Emergency Planning and Exercise Specialist - Critical Event Preparedness and Response (CEPAR(
About The Position
The Planning and Exercise Specialist develops, coordinates, and evaluates emergency preparedness plans, continuity strategies, training programs, and exercises to strengthen organizational resilience and operational readiness. The role supports CEPAR's mission by helping the institution maintain preparedness for emergencies, disasters, cyber incidents, public health events, workplace violence incidents, and other critical disruptions. The position works collaboratively with healthcare, academic, research, public safety, information technology, facilities, environmental health and safety, and administrative stakeholders. It contributes to emergency planning, enterprise exercise management, corrective action tracking, preparedness education, and incident and event support. Tasks are generally performed in person at an Emory University location; remote work-from-home days may be granted at department discretion, and Emory reserves the right to change remote-work status with notice.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in emergency management, public health, public administration, homeland security, healthcare administration, business continuity, or a related field, and three years of experience in emergency management, healthcare preparedness, business continuity, public safety, crisis management, or related fields; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Experience planning and coordinating meetings, training programs, exercises, or preparedness activities.
- Experience working in a complex organizational environment.
Responsibilities
- Assist with developing, updating, and maintaining emergency operations plans, annexes, procedures, and response guides.
- Assist with conducting the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA), analyses, and risk assessments.
- Coordinate annual reviews and revisions of preparedness documentation.
- Ensure emergency plans align with regulatory, accreditation, and best-practice standards.
- Support development of incident action plans during emergencies and planned events.
- Assist with developing an annual enterprise exercise and preparedness calendar.
- Design, coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate tabletop, functional, full-scale, continuity, and cybersecurity response exercises.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop exercise objectives, scenarios, participant materials, and evaluation criteria.
- Facilitate exercise planning teams and stakeholder workgroups.
- Produce exercise reports and after-action reviews.
- Track corrective actions resulting from exercises, incidents, audits, and assessments.
- Develop improvement plans and monitor completion of assigned actions.
- Coordinate with departments to implement mitigation strategies.
- Prepare readiness and compliance reports for leadership.
- Identify recurring preparedness gaps and recommend solutions.
- Oversee training and preparedness education.
- Support CEPAR operations during emergencies and special events.
- Assist with Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activation and coordination activities.
- Document response activities and lessons learned.
- Participate in incident response planning and recovery efforts.
- Provide planning support for major institutional events and high-risk activities.
- Perform other related duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
