Highlights

This Resolution contemplates and authorizes supervisors to direct work during Unpaid Days Off, Unpaid Personal Days, or Unpaid Early Release Periods for community safety and County government essential activities such as snow removal, social worker visits for child welfare and other family emergencies, response to emergency calls by facilities and fleet employees, and required court appearances by County employees. The position coordinates recovery planning, community recovery, infrastructure restoration, financial recovery, hazard mitigation, resilience initiatives, and intergovernmental partnerships, while serving as a primary operational liaison among County departments, municipalities, state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, contractors, utilities, special districts, businesses, and affected residents.

Description

Manager of Community Recovery and Resilience

Salary

See Position Description

Location

101 W. 10th Street, Pueblo, CO 81003, CO

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

02964

Department

OEP/ESB

Opening Date

08/03/2026

Closing Date

8/16/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA

Exempt

Bargaining Unit

N/A

Description
Benefits
Questions

POSITION SUMMARY

SALARY RANGE: $6,523.00-$9,786.00 MONTHLY

Although the entire salary range is posted, this position begins at $8,114.48 per month.

Under the direction of the Emergency Management Coordinator, the Manager of Community Recovery and Resilience leads Pueblo County's long-term disaster recovery and resilience program, initially focusing on recovery efforts following the Aspen Acres Fire and supporting the County's response to future disasters. The position coordinates recovery planning, community recovery, infrastructure restoration, financial recovery, hazard mitigation, resilience initiatives, and intergovernmental partnerships, while serving as a primary operational liaison among County departments, municipalities, state and federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, contractors, utilities, special districts, businesses, and affected residents. The position also supports the EM Coordinator with disaster assistance programs, grants, reimbursements, project tracking, procurement, contracting, financial documentation, and regulatory compliance. It also serves in the Pueblo County Emergency Operations Center, may be assigned to a Recovery Branch or other leadership role, and is subject to after-hours activation.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Long-Term Recovery Leadership

Leads and coordinates Pueblo County's long-term disaster recovery program under the direction of the Emergency Management Coordinator.
Develops, maintains, and implements the County Recovery Plan or Framework, detailing recovery priorities, objectives, responsible organizations, funding strategies, timelines, progress measures, and expected outcomes.
Coordinates the transition from emergency response through short-, intermediate-, and long-term recovery.
Leads the County's Long-Term Recovery Group, task forces, working groups, and stakeholder committees.
Monitors recovery progress; identifies barriers, service gaps, conflicts, and emerging needs; and recommends practical solutions.
Provides recovery reports, briefings, recommendations, and updates to County leadership, elected officials, and partner agencies.

Community Recovery and Public Assistance Coordination

Acts as the main coordination point for residents, businesses, property owners, nonprofit organizations, volunteer groups, and community partners in long-term recovery.
Supports affected residents and businesses in identifying and accessing available recovery resources and appropriate service providers.
Facilitates coordination with organizations responsible for case management, housing, rebuilding, debris removal, property cleanup, land restoration, donations, volunteer management, and unmet needs support.
Identifies service gaps and promotes coordination among government, nonprofit, faith-based, and private sector organizations.
Organizes and supports public meetings, community forums, workshops, recovery briefings, and other community engagement activities.
Collaborates with public information personnel to ensure the dissemination of timely, accurate, and consistent recovery information.
Produces public-facing resource guides, educational materials, websites, contact lists, and referral tools.
Uses trauma-informed, accessible, and inclusive communication practices when working with disaster-affected individuals and communities.

Intergovernmental and Partner Coordination Responsibilities

Coordinates recovery efforts across Pueblo County departments, municipalities, special districts, utilities, nonprofits, businesses, and community partners.
Serves as a principal recovery liaison with the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Colorado Resiliency Office, and other state agencies.
Coordinates with federal partners, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States Forest Service (USFS), and other recovery agencies.
Establishes and sustains relationships to improve recovery coordination before, during, and after disasters.
Represents Pueblo County at recovery meetings, intergovernmental forums, workshops, and regional or state initiatives.
Collaborates with infrastructure providers, economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, and business groups to address restoration and economic recovery priorities.

Recovery Funding and Financial Support Responsibilities

Collaborates with the Emergency Management Coordinator to develop, administer, track, and close out disaster recovery funding programs.
Provides support for FEMA Public Assistance, Fire Management Assistance Grants, Individual Assistance, Hazard Mitigation Assistance, CDBG-DR, NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection, state programs, and other recovery funding opportunities.
Contributes to the development of funding strategies that leverage federal, state, local, nonprofit, and private resources.
Coordinates with County Finance, Purchasing, Legal, Administration, and relevant departments to facilitate reimbursement, procurement, contracting, documentation, reporting, compliance, and audit readiness.
Monitors recovery-related expenditures, contracts, project costs, reimbursement requests, deadlines, and reporting requirements.
Reviews project documentation to ensure completeness, consistency, eligibility, and compliance with applicable program requirements.
Supports Requests for Information, appeals, scope changes, grant amendments, monitoring visits, audits, and financial closeout processes.
Recommends improvements to recovery financial processes, documentation systems, and internal controls.

