Emergency Manager Jobs
Emergency Manager jobs are open across government agencies, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and private sector organizations, at every level from coordinator to director, with specializations in hazard mitigation, continuity of operations, and emergency response planning. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
This position supervises large clinical units. Duties include ensuring that appropriate care and services are available to patients and families, ensures adequate and appropriate clinic staffing on each shift, supervision of nursing staff, medical support staff and utility aide staff, assistance with annual performance reviews of staff, participation in quality improvement initiatives to address identified patient safety or quality of care issues. Provides and facilitates an environment conducive to staff continuing education needs, ongoing unit-based educational needs and orientation of staff members.
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
- Two-campus (Smithfield and Clayton) Emergency Departments with a combined total of 64 beds, offering diverse patient populations and acuity levels
- 4:1 nurse-to-patient ratios, supporting safe, high-quality patient care
- Strong team-based environment with a culture of collaboration and mutual support
- Chest Pain Accredited facility, delivering evidence-based cardiac care, along with being an interventional STEMI center M-F 7a-5p
- Primary Stroke Center, providing rapid, coordinated stroke response and treatment
- FULL-TIME Positions work Three (3) 12-hour shifts per week, promoting work-life balance and schedule flexibility
Responsibilities:
1. Patient Care- Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to patients / clients and families. Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning. Ensures appropriate clinical staffing and skill mix for patient care. Supervises team of professionals /paraprofessionals which may include nursing staff, health unit coordinators, nursing assistants and utility aides.
2. Human Resource Management- Effectively manages human resources. Creates an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff. Applies organizational policy and procedures in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff. Provides staff with annual performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals. Integrates scientific evidence regarding retention of nursing staff into unit planning.
3. Budget Management- Effectively uses clinical and financial information to establish and meet budgetary goals. Implements strategies to increase revenue and cost effectively manage personnel, supply, and equipment resources. Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes.
4. Accreditation Issues- Ensures that internal and external regulatory standards or nursing practice are met or exceeded. This includes organizational policy and procedures as well as state, Joint Commission, Board of Nursing and other specified accrediting bodies. Integrate current scientific evidence with standards of practice.
5. Quality Improvement- Leads and participates in quality improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care deficits.
6. Education- Creates an educational environment conducive to student learning, staff continuing education, and orientation of new staff members. Accountable for annual competency evaluation of staff that ensures staff has the knowledge and skills to care for the specified patient population.
7. Customer Satisfaction- Ensures high customer satisfaction. Communicates patient satisfaction results, letters and comments to staff and leads monthly initiatives to improve consumer satisfaction with care and services. Advocates for consumers within the organization, particularly for vulnerable or at risk populations.
Other Information
Education Requirements:
- Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program required.
- Teammates in this job code must obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing on or before December 31, 2027.
- Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
- BLS required.
- Three (3) years of professional nursing in tertiary care and one (1) year of management experience in specialty area.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Johnston Health
Organization Unit: Emergency Department -
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $47.90 - $68.86 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
Summary:
This position supervises large clinical units. Duties include ensuring that appropriate care and services are available to patients and families, ensures adequate and appropriate clinic staffing on each shift, supervision of nursing staff, medical support staff and utility aide staff, assistance with annual performance reviews of staff, participation in quality improvement initiatives to address identified patient safety or quality of care issues. Provides and facilitates an environment conducive to staff continuing education needs, ongoing unit-based educational needs and orientation of staff members.
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
- Two-campus (Smithfield and Clayton) Emergency Departments with a combined total of 64 beds, offering diverse patient populations and acuity levels
- 4:1 nurse-to-patient ratios, supporting safe, high-quality patient care
- Strong team-based environment with a culture of collaboration and mutual support
- Chest Pain Accredited facility, delivering evidence-based cardiac care, along with being an interventional STEMI center M-F 7a-5p
- Primary Stroke Center, providing rapid, coordinated stroke response and treatment
- FULL-TIME Positions work Three (3) 12-hour shifts per week, promoting work-life balance and schedule flexibility
Responsibilities:
1. Patient Care- Ensures that appropriate care and services are available to patients / clients and families. Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration in patient/client care planning. Ensures appropriate clinical staffing and skill mix for patient care. Supervises team of professionals /paraprofessionals which may include nursing staff, health unit coordinators, nursing assistants and utility aides.
2. Human Resource Management- Effectively manages human resources. Creates an environment conducive to recruiting and retaining staff. Applies organizational policy and procedures in hiring, promoting, transferring and terminating staff. Provides staff with annual performance feedback and opportunity to set professional goals. Integrates scientific evidence regarding retention of nursing staff into unit planning.
3. Budget Management- Effectively uses clinical and financial information to establish and meet budgetary goals. Implements strategies to increase revenue and cost effectively manage personnel, supply, and equipment resources. Evaluates the impact of strategic fiscal changes on quality outcomes.
