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ICF is seeking experienced emergency management professionals to join our Disaster Response Planning Section Reservist Cadre. This is an On-Call position supporting disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and resilience missions across the United States. Assignments are activated based on project and disaster operational needs and may involve deployments to Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs), Joint Field Offices (JFOs), Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs), client sites, field locations, or remote environments. Deployment opportunities are not guaranteed and may vary in duration, location, and frequency.
Reservists are typically activated for disaster events, emergency exercises, planning projects, and surge support requirements. Candidates should be prepared to deploy with limited notice, work flexible schedules that may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and support incident operations in dynamic and fast-paced environments.
About On-Call Employment with ICF
Due to the seasonal or project-specific nature of our disaster and emergency management work, ICF hires professionals as "On-Call" employees. On-Call employees are scheduled for work as it becomes available, with the freedom to accept or decline assignments. Individuals may work on concurrent projects outside of their ICF assignments, provided there is no conflict of interest.
Key Responsibilities - What you will be doing
• Serve in Planning Section leadership or unit-level roles supporting disaster response, recovery, preparedness, and resilience operations.
• Support Incident Action Planning (IAP) development, operational planning cycles, contingency planning, transition planning, and demobilization planning.
• Collect, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate incident information to support operational decision-making.
• Maintain situational awareness and contribute to the development of a common operating picture.
• Develop situation reports, dashboards, briefings, executive summaries, planning products, and operational documentation.
• Coordinate information flow among incident leadership, operations, logistics, finance, and external stakeholders.
• Support resource tracking, accountability, status reporting, and resource management activities.
• Maintain incident documentation, records management processes, and official operational files.
• Participate in planning meetings, operational briefings, after-action activities, and other incident management functions.
• Support Incident Management Teams (IMTs), Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs), disaster recovery operations, exercises, and emergency management initiatives.
• Assist communities and clients in preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation, and resilience efforts
Please attach a reverse chronological, bullet-point concise resume (1 to 3 pages) addressing minimum and preferred qualifications, including job title, employer, dates of employment. Since attention to detail is a critical skill for EOC planners, consider this your first assignment. Separate list of completed coursework/trainings and deployments may be requested.
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must possess qualifications commonly applicable across FEMA Planning Section Chief and Planning Section Unit Leader positions.
• 3+ years of professional experience in emergency management, disaster response, preparedness, public sector government, military or related fields.
• 2+ years of professional experience actual response in incident management, emergency operations, or emergency planning functions.
• 2+ years of professional experience gathering, organizing, analyzing, and communicating operational information and data.
• 2+ years of professional experience producing reports, plans, briefings, documentation, or decision-support products.
• Completion of FEMA/NIMS ICS courses: 100, 200, 700, 800.
• Must have a valid U.S. driver's license and successfully pass a Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check.
• Must be willing and able to travel, both flight and vehicle, with short notice; inclusive of deployment nationally, hours including evenings and weekends in rapidly changing operational environments.
Preferred Qualifications (these will set candidates apart)
• Bachelor's degree in Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Administration, Urban Planning, GIS, Public Policy, Business Administration, Environmental Sciences, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working within an Emergency Operations Center or similar environment.
• Experience in supporting planning processes, including action, strategic, preparedness or contingency planning.
• Experience working with federal, state, tribal territorial or local government partners.
• Completion of FEMA/NIMS ICS courses: 300, 400.
• Planning Section Chief level role: Deployment experience in the PSC role and ICS Training, including E/G/L 0191 and E/L 0962, Type 1-3 experience.
Professional Qualifications (bring these with you day one)
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills, with the ability to balance multiple concurrent projects and short-turn deliverables.
• Proactive, collaborative, team-oriented approach; seeks input early and communicates risks/issues quickly.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Proven track record of supporting a team and accomplishing successful business results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, emotional intelligence, critical thinking skills, and integrity and ethics.
• Team player with the demonstrated ability to build organizational capability, motivate teaming partners/staff to ensure high levels of engagement, and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project Management Software).
Why Join ICF?
At ICF, our work helps communities prepare for, respond to, and recover from some of their most challenging moments. As a Disaster Response Planning Section Reservist, you'll have the opportunity to contribute your expertise on meaningful projects that support federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local governments as they navigate complex emergencies and disaster recovery efforts.
Whether developing incident action and contingency plans, supporting situational awareness, tracking critical resources, documenting response operations, or coordinating recovery transitions, your work will directly contribute to informed decision-making and successful mission outcomes. You'll collaborate with experienced emergency management professionals, gain exposure to large-scale response and recovery operations, and play a key role in helping communities build resilience for the future.
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At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.
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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$67,355.00 - $114,503.00
Nationwide Remote Office (US99)