Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery)

Federal Emergency Management Agency • Maynard, MA

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About The Position

This position is in FEMA Region One’s Recovery Division. The Emergency Management Specialist supports recovery programs through analysis, project management, executive communications, performance and risk tracking, and coordination with internal and external partners. Typical work includes producing reports, dashboards, meeting materials, and correspondence; maintaining plans, schedules, and action trackers; supporting recovery readiness and disaster operations; improving business processes and data tools; and facilitating coordination to address cross-program issues.

FEMA employees have regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities. Positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency operations, which may involve irregular work hours, duties outside the official position description, and work away from the official duty station. Emergency-response travel may last weeks to months, with little advance notice, and may involve relocation to physically austere and operationally challenging sites. The employee must be able to deploy throughout the United States and its territories for extended periods with little or no notice.

If selected, the employee must attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding; FEMA covers travel expenses. The position requires a moderate-risk background investigation and, for current federal employees, applicable time-in-grade requirements. A one-year probationary period applies to new federal competitive service employees.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Successfully pass and maintain a moderate-risk background investigation; this may include a credit check and review of financial issues, certain criminal offenses, and illegal drug use or possession.
• Selective Service registration, if applicable.
• Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements, including 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
• Ability to deploy with little or no advance notice anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period.
• At the GS-12 level, one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-11 in the federal government, state or local government, or private sector, demonstrating: analysis or interpretation of program, operational, workload, financial, or performance data to identify trends, issues, risks, or improvement opportunities; development of reports, dashboards, briefings, correspondence, or other written products communicating status, findings, or recommended actions; and support for projects or programs by tracking milestones, schedules, deliverables, action items, risks, or resource requirements.
• Attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding if selected.
• Political appointees currently serving or having served within the past five years in specified Executive Branch political appointment roles must disclose this information to Human Resources.
• There is no educational substitution for the stated experience qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop executive-support products, including reports, dashboards, meeting materials, and correspondence, to communicate program status, issues, and recommended actions.
• Support recovery planning and program management by maintaining work plans, timelines, and action-item trackers for division priorities, agency initiatives, readiness activities, and recovery operations.
• Support recovery readiness, disaster operations, preliminary damage assessments, declarations, exercises, and partner technical assistance.
• Assist in developing and improving business processes, data-management tools, procedures, templates, and recurring reports to improve consistency, efficiency, transparency, and awareness of program progress.
• Coordinate with Recovery Division branches and internal and external partners to collect information, clarify requirements, track deliverables, facilitate meetings, and help resolve cross-program issues.

Benefits

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
• Other benefits may include flexible work schedules, tuition reimbursement, transportation subsidies, uniform allowance, health and wellness programs, and fitness centers.
• Employee training and developmental opportunities.
• FEMA covers travel expenses for the required training course.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed