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SMC EM Coordinator - Alert and Warning (Unclassified)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$102,731.20 - $128,419.20 Annually
- Public Health
Communications Associate - Community Program Specialist I/II (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$80,121.60 - $112,216.00 Annually
- Full Time
- Information Technology and Communication Services
- Project Management
Court Human Resources Director (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$152,838.40 - $190,465.60 Annually
- Full Time
- Administration and Management
- Court Administration
- Human Resources and Personnel
Administrative Assistant II - Confidential (Departmental Promotional Only)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$7,976.80 - $9,973.60 Monthly
- Full Time
- Clerical and Administrative Support
Social Work Supervisor - Exempt (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$10,046.40 - $12,558.00 Monthly
- Full Time
- Administrative Analysis and Research
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Human and Social Services
Supervising Mental Health Clinician - Older Adult System Integrated Services (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$133,556.80 - $166,920.00 Annually
- Public Health
Senior Accountant (Departmental Promotional Only)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$113,256.00 - $141,648.00 Annually
- Accounting and Finance
Property Tax Specialist - Controller's Office (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$92,352.00 - $115,440.00 Annually
- Full Time
- Accounting and Finance
Executive Secretary - Confidential - Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$88,067.20 - $110,073.60 Annually
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
GIS and Open Data Supervisor (IS Data Supervisor) (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$148,179.20 - $185,203.20 Annually
- Administrative Analysis and Research
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- GIS and Surveying
Electronic Health Record Analyst II - Optime/Anesthesia (Departmental Promotional Only)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$135,990.40 - $169,956.80 Annually
- Administrative Analysis and Research
- Public Health
Electronic Health Record Analyst II/III - ClinDoc (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$11,332.53 - $15,215.20 Monthly
- Full Time
- Administrative Analysis and Research
- Public Health
Court Finance Management Analyst II - Superior Court of California (Court Promotional Only)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$108,014.40 - $134,680.00 Annually
- Full Time
- Accounting and Finance
- Administrative Analysis and Research
- Court Administration
Auditor-Appraiser I/II (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$86,798.40 - $119,912.00 Annually
- Full Time
- Accounting and Finance
- Real Estate
Automotive Mechanic (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$112,694.40 Annually
- Fleet Management
Benefits Analyst I/II - Limited Term (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$74,796.80 - $94,785.60 Annually
- Full Time
- Human Resources and Personnel
Children's Services Social Worker II/III (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$95,243.20 - $140,483.20 Annually
- Human and Social Services
Administrative Assistant I - Sheriff's Office (Departmental Promotional Only)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$84,260.80 - $105,331.20 Annually
- Full Time
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Safety
Equipment Mechanic / Operator Parks (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$8,616.40 - $10,769.20 Monthly
- Construction and Skilled Trades
- Parks and Recreation
- Other
Court Probate Examiner (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$94,265.60 - $117,478.40 Annually
- Full Time
- Court Administration
Supervising Adult Psychiatrist-Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$344,364.80 - $430,393.60 Annually
- Public Health
Supervising Deputy Coroner (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$121,846.40 - $152,339.20 Annually
- Criminology and Forensics
- Other
Supervising Occupational Therapist - California Children's Services (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$140,316.80 - $175,448.00 Annually
- Public Health
Senior Appraiser (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$108,929.60 - $136,156.80 Annually
- Accounting and Finance
- Real Estate
Senior Auditor-Appraiser (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$108,929.60 - $136,156.80 Annually
- Accounting and Finance
- Real Estate
Sheriff's Correctional Officer (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$109,553.60 - $136,968.00 Annually
- CORRECTIONS
- Public Safety
Rehabilitation Production Supervisor I/II - Limited Term (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$5,466.93 - $7,763.60 Monthly
- Temporary
- Administrative Analysis and Research
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
Relief Clinical Laboratory Scientist I/II
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Part Time
- Sciences and Laboratory
Revenue Cycle Informatics Administrative Assistant I (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$84,260.80 - $105,331.20 Annually
- Accounting and Finance
- Clerical and Administrative Support
Psychiatric Social Worker/Marriage & Family Therapist I/II - Extra Help
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$95,139.20 - $133,785.60 Annually
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Human and Social Services
- Public Health
Psychiatric Social Worker/Marriage & Family Therapist I/II - Forensic Mental Health
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$95,139.20 - $133,785.60 Annually
