Executive Service
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR 2 - TRAINING & EXERCISE The Department of Tennessee Emergency Management Authority Nashville, TN Annual Salary: $67,764.00 - $87,912.00 Closing Date: 09/13/2026 0% - 40% remote
Who We Are And What We Do
The Tennessee Department of Emergency Management Authority (TEMA) is dedicated to protecting Tennessee communities before, during, and after emergencies. Through preparedness, coordination, rapid response, and recovery, we work alongside local agencies, first responders, and residents to build a safer, stronger, and more resilient Tennessee.
How You Make a Difference In This Role
Working for TEMA is more than a career it's an opportunity to serve the people of Tennessee when they need us most. Every role contributes to protecting communities, supporting those on the front lines, and helping Tennessee prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. Join a team where your work has a meaningful impact across our state. Serve Tennessee. Support your neighbors. Make a difference.
Job Overview
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is currently accepting resumes for the position of Emergency Management Administrator 2 Training and Exercise Manager located in Nashville. This position is for a highly skilled leader to administer and oversee the state-level emergency management training and exercise program. Coordinates strategic effort to plan training and exercise deliveries to build capabilities and essential skills for state and local government agencies charged with specific functions in times of emergencies. Ensures state and county governments have access to requested training and exercise programs and provides guidance on Training and Exercise needs assessment efforts. Ensures compliance with the supporting federal non-disaster grant programs, including the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program and State of Tennessee procurement rules. Oversees the administration of the enterprise Learning Management System (LMS) that automates training and exercise processes, including training student registration and training instructor management. Implements and utilizes the LMS to support asynchronous training and exercise event delivery to meet customers where they are. Works closely with TEMA Regional Offices to develop and implement a shared service delivery model that supports local training and exercise events in accordance with available staff and fiscal resources. Writes and submits detailed reporting summarizing grant spending, training and exercise statistics, and other related activities for the Assistant Director for Preparedness. Composes correspondence dealing with subject matter in ways that call for considerable discretion and involve some judgment or negotiation, replying to inquiries, presenting, or requesting information. Manages the data collection and analysis process for state capability and gap reports. Oversees collaborative efforts to ensure all training courses adhere to standards for curriculum design, integrity of training material content and delivery requirements, and adherence to training material standards and approved learning objectives for students and participants in accordance with program requirements and guidelines. Motivates the efforts of public agencies, businesses and industry, and non-governmental agencies to support exercise activities within their scope. Participates in the development of instructional materials to improve education and training programs and methods. Analyzes existing policies and procedures and develops methods for improvement. Completes internal training requirements, and emergency management grant training and exercise requirements. Supports additional FEMA, Homeland Security, and Hazardous Materials training programs. Supports Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) activities and the development, delivery, and after-action improvement planning of exercises statewide. Supports radiological emergency preparedness and fixed nuclear facility training and exercise activities. Completes preparedness related projects as assigned by the TEMA Director, Chief of Staff, or Assistant Directors. Assigned to the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) during activation or exercises, and supports any SEOC positions as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for work of considerable difficulty in planning, organizing, and directing the work of a staff engaged in providing state-wide emergency management training and exercise programs.
- Supervises, mentors, and provides staff development objectives and opportunities to full time staff.
- Plans and supervises training and exercise activities designed to provide and validate the delivery of essential skills to state and county-level government agencies charged with specific functions in times of emergencies.
- Ensures state and county governments have access to requested training programs and provides guidance on Training and Exercise Plans (TEPs).
- Ensures compliance with the requirements of the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program, and State of Tennessee procurement rules.
- Writes detailed reporting summarizing grant spending, training and exercise statistics, and other related activities for the Assistant Director for Preparedness.
- Composes correspondence dealing with subject matter in ways that call for considerable discretion and involve some judgment or negotiation, replying to inquiries, presenting, or requesting information.
- Participates in the development of instructional materials to improve education and training programs and methods.
- Participates in the development and follow through for exercise and after-action improvement planning in a comprehensive emergency management program cycle.
- Analyzes existing policies and procedures and develops methods for improvement.
- Coordinates projects to improve existing programs. As part of the Tennessee Emergency Management Authority's mission, all positions may be called upon to support emergency operations.
- Employees may be required to work alternate schedules and/or report to alternate work locations to include disaster scenes to support response and recovery operations.
Minimum Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to three years of full-time experience in emergency management work, including but not limited to, response and recovery, planning, programs, operations, preparedness, or mitigation.
Or
Experience equivalent to seven years of full-time experience in emergency management work, including but not limited to, response and recovery, planning, programs, operations, preparedness, or mitigation.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.
