Logistics Management Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Sterling, VA

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About The Position

The Logistics Management Specialist plans, coordinates, and evaluates logistical actions supporting a designated mission or program, including day-to-day and disaster operations. The specialist applies logistics management knowledge to provide advice, guidance, and policy interpretation on complex issues. The role supports staging operations and the reliable receipt and distribution of life-sustaining commodities for catastrophic events. It also involves maintaining operational processes and records and coordinating the return of commercial trailers and commodities. This is a FEMA CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee) position. CORE employees are full-time, nonpermanent employees hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act to support disaster response and recovery. The position has recurring emergency-management responsibilities and may be recalled at any time. Extensive travel, extended deployment, little advance notice, work at locations other than the official duty station, and physically austere or operationally challenging conditions may be required. The selected employee must attend a three-week, in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding; FEMA covers travel expenses.

Requirements

For the IC-11 level, have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level, demonstrating experience developing and recommending solutions to issues involving major aspects of agency programs and activities; researching and fact-finding to evaluate program effectiveness; and implementing and improving operational processes for logistics-management coordination. Qualifying experience may be from federal, state or local government, or the private sector.
Alternatively, qualify through three years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D., a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or a combination of education and experience.
Be a U.S. citizen.
Successfully pass and maintain a Public Trust/Moderate Risk background investigation.
Be registered 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.
Attend the required three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within six months of onboarding.
If qualifying through education, submit transcripts with the application and provide official transcripts before appointment.

Responsibilities

Participate in managing staging operations and provide customer service to stakeholders while working in a regionally interchangeable manner.
Receive and distribute life-sustaining commodities for catastrophic events.
Assist with setting up and breaking down staging areas.
Participate in developing After-Action Reports and update processes, procedures, and protocols.
Complete system processes, including records management, order closeout, and systems closeout, and maintain related receiving and shipping records, fleet records, and other required records.
Coordinate the retrograde of commercial trailers and commodities with internal offices and field representatives’ transportation.