Emergency Management Specialist-Logistics

Emergency Management Specialist

The City of Glendale's generous benefits package includes:

Leave Accruals

• Vacation: 17 days annually, up to 24 days annually based on years of service
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays per year
• Sick Leave: 14 days per year

Retirement - Arizona State Retirement System

• Mandatory employee contributions of 12% are matched by the City.

Medical

• Three options administered by Blue Cross Blue Shield Arizona. The city contributes $2,000 annually to Health Savings Account when high deductible health plan is selected.
• Healthcare Cost Reduction incentives up to $360/year are available to participating employees.
• Comprehensive Employee Wellness Program.

Dental

• Two options administered by Delta Dental

Vision

• Administered by United Healthcare

Life

• City paid life insurance equal to annual salary rounded to nearest thousand.

Plans, coordinates, and manages public works projects with an emphasis on pavement preservation projects. Provides management on assigned projects. This position is a grade 410 and offers an annual salary of $76,709-$115,064. *Note, this salary range is effective 6/27/2026*

Essential Functions

Prepares and coordinates the City's all-hazards emergency and disaster-related prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)/guides and associated checklists for area of responsibility.

Coordinates and communicates with internal departments, community partners and stakeholders to provide information on emergency management, resolve problems, and respond to requests within area of responsibility.

Supports the management and coordination of special programs and projects, including federal, state and local grant programs related to emergency management and public safety.

Represents the City on emergency preparedness and homeland security related issues within area of responsibility; provides information to the Emergency Management Director.

Assists with maintaining the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in a state of readiness and ensuring appropriate prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery planning and preparedness for the City.

Assists with disaster response and recovery during an emergency or preparedness exercises and assists with the development of incidents and exercises to identify best practices and develop After Action Reports (AARs) /Improvement Plans (IPs).

Identifies efficiencies and improvements within area of responsibility.

Serves as a point of contact within assigned program areas.

Serves as the Duty Officer on a scheduled rotational basis.

Provides support to leadership and may assist with coordination of operations during the Director's absence, as assigned.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications/Special Requirements/Success Factors

Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management or related field and one year of professional-level experience in emergency management.

Any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. One year of relevant experience may be substituted for each year of required education.

Knowledge of:

• Comprehensive emergency management principles and practices in prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery
• Tools and technology used to carry out emergency management functions and in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
• Incident Command System (ICS) principles and practices
• Federal, state, local and tribal laws, regulations, and guidelines related to emergency management and disaster assistance

Ability to:

• Provide effective professional contributions and collaboration across City departments and partner agencies and organizations
• Establish and maintain effective and positive relationships as well as influence and build consensus.
• Prepare and produce written documents with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with federal, state, local, tribal and private sector officials and the public
• Comprehend and make inferences from written material and gather pertinent facts, make thorough analyses, and arrive at sound conclusions
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, in individual and group settings
• Exercise initiative and demonstrate sound judgment with sensitive or confidential information

Special Requirements

• Completion of FEMA Independent Study (IS) courses 100, 200, 700, 800 and 2200 within 90 days of hire.
• Serve as Duty Officer on a scheduled rotational basis, which includes evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Work may require non-standard work schedules including evenings, weekends, and holidays when required to perform operational duties during large-scale special events, mega events or no-notice incidents.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

Work is primarily conducted in an office setting with prolonged periods of sitting. May require travel to offsite locations for meetings and/or training and exercises. May require after-hours response to the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the event of an activation.