EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNER - 76003962

Requisition No: 853773 

Agency: Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle

Working Title: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNER - 76003962

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 76003962 

Salary:  $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 08/12/2025 

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Division of Florida Highway Patrol

Bureau of Emergency Planning

*Selected Exempt Services*

*Open Comeptitive*

To be considered for this position, applicant responses to qualifying questions must be clearly stated within the employment history. Software systems, actual work experience, and years of employment must be clearly defined, or the application may not be considered for the position.

Contact Person: Major Todd Carter, (850) 363-9888

The Organization
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) provides highway safety and security through excellence in service, education, and enforcement. With a workforce of approximately 4,500 employees throughout the state, the Department is leading the way to A Safer Florida through the efficient and professional execution of its core mission: the issuance of driver licenses, vehicle tags and titles, and operation of the Florida Highway Patrol.

Our Benefits Include

• Paid Parental Leave
• Annual and Sick Leave Package
• Nine Paid Holidays
• State Health and Life Insurance
• Educational Benefits
• Contributory Retirement Plan

To learn more about FLHSMV and why it’s a great place to work, visit our website at: flhsmv.gov/careers.

If you're seeking employment with a meaningful mission, opportunities for skill growth and career advancement, competitive medical and life insurance, retirement benefits, ample vacation and sick leave, paid holidays, and educational assistance, consider building your career at FLHSMV! 

Duties and Responsibilities
This position is responsible for is responsible for providing administrative support to emergency operations, and peer support. Performs activities to support the documentation and reportion of emergency responses. Prepare a variety of reports related to departmental activities and operations. Facilitates the creation, implementation, and tracking of after-action reporting. orders, travel authorization letters, after action reporting, expenses, and rosters. Facilitates reporting and documentation of forms associated with emergency response.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Administrative Skills - Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking notes, and using and completing forms.
• Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Communication - Expresses information (for example, facts, ideas or messages) to individuals or groups effectively and communicates information in a succinct and organized manner; takes into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial) and makes clear and convincing oral presentations and produces written information that is appropriate for the intended audience; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately; recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, individuals who use or receive the services or products that the work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services.
• Interpersonal Skills - Shows understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Laws, Policies, and Procedures - Knowledge of and ability to apply state laws, administrative codes, and DHSMV and FHP operations, policies, and procedures.
• Manages and Organizes Information - Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.
• Planning and Evaluation - Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Problem Solving - Identifies problems, determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.
• Self-Management - Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; monitors progress and is motivated to achieve; manages own time and deals with stress effectively.
• Teamwork - Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Technology Application - Uses machines, tools, or equipment effectively; uses computers and computer applications to analyze and communicate information in the appropriate format.

Job Related Requirements

• Driver license required.
• The position you are applying for is subject to a Level 2 background check, along with Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) clearance, to include a fingerprint-based check of the criminal records of the FBI, as a condition of employment pursuant to Chapter 110.1127, 435 and 943, Florida Statutes. Please note that, since this position requires CJIS clearance, the Department will have access to all applicants’ criminal and juvenile delinquency records, even those that have been sealed or expunged.  
• Available to work non-standard hours in response to emergency situations/events, such as working nights/holidays/weekends and working more than 8-hour workdays.

General Information

• The elements of the selection process may include a skill assessment and/or oral interview.
• Applicants being considered for employment will be required to submit to a fingerprint-based background investigation, which will include a check of the criminal history records of the FBI. Fingerprints and associated information/biometrics will be retained in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification (NGI) system and fingerprints may continue to be compared against fingerprints submitted to or retained by NGI.
• FLHSMV employees are paid once a month on the last workday of each month.  All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113 Florida Statutes. 

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.