Emergency Manager

Payroll

Title:

EHS SPEC 3

Department: Emergency Management

Hiring Pay Scale: $79,200.00 - $ / Yr

Worksite: Greenwich Drive

Appointment Type: Career

Appointment Percent: 100%

Union: Uncovered

Total Openings: 1

Work Schedule: Days, 8 hour shifts, Monday-Friday

Filing Deadline: Tue 2/17/2026

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UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Note:

The following statements relate to layoff and reassignment policies.

UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment:
Apply by 02/05/2026 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.

Reassignment Applicants:
Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.

UC San Diego Health Department of Emergency Management mission is to help faculty and staff prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies that disrupt the normal day-to-day operations of the health system. The department scope covers all health system sites and their faculty, staff, patients and visitors.

Under general direction of the Director, the Emergency Manager works to fulfill and support the Emergency Management Program (EMP), which encompasses a comprehensive, all-hazards approach to the emergency management process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform complex technical work in emergency management, outreach, emergency planning, response & recovery; training, and drills and exercises.
• Serve as a subject-matter-expert in emergency management in response to emergencies affecting the organization up to and including recovery, documentation in after-action-reports, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain plans including the Emergency Operation Plan, Policies and Procedures, and other processes to solve substantive, complex emergency preparedness, response, and recovery challenges.
• Lead emergency preparedness priorities in accordance with the criteria dictated by the annual hazard vulnerability analysis, the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation program, and Joint Commission standards along with local, state, and federal agencies.
• Perform or direct planning outreach, coordination, and training with key departments with an emergency response role.
• Actively participate with partners, task forces, committees, and agencies regarding emergency management program objectives including those at the hospital, local, regional, state, and federal levels.
• Responsible for equipment and supply inventory, including full range of research, selection, ordering, receiving, storage, rotation, and associated functions.
• Design, develop, coordinate, and conduct site-specific and targeted training regarding the Emergency Operation Plan, Hospital Incident Command System (HICS), building evacuation, and other emergency preparedness training for staff in all work sites. Develop emergency communications framework and serve as subject-matter expert in emergency notifications and crisis communications. Assist in maintaining and updating the department website, mass notification system, and other programs as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major related to healthcare, public health, public law, safety, or other closely related subject/s, or demonstrated equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated minimum three (3) years of work experience in the fields of emergency management, preparedness, and/or planning, including experience with Incident Command System and response principles, preferably in a healthcare field.
• FEMA Courses 100, 200, 700 and 800.
• Proven written, verbal, and interpersonal communications skills, including advanced political acumen and skill to communicate with diverse constituencies in a highly matrixed environment. Demonstrated strong project management skills. Specifically, experience managing complex organizational projects in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge…