Emergency Management Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Washington, DC

33d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Office of National Continuity Programs- Continuity Implementation Division. The ideal candidate for this position will have robust experience with stakeholder engagement and coordination while also developing and leading national response, preparedness, or continuity planning, project management, and exercise design and implementation. In this position, you will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist in the Programs & Requirements Branch within the Continuity Implementation Division, Office of National Continuity Programs. You will provide subject matter expertise to support a range of continuity plans, operations, exercises, and assessment responsibilities. 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 to apply for this position.
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.
Leading the coordination of stakeholders in designing and executing operational plans and procedures.
Leading the development of interagency cycles of plans, training, and exercise materials.
Developing and presenting after-action or corrective action reports to senior management and executives.

Nice To Haves

Robust experience with stakeholder engagement and coordination.
Experience developing and leading national response, preparedness, or continuity planning.
Experience with project management.
Experience with exercise design and implementation.

Responsibilities

Developing, testing, implementing, and updating preparedness, continuity, or operational plans in coordination with key stakeholders.
Developing and implementing continuity exercises, after-action reports, and corrective action plans.
Planning and implementing interagency meetings with Federal executive branch counterparts to ensure coordination and implementation of policies, guidance, plans, and exercises.
Serve as a liaison with counterparts in Federal departments and agencies.
Developing and implementing project plans and monitoring performance measures to ensure programmatic objectives are achieved and effective.