Emergency Management Specialist

Overview

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VISION

El Paso County will be a trusted regional leader known for excellence in county service delivery.

PURPOSE

We provide essential public services to the Pikes Peak Region in support of our residents, businesses, and communities, enhancing the freedom for all to thrive.

VALUES

• Service Focused
• Collaborative
• Accountable
• Trustworthy
• Transparent

El Paso County is seeking an experienced emergency management professional to support whole-community preparedness and operational response across one of Colorado’s most complex regions. This is not an entry-level role, it’s a hands-on position for someone who has written all-hazards plans, led exercises, coordinated across agencies, and can step into leadership roles during Emergency Coordination Center (ECC) activations. You’ll work closely with municipalities, nonprofits, public health partners, and military installations to strengthen regional readiness and resilience.

This role requires regular in-person presence and participation in a rotating on-call duty officer schedule, with the ability to respond within one hour during emergent events. We’re looking for professionals who understand the realities of emergency management and are motivated by public service, sound judgment under pressure, and meaningful community impact.

Hiring range: $ - $ Annually

This position has an anticipated work schedule of Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Schedule is subject to change.

Please be advised that this position may close without advanced notice, should we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications.

• Responsible for ensuring information and emergency notifications, support resources, and coordination are provided during an emergent event, adhering to operational priorities of saving lives, protecting property, protecting the environment, and stabilizing the community.
• Develops and maintains professional relationships between the organization and various agencies, municipalities, and military installations within El Paso County and the City of Colorado Springs to ensure whole community emergency management planning and integration. These key organizations include, but are not limited to, the Fire Districts and Fire Departments, Colorado State Emergency Management, American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Colorado Springs Care and Share, and the emergency management offices of colleges, school districts, municipalities, and five military installations within the County.
• Incorporates stakeholder input and participation from local agencies, municipalities, nonprofits and other agencies as required for disaster prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities, ensuring that plans, processes, and procedures are inclusive and unified.
• Establishes, writes, updates, coordinates, and maintains all-hazards emergency plans, including directing the planning team, setting the planning schedule, soliciting and incorporating feedback and inputs into the plan, finalizing the draft plan, and managing the approval process for the plan.
• Plans, conducts, and participates in exercises, including independently identifying an exercise need, developing and supervising an exercise team, identifying goals and objectives, completing logistics, and scheduling and conducting the exercise as the exercise director.
• Coordinates with internal staff/stakeholders, regional partners such as, El Paso County and the City of Colorado Springs, key officials and departments, external agencies, citizen groups, and individual citizens for community disaster and emergency preparedness; coordinates with local nonprofit organizations and local businesses that provide support during emergencies.
• Presents emergency management training and education programs. Provides presentations on emergency management topics at civic group meetings, businesses, schools, and facility forums.
• Leads disaster/emergency events and activations as directed, including, but not limited to, serving as the ECC Director, establishing and maintaining liaison between the Incident…