Georgetown University
Director, Emergency Management & Operational Continuity
Georgetown University seeks an energetic and thoughtful individual to become the Director of Emergency Management & Operational Continuity to oversee the University’s emergency management. An academic community dedicated to creating and communicating knowledge, Georgetown provides excellent undergraduate, graduate and professional education in the Jesuit tradition. The University has more than 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students who take classes at five locations: Main Campus, Medical Center, Law Center, GU-Northern Virginia and the university’s School of Foreign Service-Qatar. Georgetown has a large and diverse workforce that employs more than 5,000 faculty and staff members.
Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Risk Management, the Director of Emergency Management and Operational Continuity provides overall leadership and expert oversight for the development of policy and strategy across the areas of emergency preparedness, disaster response and recovery, and operational continuity for Georgetown University and its various campus locations. The Director will develop, lead and conduct emergency/disaster drills/exercises, and assist departments in preparing plans. The Director will assess business continuity priorities and coordinate institutional community alerting and emergency notification protocols.
The most compelling candidates will possess a proven track record of partnering with a diverse set of stakeholders to develop formal and thoughtful business continuity plans, as well as experience inspiring, motivating, and empowering team members. He or she must be a multi-dminensional thinker and have at least seven years of demonstrated experience in creating, implementing and coordinating emergency management, planning programs for a large diverse organization. Successful completion of emergency management industry certification programs is desired. Experience with private higher education and/or large non-profit organizations is highly preferred.
Nominations, inquiries, and expressions of interest should be directed electronically to: GeorgetownEMOC@divsearch.com.
For further information, please contact:
Andrew C. Wheeler, Chief Lean Officer & Managing Director
(215) 656-3548; Andrew.wheeler@divsearch.com
Andrew C. MacLean, Senior Associate
(919) 960-1245; Andrew.maclean@divsearch.com
