Emergency Management SME

Emergency Management SME
TechWise Global - United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Level Experienced

Position Type Exempt
Education Level Master's Degree
Travel TBD

Job Summary

Subject Matter Expert (SME) will support a Roles and Missions workstream to
review existing client organizations. The SME will operate as part of a
diverse Team of highly trained professionals located in Abu Dhabi, UAE and
coordinate with a remote pool of functional experts as required. This position
requires experience defining emergency response planning assumptions and
developing capabilities to achieve the organization 's target mandate and
missions. Areas of focus for capability development include medical evacuation
systems, medical evacuation roles and functions, evacuation precedence
policies, forward resuscitative care capability, enroute care capability, and
capability for medical evacuation of injured patients from the scene of an
accident to medical facilities using ground or air ambulances. SME must have
experience in developing emergency response plans and defining core emergency
response competencies along with the associated Doctrine, Organization,
Training, Leader Development, Equipment and Personnel requirements to enable
these capabilities. SME must have a clear understanding of strategies for
emergency management and response and supporting roles, responsibilities and
organizations, and how those concepts and capabilities can be scaled and
adapted to support establishing an emergency management and response
framework.
Essential Functions
* Apply Federal and State-level emergency response experience to support the identification of required organizational capabilities
* Develop fully integrated solutions that deliver the required emergency management and response capabilities
* Provide subject matter expertise to support a high-level Roles and Missions Review
* Coordinate, as required, with the remote pool of functional SMEs for specialist on-demand support
* Provide appropriate recommendations to the Project Manager to support on-time development of required client organizational capabilities
* Identify and document Lessons learned throughout development of required organizational capabilities
* Exhibit culturally appropriate interpersonal and negotiation skills
Required Qualifications
* Former FEMA Emergency Management Specialist (GS-‎13 or above)
* Experience collaborating with Federal, State, Local, and Tribal stakeholders in an Emergency Operations Center (or equivalent)
* Experience developing Federal and State-level emergency management response plans
* Operational experience providing guidance to stakeholders in an emergency management response environment
* Experience conducting emergency planning activities and initiatives to develop tools, projects and programs to enable emergency response policies and strategies
* Experience coordinating and managing all staffing requirements needed to perform the priorities, goals, and functions associated with emergency response and recovery operations
* Experience supervising staff that preform emergency management work at the Federal, State or Local governments levels
* Experience in the analysis of emergency management staffing, efficiency, and capabilities in support of disaster operations
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Advanced Microsoft Office Suite Skills (emphasis in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint)
* Possess active Secret security clearance or the ability to acquire an interim clearance
* Possess a valid National Passport (with more than ‎6 months to expiration)
Education and/or Experience:
* Master's degree in emergency management or a related field
* Ten or more years of FEMA experience in planning and executing emergency management operations
* Demonstrated experience providing oversight of work that involves the coordination of emergency response and preparedness training, exercises, and local assistance
* Ability to prepare and conduct executive level briefings on a wide variety of topics
* Ability to communicate effectively with relevant parties within and outside the Client and its Stakeholders
* Work history in the Middle East desired
NOTE: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general
nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It
is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of
all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned
to this job.