Salary : $122,028.00 - $164,748.00 Annually Location : Redmond, WA Job Type: Regular, Full-time Job Number: 2500084 Department: Fire Opening Date: 07/18/2025 Closing Date: 8/18/2025 11:59 PM Pacific JOIN REDMOND! The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community and home to over 80,000 residents. Redmond is the hub of an array of commerce and industry ranging from technology, aerospace, and gaming to biomedical and innovation start-ups. The City of Redmond is hiring a hands-on, city-focused Emergency Preparedness Manager to bea high-engagement leader who thrives on action, not just planning. This isn't a regional strategy or federal policy role. It's a ground-level, operational position embedded in the day-to-day rhythm of municipal government. You'll be the driver of Redmond's resilience: connecting people, aligning departments, training teams, and making sure we're ready every day, not just when disaster strikes. If you believe emergency management is a core civic function, not a check-the-box compliance exercise, if you know how to lead, implement, and coach at the speed of real city operations, we want to hear from you. This role is for you if:
- You've built or rebuilt a city emergency program and brought it to life with purpose and energy.
- You're not afraid of a dry-erase board, a policy rewrite, and a table-top drill-all in the same day.
- You see the EOC as both a physical space and a relationship engine.
- You understand that cities aren't just governments, they're communities. And you're ready to show up for ours.
About Redmond Redmond is a city in transition. We are home to world-class innovation, beloved green spaces, and a rapidly diversifying community. As we grow vertically and evolve from suburb to city, we're facing new challenges in housing, climate resilience, equity, and disaster readiness. This position is central to how we show up for our community before, during, and after disruption. ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES Reporting to the Deputy Fire Chief, you will directly manage the City's Office of Emergency Management and serve as the city's lead authority on readiness, resilience, and recovery. This includes:
- Designing and running city-level emergency management programs-not just writing the plans.
- Embedding emergency preparedness roles into everyday department operations, not just during activation.
- Leading Emergency Operations Center (EOC) readiness: staffing, documentation, supply management, usability, drills-and actual incident coordination.
- Managing the City's disaster declarations, FEMA documentation, after-action reviews, and long-term recovery efforts.
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant state and federal emergency management laws, including NIMS/ICS, CEMP requirements, and regional coordination mandates.
- Leading risk-informed planning efforts using THIRA (Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment) and Community Risk Assessments (CRA), ensuring city programs are grounded in realistic threats and local capability gaps.
- Identifying and pursuing grant opportunities to strengthen local mitigation, preparedness, and recovery efforts, including development, application, and compliance tracking.
- Supervising the Emergency Readiness Coordinator, overseeing CERT and volunteer programs, and growing a capable, cross-functional response team.
- Building and maintaining relationships across city departments to ensure alignment, participation, and continuity of effort.
- Representing Redmond in regional emergency efforts without losing focus on what makes our city ready from the inside.
- Leading equitable and inclusive public engagement strategies to promote household and neighborhood-level preparedness.
Who You Are You bring more than plans, you bring presence. You know how to earn trust, build cross-departmental momentum, and stay calm and clear-headed when others are looking for guidance. You value resilience as a lived practice, not a theoretical framework. We're looking for someone who:
- Has significant experience in local government or municipal operations, with a clear understanding of how city systems function and interact.
- Brings proven supervisory and team-building skills; you know how to lead people, not just projects.
- Has direct experience running or staffing EOCs and understands real-time incident management at the city level.
- Understands that resilience, recovery, and sustainability are interconnected, not just preparedness buzzwords.
- Communicates effectively with elected officials, public audiences, media, and community-based organizations.
- Has a strong working knowledge of ICS/NIMS and FEMA guidance but doesn't stop there-you translate that knowledge into practical systems and culture.
- Thrives in a high-demand, high-trust role where relationships and responsiveness are the core deliverables.
QUALIFICATIONS Minimum Qualifications:
- 5-7 years of relevant experience in emergency management, public safety, or public administration, including 2+ years in a supervisory or lead role.
- A bachelor's degree in emergency management, public administration, or a related field; or a mix of experience and training that demonstrates equivalent capacity.
- Completion of NIMS/ICS certifications: IS 100, 200, 700, 701, 706, 800 and ICS 300 and 400 (or ability to obtain shortly after hire).
- Valid Washington State driver's license (or ability to obtain upon relocation). A valid driver's license is required to operate City vehicles for tasks such as delivering emergency supplies, transporting educational materials, and supporting field-based preparedness and/or response activities.
- Ability to pass a comprehensive background check.
- Any combination of education, experience, and training indicating the ability to successfully perform the position's essential functions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- FEMA certifications IS 120, 230, 235, 240, 241, 242, and 244
- Experience with WebEOC, Preparis, shelter operations, CERT programming, or public engagement strategy.
- A track record of cross-sector collaboration, community-based partnerships, or leading equity-centered response planning.
Working Conditions:
- Position requires availability within one hour during emergencies (unless scheduled leave is prearranged).
- The role includes a mix of desk work, meetings, community engagement, and emergency operations coordination with some evenings and weekends required.
- During emergencies, this position may operate in high-stress, uncertain, and rapidly evolving conditions, requiring flexibility, decisiveness, and sustained availability beyond regular work hours.
Selection Process:Application Review TimelineApplications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the City reserves the right to close the posting early if a qualified candidate is identified and selected before the listed closing date. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration. Other This class description describes the general nature of the work performed, representative duties as well as the typical qualifications needed for acceptable performance. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the job. Please review the job description for more information about the knowledge, skills, abilities, working conditions, and physical requirements. BENEFITS Our employees earn competitive wages and enjoy an exceptional benefits package that includes:
- MEDICAL INSURANCE - Choice of two plans for employees and their eligible dependents: Premera or Kaiser Permanente. All employee healthcare premiums paid for by the City of Redmond.
- PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE - Included with each medical plan
- DENTAL INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
- VISION INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
- OTHER INSURANCE - Life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance
- FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS - For tax savings on healthcare and dependent care expenses
- PAID VACATION & HOLIDAYS - with (13) paid holidays per year
- EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
- RETIREMENT PLANS - Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) plus additional options that include Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (Social Security replacement plan) and MetLife 457 Plan
- Annual COLA adjustments
- Annual merit increases of up to 5%
To learn about benefits at the City of Redmond, please visit C2MB (ajg.com) Please visit to learn about benefits at the City of Redmond Benefit rates are subject to change without notice due to federal and state mandates and contractual changes as applicable. 01 Please select your highest level of education.
- High School or GED
- Associate degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree or higher
02 How many years of experience do you have in Emergency Management and/or Public Safety?
- No experience
- 0 - 2 Years
- 3 - 4 Years
- 5 - 6 Years
- 7+ Years
03 This role requires having availability within one hour during any emergency situation (unless scheduled leave is prearranged). Are you willing and able to meet this requirement?
04 Describe a time you led an organization or team through a non-routine emergency or disruption (e.g., severe weather event, prolonged power outage, civil unrest, etc.). What role did you play, what coordination was required across departments or partners, and what was the outcome? Be specific about your actions and the impact. 05 Emergency preparedness isn't just about planning. It's about building systems and habits that help organizations function under stress. Share an example of a time you developed or improved an emergency-related system (e.g., training rhythm, EOC readiness protocol, continuity planning process). What problem did it solve, and how did you ensure it was adopted and sustained? 06 Please list all active certifications that you possess that are relevant for this position: 07 Do you have an active Washington State driver's license?
Required Question