Emergency Management Specialist - Training, Exercise, and Education

The Emergency Management Specialist (Training, Exercise, & Education Coordinator) is responsible for the development, coordination, delivery, and evaluation of the statewide emergency management training program. The position ensures that training, all-hazards qualifications, and credentialing activities support statewide preparedness priorities. This position coordinates across federal, state, tribal, and local partners to increase the readiness of personnel across all phases of emergency management.

This position falls within the emergency management career ladder which establishes criteria for initial pay and pay increases, based on experience in all aspects of the profession.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the annual training strategy, calendar, and implementation plan aligned with the state Integrated Preparedness Plan, THIRA/SPR process, preparedness grants, and identified capability gaps.
• Conduct training needs assessments and analyze after-action reports, exercise improvement plans, stakeholder feedback, and incident lessons learned.
• Design, schedule, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate emergency management training across various platforms to include instructor-led, virtual, and hybrid.
• Maintain positive relationships with key state and federal partners, professional associations, and local/tribal emergency management personnel.
• Accurately maintain training records, student registration, certificates, course evaluations, instructor records, and statewide training metrics.
• Develop and maintain state curricula and course materials using adult-learning and instructional-design principles.
• Administer standards for instructor qualification, instructor endorsement, course approval, and course quality assurance.
• Support the state exercise program by ensuring training priorities connect to exercises, corrective actions, and operational readiness.
• Provide technical assistance to local emergency management agencies in the development and management of training and exercise programs.
• Prepare briefing materials, annual reports, performance measures, and recommendations for agency leadership.
• Provide support to the State Emergency Coordination Center as needed.