- Criminology and Forensics
- Human and Social Services
- Public Health
Psychologist II - Youth Case Management - Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (Open and Promo)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$128,252.80 - $160,347.20 Annually
- Public Health
Public Services Specialist (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$62,504.00 - $78,104.00 Annually
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
Quality Management Clinical Services Manager (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$140,462.40 - $203,216.00 Annually
- Administration and Management
- Public Health
Perioperative Relief Nurse (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$148,532.80 - $185,640.00 Annually
- Part Time
- Public Health
Physical Therapist II - San Mateo Medical Center (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Public Health
Physician-Family Practice/Internal Medicine/Pediatrics (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$266,427.20 - $314,912.00 Annually
- Public Health
Principal Auditor-Appraiser (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$128,856.00 - $161,158.40 Annually
- Accounting and Finance
- Planning and Development
- Real Estate
Psychiatric Social Worker/Marriage & Family Therapist I/II (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$95,139.20 - $133,785.60 Annually
- Human and Social Services
- Public Health
Office Specialist (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$65,748.80 - $82,160.00 Annually
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
Patient Services Assistant II - Spanish-Speaking Preferred (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$66,393.60 - $83,012.80 Annually
- Variable Shift
- Customer Service
Nurse Practitioner (Open)
- San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$204,401.60 - $241,592.00 Annually
- Public Health
Nurse Practitioner - OB/GYN - Extra-Help (OPEN)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$194,667.20 - $230,089.60 Annually
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
Nursing Supervisor - Relief/Extra-Help (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$164,278.40 - $205,337.60 Annually
- Part Time
- Administrative Analysis and Research
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
Occupational Therapist I/II California Children's Services (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$106,080.00 - $148,616.00 Annually
- Full Time
- Public Health
Occupational Therapist II - Spanish Speaking Preferred - Extra-Help (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
Medical Office Specialist - Home Visiting Program - Limited Term
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$6,231.33 - $7,794.80 Monthly
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
Medical Surgical Nurse (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$157,081.60 - $185,619.20 Annually
- Public Health
Mobile Clinic Certified Medical Assistant - Spanish Speaking Required (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$5,855.20 - $7,316.40 Monthly
- Public Health
Mobile Health Services Assistant - Spanish Speaking Preferred (Open & Promotional)
- San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$5,855.20 - $7,316.40 Monthly
- Accounting and Finance
- Public Health
Legal Office Specialist (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$77,937.60 - $97,406.40 Annually
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Legal Services
Library Assistant I/II - Bilingual Language Skills Preferred-Bookmobile Driver Services (Extra-Help)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Variable Shift
- Accounting and Finance
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Library Services
- Transportation or Transit
Licensed Psychologist - San Mateo Medical Center (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$128,252.80 - $160,347.20 Annually
- Public Health
Licensed Vocational Nurse (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$86,528.00 - $102,294.40 Annually
- Public Health
- Other
Infrastructure Engineer - IS Systems Specialist III (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$139,131.20 - $173,888.00 Annually
- Engineering
- Information Technology and Communication Services
IS Manager II - Security (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$162,593.60 - $203,216.00 Annually
- Information Technology and Communication Services
- Public Safety
IS Project Manager II - Limited Term (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$156,644.80 - $195,769.60 Annually
- Temporary
- Project Management
Group Supervisor I/II - Probation Department (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$89,523.20 - $111,966.40 Annually
- Human and Social Services
- Probation
Hazardous Materials Specialist IV (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$128,211.20 - $160,222.40 Annually
- Environmental Services
- Public Health
Hospital Billing and Follow Up Specialist - Limited Term
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$75,940.80 - $94,972.80 Annually
- Full Time
- Accounting and Finance
- Public Health
Environmental Health Specialist IV - Consumer Protection Programs (Open & Promotional)
- San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$10,684.27 - $13,351.87 Monthly
- Environmental Services
- Public Health
Extra-Help Psychiatric Specialist (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
Family Partner Support Specialist I/II - Behavioral Health (Spanish Required) (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$66,102.40 - $91,208.00 Annually
- Education and Training
- Human and Social Services
- Public Health
Fiscal Office Specialist (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$70,928.00 - $88,628.80 Annually
