OPS Deputy Planning Section Chief - 31902134

Requisition No: 857641 

Agency: Division of Emergency Management

Working Title: OPS Deputy Planning Section Chief - 31902134

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 31902134 

Salary:  $37.00/Hourly 

Posting Closing Date: 08/10/2025 

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OPS Deputy Planning Section Chief

Bureau of Response

State of Florida Division of Emergency Management

This position is available statewide

 

The Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) plans for and responds to both natural and man-made disasters. These range from floods and hurricanes to incidents involving hazardous materials or nuclear power. FDEM is the liaison between federal, state, and local agencies. FDEM prepares and implements a statewide Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, routinely conducts extensive exercises to test state and county emergency response capabilities, provides technical assistance to local governments as they prepare emergency plans and procedures, as well as conducts emergency operations trainings for state and local government agencies.

 

FDEM serves as the lead agency for the State Emergency Response Team (SERT), whose primary goal is the coordination of the state’s efforts during disaster response and recovery. This coordination is conducted within the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) in Tallahassee. Additionally, FDEM manages the State Watch Office; the 24-hours a day operation tasked with providing situational awareness to stakeholders statewide. After a disaster, FDEM conducts damage assessment surveys and advises the Governor of the State of Florida on whether to declare an emergency and seek federal relief funds. It is against this backdrop that FDEM strives to demonstrate its mission of, “Coordinate, collaborate and communicate with our community stakeholders for a resilient Florida” along with our vision of, “Leading the Profession in building prepared and resilient communities”. 

 

Position Overview and Responsibilities:

The Deputy Planning Section Chief is responsible for managing incident-related data, facilitating planning processes, and ensuring effective incident action planning. Manage all aspects of incident planning, situation and resource status, and demobilization of an incident. This position is a General Staff level position on Florida’s State All-Hazards Incident Management Team.

 

Duties for the position include, but are not limited to:   

• Assist the Planning Section Chief in:
• supervising and configuring the Planning Section with units and single resources as necessary.
• submitting incident status reports.
• facilitating the planning process.
• managing the planning cycle.
• developing meetings and display materials to support a common operating picture and support decision-making.
• managing the creation of the demobilization plan.
• developing primary, alternate, contingency, and emergency plans.
• preparing, collecting, evaluating, and disseminating incident information and using it to develop the IAP.
• facilitating incident information to maintain situational awareness (current and future).
• providing periodic predictions on incident potential and incident courses of action.
• developing long-term plans and supervising advanced planning efforts as the incident requires.
• coordinating and effectively communicating activities with the State Emergency Response Team.
• implementing priorities and objectives from State Emergency Response Team Command Staff.
• Fulfill all roles of the Planning Section Chief in their absence.
• Perform duties as assigned during activations of the emergency operation center, work non-traditional hours, and travel for extended periods. Employee must be able to deploy to anywhere in Florida or the United States for up to 28 days at a time. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• In-depth understanding of incident command systems, planning cycles, and resource allocation.
• Ability to organize and facilitate meetings in high stress env