requests, Business travel authorizations, payment advances and reimbursements, Correspondence with internal and city, state, federal and international external partners.
- Manages all COEM contact lists
- Ensures 24/7/365 self-sufficiency of COEM for at least 120 hours including Basic food, water and sleeping supplies
- Support the development, implementation and maintenance of system-wide efforts, including the mass notification program and system
- Notification, activation and response planning in compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements
- Manage key reports, including Daily Reports to COL, Cold Weather Sheltering (Code Blue) Reports, Heat Sheltering Reports, Special Medical Needs Shelter (SMNS) reports, Summary reports for all grants and deliverables, System-wide Special Pathogens Program, and COEM Annual Report
- Support the development, implementation and maintenance of system-wide efforts, including Seasonal flu activation, Advancement of the Institute for Diseases and Disaster Management, Agendas and minutes of the Special Pathogens Committee
- Provide program management and administrative support, carrying out tasks such as organizing documentation, following up with appropriate healthcare partners, setting up and maintaining tracking sheets for preparedness activities
- Support in planning, developing and executing healthcare preparedness initiatives related to special pathogens and other communicable disease risks, e.g. training, etc.
Skills on Resume:
- Emergency Support (Hard Skills)
- Scheduling Management (Hard Skills)
- Time Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Communication Management (Soft Skills)
- Administrative Management (Hard Skills)
- Self-Sufficiency (Hard Skills)
- Report Management (Hard Skills)
- Program Support (Hard Skills)