- Accounting and Finance
- Clerical and Administrative Support
Election Worker - Office Assistant (Extra Help, Seasonal)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Seasonal
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Municipal or County Clerk
- Political or Public Affairs
Election Worker - Vote Center Representative (Extra Help, Seasonal)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Seasonal
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Education and Training
- Municipal or County Clerk
- Political or Public Affairs
Environmental Health Specialist I-II-III - Consumer Protection Programs (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$7,579.87 - $11,778.00 Monthly
- Environmental Services
- Public Health
Deputy Probation Officer I/II - Probation Department (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Probation
- Other
Deputy Sheriff - Lateral (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$128,897.60 - $161,137.60 Annually
- Public Safety
Deputy Sheriff Bailiff (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$10,741.47 - $11,363.73 Monthly
- Legal Services
- Public Safety
Deputy Sheriff Trainee (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$119,350.40 - $126,817.60 Annually
- Public Safety
Dental Assistant / Registered Dental Assistant - Spanish Speaking Preferred (Open and Promotional)
- San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Accounting and Finance
- Public Health
Dentist (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$200,200.00 - $250,265.60 Annually
- Public Health
Deputy Coroner (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$110,822.40 - $138,486.40 Annually
- Criminology and Forensics
- Other
Deputy Probation Officer - Lateral (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$110,260.80 - $137,737.60 Annually
- Probation
- Other
Court Reporter - Superior Court of California (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$137,134.40 Annually
- Court Administration
Coyote Point Marina Park Aide - Extra Help
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Parks and Recreation
Critical Care Nurse - Intensive Care Unit (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$157,081.60 - $185,619.20 Annually
- Public Health
Clinical Services Manager I - Nursing for Perioperative Services (Open and Promotional)
- San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$178,776.00 - $223,496.00 Annually
- Administration and Management
- Public Health
Court Interpreter - Spanish Speaking (Open and Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$80,246.40 - $97,531.20 Annually
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Court Administration
Cardiac Sonographer - Relief (Open)
- San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Part Time
- Public Health
Certified Nursing Assistant - Psychiatric Unit (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Accounting and Finance
- Public Health
Clinical Laboratory Scientist I/II (Medical Technologist) (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Planning and Development
- Public Health
- Sciences and Laboratory
Adult Psychiatrist - Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (Open)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$319,321.60 - $399,193.60 Annually
- Public Health
Ambulatory Care Nurse (Bilingual Spanish/English Preferred) - Open & Promotional
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$157,081.60 - $185,619.20 Annually
- Public Health
Assistant Director of Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (Open & Promotional)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
$197,537.60 - $247,041.60 Annually
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Public Health
911 Communications Dispatcher I/II (Extra Help / Limited Term)
- County of San Mateo, California
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Variable Shift
- Clerical and Administrative Support
- Dispatch and Telecommunications
- Information Technology and Communication Services
Reference and Instruction Librarian
- San Mateo, California
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Full Time
- Federal Government
- Library Services
Sourcing Intern
- San Mateo, California
- Mosaic
- Full Time
- Federal Government
Growth Strategy & Analytics Manager
- San Mateo, California
- Mosaic
- Full Time
- Federal Government
Lateral Police Officer $30K Hiring Bonus
- San Mateo, California
- City Of San Mateo
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Operations and Analytics Associate
- San Mateo, California
- SupportFinity
- Full Time
- Federal Government
Border Patrol Agent – Up to $60K in Incentives
- San Mateo, California
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Army Part-Time - 200 Careers, Paid Training, 30 Days PTO
- San Mateo, California
- U.S Army Reserve
- Full Time
- Federal Government
Experienced Border Patrol Agent – Up to $60K in Incentives
- San Mateo, California
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Border Patrol Agent
- San Mateo, California
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Border Patrol Agent (GL-9/GS-11) – Up to $60K in Incentives
- San Mateo, California
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Police Officer Trainee - $1,500 Signing Bonus
- San Mateo, California
- City Of San Mateo
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Entry-Level Border Patrol Agent – Up to $60K in Incentives
- San Mateo, California
- US Customs and Border Protection
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Lateral Police Officer $1.5K Sign-On Bonus
- San Mateo, California
- City Of San Mateo
- Full Time
- Public Safety
Remote Staff Analyst, Advanced Analytics, Payments
- San Mateo, California
- GrabJobs
- Full Time
- Federal Government

