Emergency Management Specialist (Preparedness)

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

The Emergency Management Specialist serves as a FEMA Integration Team (FIT) Lead, providing on-site coordination and technical support to a jurisdiction for FEMA programs, disaster planning, exercises, and program oversight. The role supports emergency management work during steady-state operations and Emergency Operations Center activations, and coordinates federal all-hazards preparedness activities. The position supports implementation of FEMA Grants, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery Programs. Work may include disaster planning and response coordination, recovery housing strategies, cost recovery and debris planning, and supporting appropriate implementation and rapid closeout of Public Assistance grants. The specialist also supports state priorities, identifies risk-reduction opportunities, and helps develop and maintain hazard mitigation plans, procedures, and assessments. The role provides general FEMA program knowledge and coordinates technical assistance between FEMA Region 9 programs and the State. It also provides technical assistance for state plans and exercises, including risk assessment, capability requirements and development, capability validation, and review and updates of plans, capabilities, and resources. FEMA employees have regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities and may be recalled at any time for emergency operations. Deployments may involve irregular hours, work away from the official duty station, extensive travel with little advance notice, and extended assignments in physically austere and operationally challenging conditions. Selected candidates must attend a three-week, in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship is required.
Successfully pass and maintain a Public Trust – Moderate Risk background investigation.
Selective Service registration is 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 anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period.
At the GS-13 level, one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government is required.
Specialized experience must demonstrate planning, building partnerships, coordinating, or working as an embedded program or component representative within an organization.
Specialized experience must demonstrate leading or providing on-site program coordination and technical support for disaster planning, exercises, and program oversight.
Specialized experience must demonstrate advocating for program delivery, partner integration, and information management.
Selected candidates must attend a three-week, in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding.
A one-year probationary period is required for new Federal competitive service employees and new supervisors and managers.

Nice To Haves

Experience in emergency management and planning.
Experience building partnerships and working as an embedded program or component representative coordinating with emergency management organizations.
Understanding of FEMA programs.
Experience providing programmatic technical assistance to state or local organizations.
Knowledge of federal authorities.
Experience leading integrated coordination across organizations.

Responsibilities

Provide on-site coordination and technical support to a jurisdiction for FEMA programs, disaster planning, exercises, and program oversight.
Support coordination and emergency management work during steady-state operations and Emergency Operations Center activations.
Manage, coordinate, and execute federal all-hazards preparedness activities.
Support implementation of FEMA Grants, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery Programs.
Support disaster planning, response coordination, recovery housing strategy development, cost recovery planning, and debris planning.
Support appropriate implementation and rapid closeout of Public Assistance grants.
Support state priorities and identify risk-reduction opportunities and methods to reduce future risks.
Support development and maintenance of hazard mitigation plans, procedures, and assessments.
Provide general FEMA program knowledge and coordinate technical assistance between FEMA Region 9 programs and the State.
Provide technical assistance for state plans and exercises, including assessing risk, estimating capability requirements, building and sustaining capabilities, planning to deliver and validating capabilities, and reviewing and updating plans, capabilities, and resources.
Deploy for emergency management operations, potentially with little or no advance notice and for extended periods.