Title: Chief Administrative Officer #00182
State Role Title: Gen Admin Manager III
Hiring Range: $160,000 - $162,000
Pay Band: 7
Agency: Dept of Emergency Management
Location: Dept of Emergency Management
Agency Website: www.vaemergency.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) serves as a senior executive leader responsible for enterprise administrative operations that support VDEM’s mission readiness and long-term organizational effectiveness. The CAO provides executive oversight of support services (fleet management, facilities management, and workplace safety), information technology, information security, strategic planning and policy development, and enterprise data governance. The position ensures administrative systems, technology, and policies are aligned with agency priorities, security standards, and performance outcomes.
This position is eligible for one day of telework per week. Due to the public-facing nature of the role, regular onsite presence is required.
All VDEM employees are designated as essential personnel and may be required to work during emergency situations, such as inclement weather, and natural or man-made disasters/events as directed. This may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee’s official EWP.
Minimum Qualifications
• Executive-level knowledge of public-sector administration and enterprise operations.
• Knowledge of IT governance, cybersecurity principles, and information security standards.
• Knowledge of strategic planning, policy development, and data governance frameworks.
• Executive leadership of multidisciplinary administrative and technical teams.
• Translating executive priorities into operational strategies and policies.
• Leveraging technology and data to improve organizational performance.
• Ability to align administrative, technology, and policy functions with agency mission.
• Ability to manage enterprise operations under high-pressure emergency conditions.
• Ability to assess and mitigate operational, cybersecurity, and administrative risks.
Additional Considerations
• Previous experience as a project manager and a track record for successful project
management/coordination, including the ability for taking great initiative when working
independently or in a group; project management certification preferred.
• Experience working in or with emergency management or public safety.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Applications will only be accepted on-line through the State Job website. Applications must include all work history and references. The decision to interview an applicant is solely based on the information provided in the application materials. Therefore, it is essential to provide enough information to make this assessment.
Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a fingerprint-based criminal history background check, Division of Motor Vehicle check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. The selected candidate must complete a State of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment, if applicable (Va. Code 2.2-3114). Other financial, credit, driving, or degree verification checks prior to employment may be required for certain positions. A one-year probationary period is required of all newly hired and re-hired Commonwealth of Virginia employees.
The salary for this position is negotiable up to the maximum hiring range listed in this posting. Offers will not be made outside of the hiring range. This is a restricted position due to the funding source.
Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply.
VDEM does not provide sponsorship to prospective or current employees. Applicants applying for a position with our agency must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment.
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Contact Information
Name: Human Resources
Phone: (804) 366-7942
Email: Recruitment@vdem.virginia.gov
In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.