Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with SCI eligibility – required
Ready to interview immediately
Location: Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC), Bluemont, VA
When: Work is performed Mon-Fri, between 6AM - 6PM
What: Part-time, on-call employees will be maintained on a roster of fully qualified individuals available to provide operational coverage for our full-time COOP Site Analysts. These employees will be contacted when a full-time employee is scheduled to be absent due to vacation or unforeseen leave (e.g., illness). On-call roster employees may accept or decline offered shifts, which typically range from 4 to 8 hours, to ensure continuity of service during absences. To maintain role readiness and current qualifications, roster employees should expect to work on-site 8-16 hours each month.
Job Summary
Harkcon holds a contract with a federal agency supporting its COOP location at Mt Weather. We are looking to grow a roster of qualified and available personnel who can provide on-call back-up support when one of our full-time workers is out. Ideally workers will be given advance notice when our full-time workers are on vacation; however, there may be an occasional need for immediate fill-in support due to personnel emergencies.
WHAT: Provide operational and administrative support to an agency emergency management and Continuity of Operations (COOP) program. Support Incident Command Center (ICC) operations and a remote COOP location to maintain readiness and enable effective response during incidents and activations.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Maintain readiness of COOP sites and emergency resources: inventory, kits/supplies, facility readiness for no-notice activation; routine checks of key systems.
- Support secure and non-secure communications (including SCIF-related comms assets) and participate in recurring communications exercises.
- Maintain emergency notification/contact systems (call-down lists, executive rosters, mass notification data/testing).
- Coordinate and communicate with interagency partners and responders (e.g., FEMA, FPS, NWS, first responders).
- Maintain COOP/emergency management plans, SOPs, templates, checklists, and related documentation.
- Administer essential records program: inventories, repositories, change logs, and required reporting (e.g., orders of succession, delegations of authority, TT&E records).
- Monitor new directives/requirements impacting COOP and emergency programs; produce crosswalks, impact assessments, implementation plans, resource needs, and timelines.
- Support training, exercises, and evaluations (tabletop through full-scale): materials, logistics, facilitation, data capture, lessons learned, and After Action/Improvement reporting.
- Produce time-sensitive reporting (e.g., ERT status reporting within one hour of call completion) and manage program taskings/email as required.
Required Qualifications
- Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility (required).
- Experience: 3+ years emergency management experience OR relevant law enforcement/military experience demonstrating ability to support emergency management operations.
- Education: High School Diploma or GED.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, operational environment.
Required Skills
- Strong written and verbal communication; professional performance during high-visibility, high-stress events.
- Accurate documentation/logging and timely reporting using manual/electronic tools.
- Proficiency with MS Office and common communications systems (phones/radios/computer systems).
- Ability to follow procedures and coordinate effectively with external agencies.
Work Conditions / Expectations
- Fill in during absences. Work is conducted Monday – Friday, 6 AM - 6 PM. You need not be available at all times to be placed on our roster.
- This position requires medium physical activity throughout the workday, including the ability to lift, carry, push, and/or pull materials weighing up to 50 pounds. The role also involves frequent walking and standing, and regular movement up and down stairs in a three-floor building multiple times per day to support site readiness, equipment movement, and operational activities.
Harkcon, Inc. is a dynamic, service-disabled veteran-owned small business committed to providing comprehensive organizational and workforce performance analysis, training development & delivery, and comprehensive performance support with a variety of customized, innovative solutions in the public and private sectors. As a premier human capital solutions provider, our customers rely on us to deliver a broad range of services including organizational workforce planning & assessment, competency modeling & management, business process reengineering, HR system development & integration, organizational development, and change management. We believe that any human capital intervention is only as good as the analysis upon which it is based. Therefore, our practitioners place a particular emphasis on getting the analysis right, then applying this analysis to design, develop, implement, and evaluate a full suite of human capital support solutions in both domestic and international environments.
Harkcon, Inc. is an is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age