Assistant Program Leader

Texas A&M • College Station, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join a team dedicated to strengthening community resilience across Texas. As an Assistant Program Leader, you'll play an integral role in supporting the Texas Mitigation Planning Initiative's operations, helping coordinate and manage hazard mitigation projects that serve rural and regional communities. In this role, you'll lead the development of FEMA-compliant hazard mitigation plans, provide planning and technical assistance to communities with limited planning capacity, and facilitate meetings that help local stakeholders achieve meaningful outcomes. You'll serve as a trusted liaison to community partners across Texas, conducting site visits and building relationships that support long-term resilience planning. The position also offers opportunities to guide project implementation, supervise interns and student teams, develop educational and training materials, and contribute to impactful planning initiatives that help protect lives, property, and the future of Texas communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, urban planning, emergency management, or related field.
• Three years of related experience related to hazard mitigation planning, community planning, or project management.
• State of Texas Class “C” Driver License or ability to obtain one within 30 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in planning, urban planning, emergency management, or related field.
• Four (4) years of experience in projects or programs related to hazard mitigation planning, community planning, communication and organization.
• Experience with GIS
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications.
• Excellent written communication, analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Excellent leadership and supervisory skills.
• Knowledge of plan evaluation and plan integration assessments.
• Knowledge of FEMA’s local hazard mitigation plan requirements.
• Knowledge of FEMA’s Benefit-Cost Analysis toolkit.

Responsibilities

• Leads in plan writing and policy generation of rural regional multi-jurisdictional or county-level hazard mitigation plans and other planning assistance.
• Prepares instructional materials and train-the-trainer documents for rural emergency management coordinators to reproduce the hazard mitigation planning process in the future.
• Leads the annual application cycle for communities, who submit letters of interest and applications for hazard mitigation plan assistance, monitoring applications and the selection process.
• Monitors tracking of community hours and involvement for grant reporting, working closely with local communities to ease reporting burdens.
• Monitors compliance with requirements, laws, regulations, policies and procedures for assigned programs.
• Participates and prepares for outreach activities and provides technical assistance that supports the goals and objectives of TMPI.
• Provides hands-on technical assistance to communities and facilitating planning processes that lack planning capacity.
• Conducts site visits to communities serving as the liaison to the local county or regional representative involved in the planning process.
• Represents TMPI to develop and maintain relationships with community partners.
• Facilitates meetings with communities to reach plan outcomes.
• Implements and coordinates the strategic goals of the program.
• Provides leadership on planning related project activities in rural communities.
• Provides guidance at community engagement workshops on risk assessments, needs assessments, and policy recommendations.
• Writes and edits products and compiles into user friendly format.
• Coordinates with student workers, graduate and/or research assistants, and faculty on hazard mitigation planning projects.
• Supervises interns and participant volunteers.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts , and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatically enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Free exercise programs and release time
• All employees have access to free LinkedIn Learning training, webinars, and limited financial support to attend conferences, workshops, and more
• Educational release time and tuition assistance for completing a degree while a Texas A&M employee
• Living Well, a program at Texas A&M that has been built by employees, for employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level