Emergency Management Specialist (Geospatial)

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Lakewood, CO

About The Position

This position is in FEMA’s Region 8 Response Division and serves as a Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Team Lead. The role provides advanced geospatial analysis, modeling, data management, and production in support of disaster response, recovery, planning, and operational readiness. The specialist develops and updates agency geospatial standards, procedures, doctrine, training materials, tools, and guidance; coordinates with FEMA headquarters, regional staff, government agencies, and other partners; manages geospatial data and systems; and briefs senior leaders and stakeholders on capabilities, findings, recommendations, project status, and operational needs. FEMA employees have regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, and positions may be subject to recall at any time for emergency operations. Deployments may involve irregular hours, work outside the official duty station, extended travel with little advance notice, and service at emergency locations with austere or challenging conditions. The position requires the ability to deploy anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period with little or no advance notice. A three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, must be completed within six months of onboarding; FEMA covers travel expenses. Applicants must successfully pass and maintain a TS/SCI background investigation and meet applicable federal employment requirements. The position is at the GS-13 level. New federal competitive service employees and new supervisors or managers are subject to a one-year probationary period. This is a non-bargaining-unit, testing-designated position subject to random drug testing.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Successfully pass and maintain a background investigation for Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI).
Register for Selective Service, if applicable.
Be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
Be able to deploy with little or no advance notice anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period.
For current Federal employees, meet time-in-grade requirements, including 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band.
Possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government, obtained by the announcement closing date.
Demonstrate experience using GIS, remote sensing, cartographic production, or geospatial modeling.
Demonstrate experience leading or coordinating technical geospatial projects.
Demonstrate experience applying geospatial information to emergency management, response, recovery, planning, exercises, or operational readiness.
Demonstrate experience advising leadership and coordinating with Federal, State, local, regional, or partner organizations.
Attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland within six months of onboarding.
Meet the position’s drug-testing requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead complex geospatial analysis, modeling, data management, and production supporting FEMA disaster response, recovery, planning, and operational readiness.
Develop and update GIS standards, standard operating procedures, doctrine, training materials, tools, and guidance to improve agency-wide geospatial program effectiveness.
Coordinate with FEMA headquarters and regional staff, Federal, State, and local agencies, and partner organizations to align requirements, share information, prevent duplication, and leverage geospatial capabilities.
Manage GIS data, web services, specialized applications, shared systems, and data distribution protocols while ensuring compliance with licensing, copyright, sensitivity, and archival requirements.
Brief senior leaders and stakeholders on geospatial capabilities, project status, findings, recommendations, operational issues, and technology integration needs.
Support emergency management operations, including deployment to emergency sites when required.