Senior Associate - Emergency Management (Hybrid - San Mateo, CA)

Senior Associate, Emergency Management (Hybrid- San Mateo, CA)

About CONSTANT

CONSTANT is an award-winning emergency and crisis management firm dedicated to making the world a safer place. We provide an innovative and welcoming environment where talented professionals make meaningful impacts within supportive and flexible work arrangements.

Position Summary & Key Responsibilities

In this Senior Associate role, you'll lead projects in emergency management planning, organizational transformation, training, exercises, and community outreach. We are bringing innovative approaches to clients in the Bay Area as they prepare their communities to respond to, mitigate, and recover from disasters. To be successful in this role, you'll need to excel in four key areas:

• Project Management: Lead large projects in emergency management planning, organizational transformation, training, exercises, and outreach based on contractual requirements, while maintaining a healthy timeline, budget, and team environment
• Client Relationship Management: Build deep relationships with clients by establishing trust at all levels (including executives), fostering a collaborative team culture, driving projects forward reliably, and keeping an eye out for opportunities to add value
• Subject-Matter Expertise: Apply subject-matter expertise in emergency management planning to ensure service quality and bring innovative solutions to clients
• Leadership and Culture: Lead multi-layered project teams, setting up team members for success, maintaining high-level standards, and maintaining a healthy team culture. Supervise team members at multiple levels, as assigned.

Every CONSTANT team member is expected to proactively contribute to our positive and collaborative culture by upholding our core values of integrity, service, quality, team, and gratitude.

This position is hybrid and will be performed primarily in a remote setting, with periodic commuting to client sites in the California Bay Area.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of progressive experience in emergency management and/or emergency management consulting
• 3+ years of experience as a manager
• Proficiency in managing client relationships and budgeted consulting projects
• Excellent communication, writing, and facilitation skills
• Proficiency in MS 365 suite
• Ability to commute periodically within the California Bay Area
• Ability to travel approximately 20%
• Ability to pass a Federal public trust background check and/or security clearance investigation

Nice-To-Have Qualifications

• Direct experience working for a state or local emergency management agency
• Experience with community and stakeholder outreach
• Proficiency in graphic design
• Experience with data analysis and visualization
• Master's degree in public administration, business administration, or a related field
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

What We Offer

• Meaningful work on a high-performing team
• Opportunities to grow with a rapidly expanding company
• Welcoming, collaborative, and flexible work environment
• Comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, retirement plans, bonuses based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off

CONSTANT is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. Employment decisions are based solely on job-related factors without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other status protected by law.