Emergency Management Specialist (Response)

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Response Directorate, Planning Division, National Planning Branch. The ideal candidate for this position will have knowledge and experience relevant to emergency management planning and operations for a variety of hazards. They will apply the principles of the National Incident Management System; use project management, data analytics, and customer service in their daily work; and lead teams to solve challenging problems. In this position, you will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist. Typical assignments include: Coordinating response/recovery planning teams to develop federal plans, including the Response and Recovery Federal Incident Operations Plan and related incident annexes. Using project management, data analytics, and customer service skills to organize federal level planning teams. Serving in incident management or incident support roles during response and recovery activations. 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.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must successfully pass a background investigation.
Selective Service registration required.
Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
Must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time.
Applying National Incident Management System principles in planning or response and recovery operations.
Supporting a team to solve challenging emergency management problems.
Using project management, data analytics, and customer service skills to complete daily work.
Experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 level in the Federal government (for GS-11 qualification).
Experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal government (for GS-12 qualification).

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and experience relevant to emergency management planning and operations for a variety of hazards.

Responsibilities

Coordinating response/recovery planning teams to develop federal plans, including the Response and Recovery Federal Incident Operations Plan and related incident annexes.
Using project management, data analytics, and customer service skills to organize federal level planning teams.
Serving in incident management or incident support roles during response and recovery activations.
Organizing, leading, and completing emergency management projects with large stakeholder groups.
Providing guidance to internal and external customers concerning complex, unusual response emergency management initiatives.
Providing oral and writing communications; and development of presentations and reports.