Job Description

New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) helps New Yorkers before, during, and after emergencies through preparedness, education, and response. NYCEM is responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response for all types and scales of emergencies. We are staffed by more than 200 dedicated professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise, including individuals assigned from other City agencies.

The Planning and Resilience Bureau is responsible for all phases of the disaster cycle including planning, interagency coordination, risk analysis, mitigation, and recovery. The bureau includes Interagency Coordination with an assistant commissioner leading three units made up of subject matter experts in Health and Medical, Human Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure; Risk Reduction and Recovery with an assistant commissioner leading the Mitigation and Recovery and Risk units; and the Planning team.

The Mitigation unit is responsible for supporting and coordinating mitigation efforts to reduce risk of climate change and extreme weather hazards, and increase resiliency of NYC communities, infrastructure, and facilities.

With latitude for independent initiative and judgment, NYC Emergency Management seeks a candidate responsible for supporting and coordinating mitigation projects. This position will report to the Director of Mitigation. This includes leading agency engagement and scoping projects for the City’s applications for hazard mitigation funds, such as Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Community (BRIC) grants; supporting implementation of the City’s hazard mitigation grant awards and coordinating with implementing agencies on meeting federal grant and other requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

The Mitigation Program Manager will work collaboratively to:
- Develop mitigation tools that inform risk, exposure, and mitigation investment opportunities for mitigation planning partners
- Ensure mitigation projects are implemented in compliance with FEMA mitigation funding, or other resiliency funding
- Work in close coordination with OMB to maximize funding opportunities, and confirm funds are being spent in an eligible, feasible, and compliant fashion, based on agency and project oversight
- Work in close collaboration with MOCEJ in identifying where FEMA HMA funding may support City resiliency needs
- Solve problems and find effective resolutions to advance projects through the stages of scoping, submission, and implementation
- Lead agency engagement and the technical assistance process for FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure in Communities (BRIC) and other HMA grants with City agency partners
- Work with agencies to provide guidance, assistance, project management support, and cross-agency engagement to ensure the success of innovative, complex projects tied to unique rules
- Coordinate with the Recovery & Risk Unit to connect mitigation planning and analysis to scoping and implementation
- Develop program tracking and reporting tools to benchmark progress and success
- Coordination with State, FEMA, project teams, and consultant teams
- Monitor federal legislation and policy that may affect mitigation funding opportunities, and develop program recommendations based on policy changes
- Provide guidance to Mitigation Specialists on applying for FEMA funding, implementing projects, and developing technical assistance tools
- Perform other duties as assigned by Risk Reduction and Recovery leadership

**PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

- The selected candidate will be assigned to an on-call Emergency Operations Center (EOC) team and will be expected to work non-business hours during some emergencies. These non-business hours include nights, weekends, holidays, and extended week hours outside of a 9AM-5PM schedule. The selected candidate will also participate in trainings to build skills and competencies in emergency response; will participate in drills and exercises associated with the on-call EOC team; and may volunteer to assist with Ready NY emergency preparedness presentations to external groups. EOC teams are on call for three weeks at a time, with six weeks off in between.

- UASI- This position is grant funded through 8/31/2025 with the possibility of an extension.

- IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS JOB, PLEASE SUBMIT A SEPARATE COVER LETTER IN THE ATTACHMENTS SECTION OF THE APPLICATION PORTAL.

Qualifications

1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a state's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and six years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: emergency management, fire, police, or military service, public safety, public health, public administration, urban planning, engineering, or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made; or

2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory full time professional experience in the areas listed in "1" above; or

3. A master's degree from an accredited college in emergency management, public administration, urban planning, engineering, economics, political science, the physical sciences ,or related field and one year of satisfactory full-time professional experience in the areas listed “1" above, at least two years of which must have been in one of those areas, or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made.

4. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent.

Special Note:
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II, individuals must have, after meeting the minimum requirements, one additional year of professional experience as described in ""1"" above.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.