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SMC EM Coordinator - Alert and Warning (Unclassified)
- County of San Mateo, California United States
- County of San Mateo, CA
- Sep 13, 2026
- $102,731.20 - $128,419.20 Annually
County of San Mateo, CA

San Mateo County government protects and enhances the health, safety, welfare, and natural resources of the community, and provides quality services that benefit and enrich the lives of the people of this community.We are committed to: The highest standards of public service A common vision of responsiveness The highest standards of ethical conduct Treating people with respect and dignity San Mateo County is located in the scenic San Francisco Bay Area. The County’s diverse population has approximately 750,000 residents, growing to over one million in daytime population. San Mateo County provides the benefits of a temperate climate and clean air, with abundant ocean sports and recreational activities. Rural open space areas, as well as metropolitan San Francisco, are within easy reach. San Mateo County government has a budget of $2.4 billion, with a workforce of over 5,400 employees in 22 departments and agencies. San Mateo is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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- $102,731.20 - $128,419.20 Annually
- Sep 13, 2026
Job Description
Description

About the Department

SMC EM is not a typical emergency management shop. We operate more like a startup inside the public sector, building new programs, forging cross sector partnerships, and rethinking what modern emergency management looks like for a county of 775,000 residents across 20 cities and 18 unincorporated communities.

Our mission is to advance community resilience through a proactive and comprehensive approach to emergency management, involving the whole community in every phase of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery.

To learn more, visit https://www.smcgov.org/dem.

Bottom Line Up Front

Alert and warning is the focus area for this role. Emergency management is the job.

Whoever we hire will spend a large share of their time alerting and on the countywide communications work that surrounds it. That same person will also sit on a rotational on call roster, write and maintain plans, design and run exercises, deliver training, staff the Emergency Operations Center, and deploy when San Mateo County is in a disaster. Those duties are not the fine print at the bottom of this posting. They are the conditions of employment, they apply to every coordinator in this department regardless of specialty, and they will pull you away from your program work without warning.

If you want a role that stays inside one system and one lane, this is not it. If you want to be part of a small department that responds together and builds in the time between, keep reading.

About the Role

For more than a year, the Department of Emergency Management has been deliberately building a countywide alert and warning program that brings coherence, consistency, and credibility to how SMC EM communicates with the public before, during, and after emergencies. We have delivered intensive training across the operational area, socialized the social science that drives excellence in warning language and protective action, and built trust with partners in every city. We now need someone to scale that work and keep finding ways to improve it.

This is an internal and external facing role. Thirty-two agencies within the San Mateo County Operational Area hold alerting authority and sending rights. Each has its own protocols, staffing models, and level of experience. Your job is to be the connective tissue, building strategic social capital, socializing our approach with partners, supporting alignment across jurisdictions and making sure that when an alert goes out in this county it is timely, accurate, actionable, and drives protective action.

You will be informing, influencing, and advising, so comfort with communications and relationship building across very different disciplines matters as much as technical fluency. At times you will stand next to Incident Commanders during fast-moving events and help translate urgency into direction with the clarity and completeness that saves lives. You will train and sustain the readiness of users on alerting platforms, and you will say something when quality slips or when there is a better way. And you will do all of this while representing a department that is changing the culture of emergency management in one of the most complex operational areas in the state.

Alert and warning is also the sharpest edge of a much broader communications practice, and this role carries a real share of that practice along with several bodies of work you will own from concept through completion.

Examples Of Duties

What This Role Actually Involves

Partnership and Coordination Across the Operational Area

You are the primary point of contact for the 32 agencies that hold alerting authority here, and the person responsible for moving them toward consistent practice. That means recurring touchpoints to advance shared goals, surface gaps, and work through problems together. It means briefing alert and warning standards to city councils and the Board of Supervisors, to law and fire chiefs, to emergency managers, and to community organizations, adapting the message every time without changing the substance. It means representing San Mateo at advisory committees, work groups, tabling events, and public facing engagements at every level of government. And it means running training seminars and hands-on workshops for authorized users across jurisdictions on platforms, protocols, and message crafting.

