Director, Emergency Management Recovery

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⛰️ Colorado, Florida, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $136k - $163k / year

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AC Disaster Consulting

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Defense • Healthcare

AC Disaster Consulting is a full-spectrum emergency management firm founded in 2018, recognized as a Woman Owned Small Business. The company specializes in providing consulting services across all phases of the emergency management cycle, including minimizing risks, mitigating potential losses, responding to disaster events, and aiding in recovery. ACDC is actively involved in various types of incidents such as wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Their services extend to grant management, human services, and climate resilience, with a focus on compassionate and connected service delivery. With a nationwide presence, ACDC is committed to helping communities prepare for, recover from, and rebuild after disasters, ensuring a more resilient future.

📋 Description

• Lead delivery of Recovery programs and projects, ensuring technical quality, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction across the service line. • Establish and maintain delivery standards, SOPs, and quality control processes for FEMA PA, IA, HMGP, 404/406 Mitigation, HUD CDBG-DR and other work supported through federal grants. • Set portfolio-level performance metrics (utilization, margin, client retention, deliverable quality) and provide accountability to executive leadership. • Oversee project staffing, surge capacity, and deployment planning across active and pending projects. • Serve as the senior escalation point for project issues, client concerns, and technical disputes. • Serve as a senior subject matter expert on federal recovery programs, with strong knowledge of and practical experience with the FEMA Public Assistance Program. • Provide technical guidance on HMGP project development, to include BCA, and Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) compliance. • Advise on CDBG-DR program requirements. • Stay current on Stafford Act amendments, FEMA policy updates, and state-level recovery program changes. • Review complex, high-risk or high-visibility deliverables prior to client submission. • Directly supervise senior project leaders (Deputy Directors, Managing Consultants, Senior Consultants) within the Recovery division. • Develop staffing plans, career paths, and credentialing programs for portfolio personnel. • Mentor consultants on FEMA program technical skills, client engagement, and deliverable quality. • Conduct performance management, including goal setting, regular feedback, and performance reviews for direct reports. • Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. • Serve as the senior client-facing leader for Recovery engagements, including state recovery offices, local applicants/subrecipients, and FEMA regional/other federal staff. • Lead recurring client status meetings and executive briefings on major engagements. • Build and maintain relationships with state emergency management agencies, FEMA regional offices, and applicant communities. • Represent the Recovery practice in industry forums, professional associations (e.g., NEMA, IAEM), and conferences. • Contribute subject matter expertise to capture planning, proposal development, and oral presentations for Recovery pursuits. • Provide technical win themes, past performance content, and staffing plans for proposals. • Maintain client relationships in a way that supports organic growth and follow-on work. • Identify emerging client needs and policy changes that may inform BD strategy, and surface them to the BD team. • Participate in go/no-go decisions for Recovery pursuits as a technical reviewer. • Ensure portfolio engagements comply with applicable federal regulations (2 CFR 200, Stafford Act, Program Policy Guides, etc.) and state-specific requirements. • Oversee documentation standards sufficient to withstand FEMA, OIG, and Single Audit review. • Identify, escalate, and mitigate technical, financial, and reputational risks across the portfolio. • Coordinate with corporate Contracts, Finance, and Legal on contract compliance and modifications. • Perform other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Public Policy, or a closely related field. Years of directly relevant experience may substitute for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis, in addition to the minimum experience requirements below. • 7+ years of progressive experience in disaster recovery consulting, FEMA grant management, or state/local recovery program administration. • 5+ years of leadership experience, including direct supervision of project teams. • Demonstrated experience leading FEMA Public Assistance engagements at the state, subrecipient, or applicant level. • Master’s degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, or a closely related field. • Direct experience with state-level Recovery Operations (e.g., leading State Public Assistance/Individual Assistance/Hazard Mitigation Officer). • Experience with HMGP, 404/406 Mitigation, and CDBG-DR programs and funding mechanisms. • Industry certifications such as CEM (IAEM), AEM, FEMA Professional Development Series, or NIMS/ICS 100–800. • Experience supporting capture and proposal efforts for federal/state recovery contracts.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance • Short-Term Disability/Voluntary Long-Term Disability • 401(k) Account with Company Match • Paid-Time Off (PTO): Annual Leave and Sick Leave Accruals • Paid Parental Leave • Training and Professional Development Opportunities • Wellness Benefits/Allowance • Corporate Computer • Time off to Volunteer • Cell Phone Allowance