4. Accreditation Issues- Ensures that internal and external regulatory standards or nursing practice are met or exceeded. This includes organizational policy and procedures as well as state, Joint Commission, Board of Nursing and other specified accrediting bodies. Integrate current scientific evidence with standards of practice.
5. Quality Improvement- Leads and participates in quality improvement initiatives that focus on identified patient safety or quality of care deficits.
6. Education- Creates an educational environment conducive to student learning, staff continuing education, and orientation of new staff members. Accountable for annual competency evaluation of staff that ensures staff has the knowledge and skills to care for the specified patient population.
7. Customer Satisfaction- Ensures high customer satisfaction. Communicates patient satisfaction results, letters and comments to staff and leads monthly initiatives to improve consumer satisfaction with care and services. Advocates for consumers within the organization, particularly for vulnerable or at risk populations.
Other Information
Education Requirements:
- Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program required.
- Teammates in this job code must obtain a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing on or before December 31, 2027.
- Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
- BLS required.
- Three (3) years of professional nursing in tertiary care and one (1) year of management experience in specialty area.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: Johnston Health
Organization Unit: Emergency Department -
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Salary Range: $47.90 - $68.86 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Variable
Location of Job: US:NC:Smithfield
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
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Who's Hiring
- Clean Harbors11
- Career Land Center10
- Kaiser Permanente9
- Baptist Health6
- BJC HealthCare5
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services23
- Education1
- Human Resources1
- Transportation & Logistics1
- Investment & Asset Management1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in emergency manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in emergency management, public administration, or a related field
- FEMA ICS-100, ICS-200, ICS-300, ICS-400, and IS-700 certifications completed
- Experience developing or maintaining an emergency operations plan
- Familiarity with WebEOC or comparable emergency management software
- Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance
- Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) credential from IAEM preferred for senior roles
Tips for Your Emergency Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to incident types
Emergency manager postings often specify natural disaster, public health, or industrial incident experience. Align your resume to the incident types listed in each posting rather than presenting a generic all-hazards summary. Reviewers look for direct scenario matches.
Highlight your NIMS and ICS credentials
Most openings require Incident Command System and National Incident Management System certifications at specific completion levels. List your FEMA Independent Study and ICS course completions with their course numbers so hiring managers can verify compliance at a glance.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists emergency manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Quantify your exercise design experience
Tabletop and functional exercise design sets candidates apart at senior levels. Describe the scale of exercises you planned, the number of agencies involved, and whether the scenario led to an updated emergency operations plan rather than just stating you led drills.
Prepare scenario-based answers for the interview
Emergency manager interviews frequently use situational prompts drawn from real incidents. Practice walking through your decision-making under activation conditions, including how you coordinated with elected officials, public information officers, and mutual aid partners during an actual event.
Negotiate for professional development commitments
Many agencies budget for FEMA Advanced Professional Series courses and national exercise program participation. Ask during offer discussions whether continuing education and exercise attendance are included in the role, since these commitments affect your long-term credentials and promotion eligibility.
Emergency Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most emergency managers?
The most active employers for emergency managers right now are Clean Harbors, Career Land Center, and Kaiser Permanente, and the most openings are in California, Florida, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is strongest at government agencies, hospital systems, and large utilities managing infrastructure risk.
How many emergency manager jobs are remote?
About 21% of emergency manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, though the share is uneven across specializations. Planning, grant writing, and training development roles are most likely to allow remote arrangements, while operations center positions and field-based response roles typically require on-site presence.
How do you become an emergency manager?
Start by earning a degree in emergency management, public administration, or a closely related field, then complete FEMA's core ICS and NIMS independent study courses. Gain field experience through local government, volunteer fire or EMS organizations, or public health agencies. Pursuing the Certified Emergency Manager credential strengthens your candidacy once you've accumulated documented experience managing real activations.
How do you get hired as an emergency manager with little or no experience?
Entry-level candidates are most competitive when they can show FEMA Independent Study completions, volunteer activation experience with community emergency response teams or Red Cross, and participation in tabletop exercises. Many county and municipal agencies hire emergency management coordinators at the junior level and provide on-the-job training toward full planner responsibilities, making those postings the right starting point.
What does the emergency manager interview process look like?
Most processes involve a screening call with HR, a structured panel interview with the emergency management director and key agency partners, and a scenario exercise where you walk through your decision-making during a simulated incident activation. Some federal and state positions require a writing sample, such as a draft annex or after-action report, and background investigation clearance before an offer is extended.
Where can I find and apply to emergency manager jobs?
You can find and apply to emergency manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from agencies, healthcare systems, and private sector employers across the United States. Search the listings for roles that match your specialization and experience level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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