Infrastructure, Mitigation, and Resilience Operations

Facilitates collaboration with County departments and partner agencies to conduct damage assessments, implement repairs, oversee rebuilding, restore infrastructure, and execute mitigation projects.
Supports the recovery of roads, bridges, drainage systems, public facilities, utilities, communications infrastructure, watersheds, debris removal, hazardous tree management, and other damaged assets.
Integrates hazard mitigation, flood risk reduction, watershed protection, wildfire mitigation, climate adaptation, and infrastructure resilience into recovery planning.
Coordinates efforts on post-fire flooding, debris flows, erosion, watershed impacts, water quality, land stabilization, and hazard reduction.
Assists in the development and prioritization of projects aimed at reducing future disaster risk.
Coordinates among property owners, agencies, and contractors regarding access, right-of-entry, permitting, environmental compliance, and project delivery.
Monitors recovery/resilience projects, expenditures, contract schedules, and performance throughout the project lifecycle to ensure compliance and successful project completion.

Emergency Operations and Preparedness Responsibilities

Serves in the Pueblo County Emergency Operations Center during exercises, emergencies, and disaster events.
May be assigned to the Recovery Branch, Planning Section, Liaison function, or other designated Emergency Operations Center roles.
Supports development and maintenance of recovery plans, Emergency Operations Plan annexes, Continuity of Operations Plans, hazard mitigation plans, and related guidance documents.
Assists with recovery training, exercises, workshops, and preparedness activities.
Develops and maintains recovery position guides, checklists, procedures, templates, contact lists, and resource directories.
Participates in after-action reviews and improvement planning.
Supports recovery demobilization, program closeout, and preparation of final recovery reports.
Participates in after-hours emergency response and activation as required.

Program Administration and Reporting Duties

Maintains comprehensive records, databases, project and grant files, meeting documentation, correspondence, reports, maps, and supporting materials related to recovery efforts.
Prepares executive briefings, public presentations, situation reports, progress reports, and policy recommendations.
Monitors recovery goals, performance metrics, milestones, deliverables, and unresolved issues.
Prepares reports for County leadership, state agencies, funding partners, and other stakeholders.
Maintains confidential, sensitive, financial, and personally identifiable information in accordance with legal and County Policies.
Performs additional duties as necessary to support job performance.

WHAT YOU HAVE

Qualifications

Candidates must be at least 21 years of age.

Education (required)

A bachelor's degree in emergency management, public administration, business administration, finance, planning, community development, constructionmanagement,engineering,environmentalscience,ora closely related field.

Education (preferred)

A master's degree in emergency management, public administration, business administration, finance, planning, community development, construction management, engineering, environmental science, or other closely related disciplines.

Experience (required)

A minimum of five (5) years or more of progressively responsible professional experience in disaster recovery, emergency management, public administration, grant management,projectmanagement,communityrecovery,publicfinance, infrastructure recovery, hazard mitigation, or a closely related field.

A minimum of two (2) years or more experience in disasterrecoveryprograms,declareddisasters,federal disasterassistance,post-fire/post-floodrecovery,orlong-term community recovery.

Demonstrated responsibility of one (1) year or more in at least three (3) or more of the following areas is required:

FEMA public assistance or other federal disaster assistance
Grant administration and compliance
Community recovery or survivor assistance coordination
Infrastructure or capital project management
Hazard mitigation or resilience planning
Procurement, contracting, or financial tracking
Intergovernmental coordination
Public engagement or community development

Candidates may substitute a master's degree in a relevant field for up to one (1) year of the required experience. The substitution of any combination of relevant and related education, training, and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and ability may be considered.

Experience (preferred)

A minimum of one (1) year or moremanaging recovery following a major wildfire, flood, or other state- or federally declared disaster.

A minimum of one (1) year or moreutilizing programs such as FEMA public assistance, fire management assistance grants, individual assistance, hazard mitigation assistance, CDBG-DR, NRCS emergency watershed protection, or comparable recovery initiatives.

A minimum of one (1) year or moreworking with public infrastructure, grants, procurement, contracting, environmental compliance, construction management, or public finance.

A minimum of one (1) year or moreworking with long-term recovery groups, VOAD organizations, nonprofit organizations, and community-based recovery programs.

A minimum of one (1) year or moreproviding presentations and briefings to elected officials, executive leadership, and the public.

A minimum of one (1) year or more in local government.

Licenses and Certifications

REQUIRED (by date of hire)

Valid Colorado Driver's License

REQUIRED (within six (6) months of hire)

ICS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System

ICS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response

IS-700: Introduction to the National Incident Management System

IS-800: National Response Framework certification

ICS-300: Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) for Expanding Incidents

ICS-400: Advanced Incident Command System (ICS) - Complex Incidents

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Professional Development Series (PDS)

PREFERRED (within one (1) year of hire)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance, Grants Portal, or equivalent disaster grant administration training

National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) and Recovery Support Functions (RSF)

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent

Certified Emergency Manager (CEM)or Colorado Emergency Management Association (CEMA)

Additional Information

The selection process includes, but is not limited to, an interview. Prior to employment, candidates will complete a background investigation, polygraph examination, and physical examination to include a drug screen. The expected duration of the selection process will normally not exceed two months. Candidates not selected may reapply in the future. This position is grant-funded for three (3) years.

