Regional Mitigation Coordinator

Role Overview

• Performs complex (journey-level) grant development, coordination, and administration work.
• Work involves preparing, maintaining, and reporting grants.
• Coordinating and evaluating grant applications to determine appropriateness of grant or compliance with requirements and standards.
• Reviewing and approving hazard mitigation related plans and materials.
• Serving as a liaison between funding recipients and the state or federal government.
• Assists in planning, organizing, and coordinating programs that involve local, state, and federal agencies, volunteer groups, and the public related to hazard mitigation.
• Represents the state during post-disaster operations and helps coordinate provision of post-disaster assistance.
• Conducts planning and reviews plans.
• Convenes, coordinates, and facilitates internal and external stakeholder workgroups to review, develop clarify, and update local hazard mitigation plans.
• Interprets policies, rules, or regulations; provides guidance to staff and the community regarding grant administration, compliance, policies, and procedures; and resolves related issues and concerns.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited college or university or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Two (2) years of related work experience performing any combination of grant management, emergency management, financial or program compliance, public or business administration, real estate, commercial construction and/or insurance adjusting.
• Preferred – Experience working with FEMA grant programs at the technical and operational levels.
• Additional related work experience may be substituted in lieu of education requirements on a year-for-year basis, with one (1) year of experience equivalent to thirty (30) semester hours.
• A completed advanced degree in a relevant field may also be substituted in lieu of work experience.