Alert Crafting and Operational Readiness

You will develop, review, and issue emergency alerts that drive protective action. Clear, accurate, geographically targeted, accessible across languages, and calibrated to the threat. This work asks you to understand what makes an alert effective, not simply how to press send.

You will maintain fluency across IPAWS, Wireless Emergency Alerts, the Emergency Alert System, mass notification platforms, and reverse 9-1-1. You will run regular testing and evaluation of alert and warning systems for functionality, reliability, and interoperability across jurisdictions, and you will take part in after action reviews that turn lessons into changed protocols.

Communications and One County, One Voice

SMC EM runs One County, One Voice, the countywide crisis communications framework built so that when something happens here the public hears one clear account from a government that sounds coordinated rather than fragmented. This role sits inside that work and carries a meaningful share of it.

You will help design and run the Compass Forums, the recurring practitioner series that convenes the county's sending rights holders and communicators for structured practice throughout the year. That covers shaping session content with faculty, preparing participant materials, running the room, and following through on what each cohort commits to.

You will write a great deal. Recurring written guidance for sending rights holders, message templates, briefing memos, talking points, web copy, social content, and public education material for campaigns such as SMC Alert sign up. Some of it will carry your name. Much of it will go out under someone else's, and you must be comfortable with that.

During activations you will support the county's public information function, helping move accurate information to the public and to partner agencies at the speed the incident demands. Outside of activations you will help the department say what it means in plain language, whether the audience is a resident, a chief, or an elected official.

Building Programs and Finishing Them

Several bodies of work will belong to you outright, from the first blank page to the day they are done. You will take a rough directive, turn it into a defined scope with a sequence and a date, pull in the people whose sign off you need, hold the schedule when other priorities pull at it, and close it out with something real to show for it. Then you will do it again, usually with three or four running at once and at different stages.

The kind of work that lands here include standing up a countywide alerting standard from scratch, rebuilding public facing evacuation and preparedness materials, taking a notification platform through evaluation and rollout, advancing the county's alert and warning plan through review and adoption, and producing an improvement plan that changes practice rather than sitting on a shelf. You will also manage vendor services and contracts tied to alerting platforms.

This is the part of the job most candidates overestimate about themselves. We will ask you to walk us through something you started and finished end to end, including what slipped and how you recovered it.

On Call Duty and Disaster Response

SMC EM staff share a rotational on call roster and every coordinator takes a turn, typically a week at a time, maintaining 24-hour readiness and responding to the field or to the Emergency Operations Center as conditions require. That rotation covers all hazards, not only alert and warning. The call that wakes you at two in the morning may be about a levee, a public safety power shutoff, a hazardous materials release, or a structure fire, and you are expected to be competent and composed with any of them.

When the county activates, you take the assignment the incident needs rather than the one your title suggests. That might be an alerting role, a seat in a Joint Information Center, a position in an EOC section, or a field deployment alongside a partner agency. Activations run through nights, weekends, and holidays, and they can last for days or months like during COVID.

Between events you carry your share of the readiness work that makes response possible. Writing and maintaining plans and annexes, designing and delivering exercises from tabletop through functional, training county staff and operational area partners, and taking part in after action reviews and improvement planning. This work is not adjacent to the alert and warning program. It is what keeps the alert and warning program connected to how the county responds.

Please give this section real weight before you apply. The on-call obligation and the disaster response expectation are the parts of this role that most often surprise candidates arriving from a communications or program background, and they are not negotiable.

Who We Are Looking For

The right person is not simply technically proficient with alerting systems. They understand the weight of what an alert means and the responsibility that comes with it. They know that a poorly crafted message can erode public trust, cause unnecessary panic, or fail to prompt the protective action that saves lives. We are looking for operational skills paired with the judgment, presence, and relational ability to be credible across a complex operational area.

Mindset and Character

You are insatiably curious, always learning, and never satisfied with the way it has always been done. You ask for help when you are uncertain and you verify before you act, because in this work getting it right matters more than getting it fast.

