Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator

Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator

Salary

$75,000.00 - $85,000.00 Annually

Location

700 Lavaca Street, Austin, TX

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

27-10981

Department

Emergency Services

Opening Date

10/20/2026

Closing Date

10/30/2026 11:59 PM Central

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Job Summary

The Travis County Executive of Emergency Services oversees the Offices of Emergency Management, Fire Marshal, Technology and Communications, STAR Flight, and serves as liaison for the Commissioners Court with the Medical Examiner's Office and the Emergency Services Districts (rural fire departments) throughout the County. The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) is a division of Travis County Emergency Services and serves as the coordinating point for community disaster preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery for Travis County. Travis County OEM works with county departments and partner agencies to staff a joint City of Austin-Travis County Emergency Operations Center to enhance the collaboration and cooperation critical to successful community disaster response and recovery.

Under the general direction and guidance of the Chief Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator, the role of Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator serves as critical leader in the OEM's efforts to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the impacts of natural and human-caused disasters. The role requires a highly adaptable, action-oriented professional who can seamlessly transition between strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, field operations, and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) activations.

Working closely with OEM leadership, municipal partners, first responders, community organizations, contractors, and state and federal agencies, the Deputy Coordinator position helps to ensure the OEM is prepared for any hazard, including flooding, hurricanes, severe weather, wildfires, winter storms, public health emergencies, and other large-scale incidents. We are seeking versatile "utility player" candidates who are willing to hustle, be boots on the ground in the field, think creatively, and tackle a complexity of potential community challenges. Successful candidates must be comfortable leading projects from concept to implementation, building partnerships, managing competing priorities, developing plans and procedures, and serving in emergency response roles when needed. This is primarily an in-person/in-office role at EOC or in the field, and the work hours will also include nights, weekends, and holidays.

We are recruiting for two (2) Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator positions:

• Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator - Planning
• Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator - Logistics

Both positions play a vital role in strengthening the OEM's preparedness, resilience, operational readiness, and disaster response capabilities.

Distinguishing Characteristics

This is the first in a series of three emergency management coordinator-related job classifications within the Public Safety/Emergency Management job family. This classification supervises assigned emergency management programs rather than having responsibility for the entire work unit. Responsibilities include supporting all office activities, planning, operations, finance, and logistics in the mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery phases of emergency management. This classification requires a flexible work schedule to meet the needs of the department and includes participation in an on-call rotation as the 24-hour duty officer. Work location is primarily on-site / in-office and various locations throughout the county.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator - Planning will serve as lead strategist for preparedness, response, recovery, and community resilience efforts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading development and maintenance of emergency management, preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience plans.
• Conducting risk and vulnerability assessments.
• Coordinating countywide planning initiatives with local, regional, state, and federal stakeholders.
• Supporting FEMA recovery grant projects and community recovery planning.
• Leading community outreach, stakeholder engagement, and preparedness campaigns.
• Developing planning assumptions, scenarios, and readiness strategies for all hazards.
• Facilitating training and exercises designed to evaluate and improve plans and procedures.

The Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator - Logistics will serve as lead coordinator for operational readiness, resource tracking, and disaster logistics.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintaining comprehensive inventories of emergency supplies, equipment, facilities, and response resources.
• Developing and managing resource tracking and accountability systems.
• Coordinating procurement, staging, distribution, and deployment of emergency resources during incidents.
• Managing logistics plans for shelters, feeding operations, commodity distribution points, and emergency support services.
• Coordinating with vendors, contractors, and partner agencies to ensure resource availability.
• Establishing and maintaining inventories of critical supplies, including food, water, non-perishable commodities, and emergency equipment.
• Supporting emergency operations and resource coordination within the EOC.

Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator Brochure

To be considered, submit a cover letter, list of six work-related references (who will not be contacted without prior notice), and a resume that reflects the size of staff and budgets you have managed. Your resume should indicate both months and years with beginning/ending dates of positions held. Candidates will be considered for both positions.

To apply visit: https://www.cpshr.us/recruitment/2668

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Environmental Sciences, Business Management, Planning or a directly related field,

AND,

Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in emergency management, strategic planning, research, project management, policy research or program development,

OR,

Any combination of education and experience that has been achieved and is equivalent to the stated education and experience and required knowledge, skills, and abilities sufficient to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this job.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:

Valid Class C Texas Driver's License.

Completion of NIMS IS-100, 200, 700, 800; (Within 6 months of start date: G-300, G-400).

Certified or Associate Emergency Manager Certification (AEM or CEM) by the International Association of Emergency Managers within three years of start date.

Preferred:

Experience developing and managing community mitigation and resiliency programs, policies, and plans.

Experience with grants for community organizations.

Experience with program and project management.

Bilingual English and Spanish.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Hazard mitigation planning.
• Community outreach and educational programming.
• FEMA and Texas mitigation grants and programs.
• National Incident Management System.
• Principles of emergency management administration.
• Federal, State, Local, and County applicable laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines.

Skill in:

• Researching and analyzing emergency management related issues.
• Explaining complicated technical problems in simple non-technical language.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Public speaking and content delivery.
• Microsoft Office 365

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively.
• Function calmly, effectively, and professionally in stressful and emergency situations.
• Reason and make good judgments and decisions.
• Manage time well and perform tasks within time constraints.
• Work within teams to accomplish division objectives.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences, and as well as implement
• recommendations in support of project and organizational goals.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County employees and officials,
• representatives of outside agencies, and the public.
• Successfully pass criminal, education, and employment background checks.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. (no visa sponsorships).

