Young, unique, and exciting business in product distribution, training and consulting located in the North Suburbs seeks emergency management specialist to for a dynamic, fast paced, rapidly growing organization. Company offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and an outstanding benefits package in a professional work environment. If you have the entrepreneurial spirit, welcome a challenge, have high personal standards of achievement and are extremely motivated, we have endless opportunities for you to succeed.

Responsibilities:

The Emergency Management Specialist is responsible for managing the full spectrum of emergency management services including design and development of training materials, and courseware; will conduct risk assessments and write risk management plans and response plans, and will manage and implement consulting engagements for individuals and groups in corporate and in-home settings. A successful Emergency Management Specialist must demonstrate credibility, superior knowledge of emergency management and/or response, have the ability to enhance individual and corporate sales efforts, possess superb public speaking, interpersonal, and written communication skills, and have strong relationship and project management skills.

• Develop and manage the consulting engagement processes for individuals and businesses.
• Develop, price, and deliver novel or custom consulting products and services to adapt to the changing market and continually increase revenue.
• Provide direct consulting services during corporate and individual sales processes and provide in-home family-based consulting services during the fulfillment phase.
• Conduct large-group instructional seminars and workshops, small-group facilitated workshops, and in-home family-based training.
• Conduct risk assessments and write risk management plans and response plans.
• Develop training, educational, and consulting materials using superior knowledge of emergency management.
• Develop expert-level knowledge of Sovereign Deed's products and services and of the emergency management industry.
• Assist in all phases of training design and development including analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation, and evolution.
• Work with SME's (Subject Matter Experts) to identify, develop, and implement learning objectives and outcomes.
• Assist with the organization of learning analytics data; must maintain and develop reports for the assessment of customer feedback, trends, and opportunities for new product development targets.
• Assist with the implementation of an online training program.
• Manage complex consulting and training projects on time, within budget, meanwhile utilizing resources to meet customer expectations.
• Provide weekly status reports to supervisor.

Qualifications and Education:

• Must possess a Bachelors Degree in Emergency Management, Planning, Criminal Justice, Industrial Safety, Public Health, Homeland Security, or related field. Training Development and/or Instructional Design Degree may be considered.
• Knowledge in field of emergency management, homeland security, and/or disaster response a must.
• Direct experience in military, law enforcement, emergency management, or emergency response is preferred.
• 5-7 years working with individuals and corporations in a consulting role is a must.
• Experience developing and delivering training is preferred.
• Professional certificate (CEM, ABCP, etc) is preferred.
• Knowledge of Incident Command Systems (ICS), National Response Plan (NRP), and the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is preferred.
• Knowledge of Geographical Information Systems is preferred.
• Possess strong knowledge of consulting processes.
• Excellent client/relationship management skills and high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrate practical hands-on training skills to individuals, and have previous classroom or group instruction experience.
• Must possess exceptional presentation and interpersonal skills to effectively enhance sales process.
• Requires strong planning, problem-solving, and exceptional organization and communication skills.
• Independent self-starter with strong public speaking, critical thinking, creative thinking, and operational planning skills.
• Ability to communicate and share information, participate in workgroups and project teams, and complete assigned projects successfully and in a timely manner.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Project) skills.
• Ability to develop simple graphics using Microsoft PowerPoint, Visio, and/or other related tools.
• Must have ability to travel frequently, up to 70%

NOTE: Individuals with work authorization based on non-immigrant visa status should advise type of visa when submitting resume. Due to the volume of responses received, we will only respond to those candidates that we have determined to be of further interest.

All candidates must include Microsoft Word attachment of resume with salary requirements in order to be considered. Submit your Word resume and salary requirements to:

recruiting@sovrn.com