You can operate when the situation is messy, the information is incomplete, and the stakes are high. Emergency management rarely hands you a clean playbook, and you can pivot, adapt, and make sound decisions while the picture is still forming.

You can write from a blank page. Not fill in a template someone else built but sit down with a hard idea and produce something clear, correct, and ready for an audience that includes elected officials and the public.

You self-direct. You see what the day requires before anyone assigns it, you anticipate what your director and your partners will need next, and you adjust as conditions shift rather than waiting for direction. Proven ability to take initiatives from concept through delivery while managing multiple projects concurrently.

You hold your position under pressure. If you believe an alert is inaccurate or could cause harm, you say so out loud, including to people senior to you, and you can defend the reasoning without becoming defensive.

The Ideal Candidate will possess:
Five (5) years of professional experience, including at least two (2) years in emergency management, disaster operations, homeland security, public safety, military operations, or a related field.
Master's degree in emergency management, public administration, public policy, homeland security, public health, communications, or a related field.
Experience with the emergency management planning cycle, multi-jurisdictional/multi-agency operations, and the Incident Command System (ICS).
Familiarity with local, state, and federal requirements governing public alerts and emergency communications.
Strong written communication skills, including the ability to develop clear and effective reports, briefings, proposals, and presentations.
Experience designing or conducting tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises consistent with HSEEP.
Experience managing complex projects, including scope, schedules, stakeholders, and deliverables.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing senior leaders, public safety partners, elected officials, and the public. Public Information Officer or crisis communications experience is desirable.
Strong knowledge of IPAWS and the broader alert and warning environment, including Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), the Emergency Alert System (EAS), and mass notification platforms, with hands-on experience issuing, testing, or administering alerts. IS-247.C required within 90 days; IS-251.B within six months.
Completion of ICS-100, ICS-200, IS-700, and IS-800 required or completion within 90 days.
Experience developing or delivering professional training or curricula.
Knowledge of emergency communications technology, including radio systems and interoperability standards. Understanding of protective action messaging, audience considerations, message design principles, and how people receive, interpret, and respond to emergency warnings.
Working knowledge of the five emergency management sections-Management, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration-and the Incident Command System (ICS).
Experience with grants, budgeting, and/or contract administration related to emergency management or communications.
Valid California Driver's License or ability to obtain one upon establishing residency.
Working proficiency in Spanish is desirable.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is:

Education : Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in business, public administration, emergency management or related discipline.

Experience : One year of experience having responsibility for assisting in program planning, development and budgeting in the public, military, or private organization, preferably related to emergency/disaster planning and management.

Application/Examination

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please submit a resume and a cover letter that responds to the supplemental questions below, up to three pages.
Supplemental Questions
Describe your hands-on experience with alert and warning systems and platforms. What role did you play in developing, issuing, or administering alerts, and what did you learn about what makes an alert effective at driving protective action?
This role requires building alignment across 32 agencies with different levels of experience and capacity. Describe a time you brought multiple organizations together around a shared standard or practice. What was your approach, and what did you learn?
Walk us through one effort you took from an idea to a finished product, ideally something communications related. How did you scope it, who did you have to bring along, what slipped, and how did you get it across the line? Please attach or link one writing sample you produced without a template.

Please submit the above listed materials via email to:

Rick Reed, SMC EM Coordinator

rreed1@smcgov.org

Please include "SMC EM Coordinator, Alert and Warning, Unclassified" in the subject line of your email submission.

NOTE : Application materials are accepted by email only. Application materials will be reviewed as received and qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Apply immediately. This posting is open on a continuous basis, and a selection may be made at any time. Submittals that do not include all required elements will not be considered.

About the County

San Mateo County is centrally located between San Francisco, San Jose, and the East Bay. With over 750,000 residents, San Mateo is one of the largest and most diverse counties in California and serves a multitude of culturally, ethnically, and linguistically diverse communities.

The County of San Mateo, as an employer, is committed to advancing equity to ensure that all employees are welcomed in a safe and inclusive environment. The County seeks to hire, support, and retain employees who reflect our diverse community. We encourage applicants with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences to apply. Eighty percent of employees surveyed stated that they would recommend the County as a great place to work.

The County of San Mateo is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels.

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