Work Environment & Other Information

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 20-50 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to contact with communicable diseases, radiation, hazardous waste, human fecal matter and foul odors.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm. Works some weekends, some nights, and some holidays dependent on business need.

Department: Emergency Services

Location: 700 Lavaca St, Austin, TX 78701

Criminal, Credit, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required.

Benefits

Employment at Travis County comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, a no-cost, on-site Health and Wellness clinic, longevity pay, paid vacations, sick time and personal holidays, not to mention an industry competitive salary structure and a friendly, stable work environment.

FY2027 Travis County Benefit Guide

In this valuable Travis County Benefits Guide you will find benefit summaries, eligibility requirements, costs, contact numbers and addresses as well as other general information on the benefits available to Travis County Employees and Retirees.

Credit Union

Employees may join the Travis County Credit Union which offers low-interest loans, savings plans through payroll deduction, safe deposit boxes and other benefits.

Deferred Compensation

Employees may enroll in a tax- free sheltered investment plan through payroll deduction.

Direct Deposit

Employees may sign up for direct bank deposit.

Employee Assistance Program

Travis County provides a confidential counseling and referral service free of charge to county employees and their family.

Employee Organizations

Membership in the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union is available through payroll deduction.

Employee Health & Wellness Clinic

Employees may access the clinic for a variety of wellness program and health care services with no co-pay, no deductible and no co-insurance costs.

Holidays

An average of eleven paid holidays are designated by the Travis County Commissioners Court at the beginning of each fiscal year.

Insurance

Employees may select from four plans: an Exclusive Physician Organization (EPO), Choice Plus Preferred Physician Organization (PPO), Consumer Choice or a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a Health Savings Account (HSA). All four options include a Pharmacy Plan. Travis County's current policy is to pay 100% of the employee's health insurance premium for the Consumer Choice and HDHP. Employees will pay a premium for both the EPO and PPO. Other insurance benefits include $50,000 Basic Life and AD&D paid by the County.

The following benefits are employee paid:

• Dental
• Vision
• Supplemental Life, AD&D
• Dependent Life
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Long Term Care

New employees are covered on the first day of the month following 28 calendar days of employment.

Longevity

Longevity pay is paid for each year completed after three years of continuous service. Peace Officers in a law enforcement activity, whose job requires state peace officer certification, receive pay after one year of certification.

On the regular payday on or after the employees fourth and subsequent adjusted service dates, he or she receives a single payment for the previous year.

Parking

A limited number of assigned parking spaces are available to employees in the Courthouse Complex.

Personal Holidays

Regular, full-time employees are eligible for up to three paid personal holidays each calendar year. Part-time employees shall be granted personal holidays on a prorated basis. New employees earn personal holidays for the calendar year in which he/she begins employment, based on the month in which employment begins:

January - March

3 personal holidays

April - June

2 personal holidays

July - September

1 personal holiday

October - December

None

New employees are eligible to take personal holidays after 90 days of employment.

Retirement

Travis County is a member of the Texas County & District Retirement System with mandatory participation by certain classes of employees. Seven percent (7%) of the gross salary is deducted each pay period. An employee is fully vested after eight years of service. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.

Sick Leave

Regular employees earn sick leave at a rate of eight hours per month with unlimited accrual during employment. Part-time employees earn sick leave on a pro-rated basis.

Parental Leave

Each Full-time Paid Parental Leave Eligible (PPL) Employee is entitled to a total of 320 hours of Paid Parental Leave in a 12 month period. Paid Parental Leave for Part-time PPL Eligible Employees is prorated based on the number of hours that they are regularly scheduled to work.

Tuition Refund

Certain classes of full-time employees may receive reimbursement for fees associated with pre-approved, job related course work completed satisfactorily.

Vacation

Based on years of county service, regular, full-time employees earn vacation time at the following rates:

0 to 5 years

4.0 hours per pay period

6 to 10 years

4.5 hours per pay period

11 to 15 years

5.0 hours per pay period

16 to 20 years

5.5 hours per pay period

21 plus years

6.0 hours per pay period

Part-time employees earn vacation leave on a pro-rated basis.

Workers Compensation

The county provides all employees workers compensation coverage with benefits in accordance with state statute, if the employee sustains an injury out of, or in the course of work.

01

Do you possess a Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Public Administration, Environmental Sciences, Business Management, Planning, or a closely related field, OR an equivalent combination of education and experience?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you have at least four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in emergency management, strategic planning, research, project management, policy research, or program development?

• Yes
• No

03

Do you possess a valid Class C Texas Driver's License or the ability to obtain one within the required timeframe?

• Yes
• No

04

Have you completed ALL of the following FEMA courses: IS-100, IS-200, IS-700, and IS-800, or are you able to complete them within six (6) months of hire?

• Completed all
• Will complete within 6 months
• No

05

Are your salary requirements within the stated salary range for this position?

• Yes
• No

06

Indicate your experience with emergency or community plan writing.

• No experience
• 1-2 years
• 3-4 years
• 5+ years

07

Indicate your experience with emergency logistics planning and operations

• No experience
• 1-2 years
• 3-4 years
• 5+ year

08

Have you worked in an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) or Multi-Agency Coordination Center (MACC) to manage a Type III, II, or I incident within the past four (4) years?

• Yes
• No

09

Indicate your experience with EOC / MACC operations.

• No experience
• 1-2 years
• 3-4 years
• 5+ years

10

Have you completed All-Hazards Position Specific Section Chief training?

• Yes
• No

11

If you answered "Yes" to any certifications or training above, please upload supporting documentation with your application.

• I understand

Required Question

Employer Travis County

Address 700 Lavaca Street

Austin, Texas, 78701

Website https://www.traviscountytx.gov/human-resources/jobs