Emergency Management Specialist (Preparedness)

Summary

The ideal candidate will have experience in emergency management, planning, building partnerships, an understanding of FEMA programs, and experience working as an embedded program or component representative coordinating with emergency management organizations. Candidates will also have experience providing programmatic technical assistance to state or local organizations, knowledge of federal authorities, and experience leading integrated coordination across organizations.

Duties

• What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, the FEMA Integration Team (FIT) Lead will provide on-site coordination and technical support to jurisdiction in support of FEMA programs, disaster planning, exercises, and program oversight. Typical assignments include: Supporting coordination and emergency management work, during steady-state and EOC activations, including managing, coordinating, and executing Federal emergency all-hazards preparedness activities. Supporting implementation of FEMA Grants, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery Programs, to include supporting disaster planning, response coordination, and development of recovery housing strategies, cost recovery planning, debris planning, and ensuring the appropriate implementation and rapid closeout of Public Assistance grants. Supporting State priorities and identifying risk reduction opportunities, methods to reduce future risks, and the development and maintenance of hazard mitigation plans, procedures, and assessments. Providing general FEMA program knowledge and coordinate technical assistance between FEMA Region 9 programs and the State. Providing technical assistance for state plans and exercises, identifying and assessing risk, estimating capability requirements, building and sustaining capabilities, planning to deliver capabilities, validating capabilities, and reviewing and updating plans, capabilities, and resources to ensure they remain relevant. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which 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 position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

Qualifications

We recommend that you review USA Hire Applicant Resource Center before you start the application process. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Planning, building partnerships, coordinating, or working as an embedded program or component representative within an organization; and Leading or providing on-site program coordination and technical support for disaster planning, exercises, and program oversight; and Advocating for program delivery, partner integration, and information management. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience? Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards.

Education

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.