Emergency Management Specialist (Response)

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Chicago, IL

22h

About The Position

This position is located in FEMA Region 5. The Emergency Management Specialist (Response) monitors warnings, alerts, and notifications through a variety of communication systems; gathers and distributes incident information to support a National Common Operating Picture; and analyzes developing incidents to assess impacts and recommend appropriate actions. The position provides and maintains regional situational awareness for classified and unclassified all-hazard incidents, including producing regional reports for leadership and partners and preparing daily reports as required by regional senior leadership. FEMA employees have regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities. Employees may be recalled at any time for emergency operations, which can involve irregular hours, work outside the official duty station, and duties beyond the position description. Emergency assignments may require extensive travel with little advance notice, extended stays at emergency sites, and work in physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. The employee must be able to deploy to locations across the United States and its territories for extended periods. If selected, the employee must attend a three-week, in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding; FEMA will cover travel expenses. The position requires a Top Secret background investigation and may be subject to random drug testing if designated as a Testing Designated Position. A one-year probationary period may apply to new Federal competitive service employees.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Successfully pass and maintain a Top Secret background investigation; the investigation may include a credit check and review of financial matters and certain criminal or drug-related conduct.
Selective Service registration, if applicable.
Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
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.
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal government, or equivalent experience from federal, state, local government, or the private sector, demonstrating all of the following: monitoring warnings, alerts, and notifications using a wide variety of communication systems; analyzing time-sensitive information from multiple sources and providing recommendations; and communicating directly with federal, state, local, and tribal public safety officials concerning emergency notifications.
Attend a three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding if selected.
No educational substitution is available for the experience qualifications.

Nice To Haves

Strong technical writing skills.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Open-source intelligence skills.
Data literacy and data analytics skills.
Data visualization skills.
Intelligence analysis skills.
Team leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Monitor warnings, alerts, and notifications using a wide variety of communication systems.
Collect and distribute incident information to develop a National Common Operating Picture.
Conduct ongoing analysis to determine incident impacts and recommend appropriate actions.
Provide and maintain 24-hour regional situational awareness for classified and unclassified all-hazard incidents.
Produce regional-level reports for leadership and applicable partners.
Prepare and distribute daily reports as required by regional senior leadership.
Deploy to emergency operations, potentially with little or no advance notice, for extended periods and to locations throughout the United States and its territories.