Emergency Management Specialist

National Park Service•Lakewood, CO

16h

About The Position

The Emergency Management Specialist serves with the National Park Service (NPS), Intermountain Region, supporting sites in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. The position may be filled at the GS-12 or GS-13 grade level, with promotion potential to GS-13. The role manages the Western Incident Management Team (WIMT), which supports, coordinates, and improves NPS preparedness and responses to all-hazard incidents. The specialist provides technical advice on preparedness and response, manages emergency management activities during incidents—including Emergency Operations Center activation and operations—and serves on an emergency team. Duties are developmental when the position is filled below the full performance level. The specialist develops emergency management plans, procedures, risk assessments, standards, regulations, training, directives, and guidance. The role also coordinates and delivers training and exercises for emergency response personnel, assesses training, and liaises with park units, regional offices, higher departments, other agencies, and communities on emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. The position requires maintaining a valid driver's license and a Type II qualification at the Command and General Staff level, as well as serving in qualified roles on Incident Management Team deployments. The incumbent may work on call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and shift work; travel overnight up to five nights per month and travel to incident locations within the United States. Work ranges from office duties to strenuous emergency response in rugged terrain and hazardous outdoor conditions. Duties are suitable for telework with supervisor approval.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment.
Must achieve and maintain a Type II qualification at the Command and General Staff level.
Must serve in qualified role(s) on Incident Management Team deployments.
Must pass a physical and medical examination and pre-employment and random drug testing.
Must complete required training and obtain and maintain a government credit card with travel and purchase authority.
GS-12: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-11, including all-hazard emergency management coordination with city, state, and federal entities; interpreting emergency management laws, policies, or regulations for program decisions; and providing, coordinating, and assessing emergency preparedness and response training.
GS-13: At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12, including incident command management; planning, developing, coordinating, and executing emergency response program management; managing emergency procedures, risk assessments, training, and exercise programs for a regional emergency management program; and developing long-range regional incident-management training plans.
Competitive candidates must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements.
Education cannot substitute for the required experience.
Applicants must document hours worked per week for qualifying experience, subject to the announcement's documentation requirements.
Must wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards.
May be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime, and shift work.
May be required to travel overnight away from home up to five nights per month and travel to incident locations within the United States.
May be required to serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, depending on hiring authority.

Responsibilities

Manage the Western Incident Management Team (WIMT), supporting, coordinating, and improving NPS preparedness and responses to all-hazard incidents.
Provide technical advice on emergency preparedness and response activities.
Manage emergency management components during incident response, including Emergency Operations Center activation and operations.
Serve as a member of an emergency team and in qualified roles on Incident Management Team deployments.
Develop emergency management plans, procedures, risk assessments, standards, regulations, training, directives, and guidance.
Provide, coordinate, and develop training for emergency response personnel, including training preparation, exercise development, training assessment, and instruction.
Coordinate and liaise with park units, regional offices, higher departments, other agencies, and communities on preparedness, response, and recovery.