Individual Assistance Planner
State of Florida
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Tallahassee • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $35 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Review local Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans (CEMP) to ensure Recovery plans comply with relevant federal and state law, policy, and guidelines.
- Assist State Individual Assistance Officer (SIAO) and other subject matter experts to develop program guidance, policies, and procedures related to IA programs.
- Assist with the maintaining of processes, planning, and coordination of Individuals Assistance Programs (i.e. Damage Assessments, Disaster Recovery Centers, Disaster Survivor Assistance, Disaster Case Management, Housing, and any other Individual Assistance programs) when applicable.
- Assist with the implementation, coordination, and management of Non-Congregate Sheltering programs and other Public Assistance grant funded projects that support individuals and households in disaster recovery.
- Coordinate and facilitate conferences, trainings, and workshops on behalf of the IA unit and wider Recovery Bureau.
- Seek grant funding opportunities and prepare grant proposals.
- Maintain situational awareness of potential and actual impacts of disasters and emergencies and provide summarized data, to include population and demographics, to the SIAO in preparation for major disaster declaration requests and implementation of IA programs.
- Assist Recovery Bureau leadership with Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) reporting requirements.
- Attend conferences, meetings, workshops, and other engagements related to IA and Disaster Recovery. SEOC, Disaster Recovery Centers, Recovery Coordination Center, and/or other state or regional facilities activated in response to an emergency.
- Staffing responsibilities may include deployment around the state pre- and/or post-disaster.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Professional experience in one or more of the following fields: emergency management, urban planning, public service/public administration, or non-profit social services.
- Experience using Word, Excel, and other database/spreadsheet software, with the ability to use additional applications (e.g., PowerPoint, Power BI).
- Ability and willingness to obtain the necessary primary instructor qualifications within 12 months of employment.
- Strong demonstrable skills in professional or technical writing and oral communications.
- Valid driver’s license.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
emergency managementurban planningpublic administrationnon-profit social servicesprofessional writingtechnical writingoral communications
Soft skills
coordinationfacilitationplanningorganizational skillscommunication skills
Certifications
primary instructor qualifications