Emergency Management Specialist

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time: 01/20/2026 12:00AM Central Time
Closing Date/Time: 02/02/2026 11:59PM Central Time
Salary (Monthly): $3,631.00 - $4,533.00
Salary (Annually): $43,572.00 - $54,396.00
Job Type: Full-Time
City, State

Location:

Nashville, TN
Department: Military

Location of (1) Position(s) to be filled: DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY, TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (TEMA) DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

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This position has the potential opportunity to work from home up to 40% of the time.

Education and Experience:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree AND experience equivalent to three years of full-time; professional staff administration, analytic experience, or public safety work.

OR

Substitution of Experience for

Education:

Qualifying full-time work in a public safety related field or office administration may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years.

OR

Substitution of Education for

Experience:

Additional graduate coursework in public administration, business administration, emergency management, or other acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis.

Under general supervision, is responsible for staff administrative and emergency management operations work of considerable difficulty related to all phases of emergency management. This is the advanced working level class in the EMER MGMT SPECIALIST sub-series. An employee in this class performs emergency management work in support of department objectives. An employee in this class may be required to have a non-traditional work schedule in support of agency operations.

This class differs from that of the EMER MGMT SPEC 1 in that the latter performs work of a lower complexity level. This class differs from that of the EMER MGMT SPEC 3 in that the latter performs work at a supervisory or lead complexity level.

• Provides guidance to local, state, federal agencies, and other stakeholders in the correct processes and procedures related to various rules, applications, requests, and required forms.
• Maintains emergency management records of program files, financial information, grant contracts, agency databases, inventory and property, required State and Federal forms and documentation, personnel information, and emergency incidents.
• Generates and evaluates reports and documentation for internal and external stakeholders to provide data and information regarding the status of emergency management programs.
• Interprets and evaluates data and information to provide support in the creation and development of emergency management programs, grant contracts, damage assessment reports, inventory assessments, training and exercise records, reimbursement records, purchasing records and emergency incident reports.
• Develops and maintains knowledge of state and federal guidelines and various emergency management programs and functions.

Competencies

Knowledges

Skills

Abilities

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver's license
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.