WHAT PUEBLO COUNTY OFFERS

Shift differential pay
Referral/Recruitment incentives
Trainer pay
Tuition reimbursement
Take-home vehicle (Patrol)
Opportunity to work in many diverse areas
Comprehensive Benefits package (medical, dental, vision, etc.) (full-time employees)
Generous Vacation and Sick Leave Accrual
County Retirement Program
Autonomy to grow and find your career path with supportive leadership
Truly inclusive and diverse environment
Fitness Center (Historic Pueblo Courthouse Building)
May be eligible for up to 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave Benefits (full-time employees)

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SUMMARY

2026 PAID HOLIDAYS

New Years Day - January 1st
Day after New Years Day - January 2nd
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 19th
Memorial Day - May 25th
Employee Appreciation Day - June 3rd
Juneteenth Day - June 19th
Independence Day (observed) - July 3rd
Day before Labor Day - September 4th (Early Release at 12:00pm)
Labor Day - September 7th
Francis Xavier Cabrini Day - October 5th
Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples Day - October 12th
Veterans Day - November 11th
Day before Thanksgiving - November 25th (Early Release at 12:00pm)
- Thanksgiving Day - November 26th
- Day after Thanksgiving - November 27th
- Christmas Eve Day - December 24th
- Christmas Day - December 25th
Day before New Years Day - December 31st (Early Release at 12:00pm)
One Personal Day (County employees will have one paid personal day off in 2026. This paid day off is to be chosen by the employee and approved by their Elected Official or Department Director.)
= Regular Part-Time Employees who are scheduled to work on a 2026 Holiday will receive Holiday Pay for two (2) of the Holidays of their choice (marked with the single asterisk * above) as approved by their Elected Official or Department Director
When a holiday falls on a Saturday, Friday will be celebrated as the County holiday
When a holiday falls on a Sunday, Monday will be celebrated as the County holiday
Early releases are at the discretion of the Elected Official or Department Director and may vary based on the operational needs of their offices/departments.
All time off work taken by County employees for the days designated as Early Release shall be considered holiday time off for purposes "worked time" in determining Overtime in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
If an employee is absent the day preceding or following the holiday without prior approval, the employee will not be paid for the holiday
The following time off types will not contribute to the daily or weekly overtime calculation: Unpaid Days Off, Unpaid Personal Days, and Unpaid Early Release Days.
Any employee that is required to work by their supervisor on a designated Unpaid Day Off,

a designated Unpaid Personal Day or during a designated Unpaid Early Release period shall be paid for work required and performed during such days and periods.

No employee may work during an Unpaid Day Off, an Unpaid Personal Day, or during an Unpaid Early Release period without the express authorization of their supervisor. This Resolution contemplates and authorizes supervisors to direct work during Unpaid Days Off, Unpaid Personal Days, or Unpaid Early Release Periods for community safety and County government essential activities such as snow removal, social worker visits for child welfare and other family emergencies, response to emergency calls by facilities and fleet employees, and required court appearances by County employees.
For weeks in which an Unpaid Day Off or an Unpaid Early Release takes place, County Exempt employees are designated as Non-Exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Those employees so designated will be required to clock in and out of work via email to their Director for all days worked during weeks that include an Unpaid Day Off.
No employees shall be permitted to work over 40 hours during a week that includes an Unpaid Day Off or an Unpaid Early Release without the express written authorization of their Director or Elected Official.
The above 2026 Holiday Schedule Resolution was originally approved by the Board of County Commissioners on December 15th, 2025 and then revised on February 12th, 2026 & March 12th, 2026*

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DEPARTMENTS SCHEDULED TO WORK ON HOLIDAYS

Due to operational requirements, some employees will be required to work on holidays. The employee must take the holiday by the end of the month following the holiday at a date approved by their Elected Official or Department Director

SICK LEAVE

Regular full-time employees accrue eight (8) hours per month with a maximum accrual of 960 hours.

VACATION LEAVE

Upon initial date of hire: earn eight (8) hours per month with a maximum accrual of 144 hours.
After 5 years: earn twelve (12) hours per month with a maximum accrual of 216 hours.
Ater 10 years: earn sixteen (16) hours per month with a maximum accrual of 288 hours.

RETIREMENT

All Regular Full-Time employees and Elected Officials are required to participate in the County Retirement Plan upon completion of one (1) month of continuous employment. A pre-tax deduction of 8.25% will be deducted from the employees monthly pay.

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EMPLOYER MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION

Pueblo Countys contribution toward the purchase of your benefit options on a tiered approach and based on which medical plan you elect.

If Benefit Selections:

Are greater than the employer contribution dollar amount, the difference is deducted from paycheck
Are equal to the employer contribution dollar amount, there is no effect on pay
Are less the employer contribution dollar amount, additional pay or cash back is not optional

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MEDICAL INSURANCE - ANTHEM BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD (optional)

Medical, Dental, & Vision Rates are for the 2026 Plan Year (effective January 1st, 2026)

HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN