Program Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Washington, DC

32d•Onsite

About The Position

The ideal candidate for this position will be experienced in leading grants and project management teams, as well as utilizing automated software systems and databases to provide reports, presentations and recommendations to senior leadership. In this position, you will serve as a Program Specialist within the Resilience, Grant Programs Directorate, Preparedness Division. Typical assignments include: Providing expertise and supervision in the programmatic management of FEMA's open and closed non-disaster preparedness grants suite, from program development to closeout. Serving as a subject matter expert for the grant programs assigned to the Branch by providing guidance and recommendations to those supervised and up through the FEMA and DHS leadership chains. Representing the Branch at meetings with internal and external stakeholders. 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

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
You must successfully pass a background investigation.
Selective Service registration required.
Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
You 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.
Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service.
Organizing, presenting and analyzing data to ensure compliance with policy, laws and regulations
Preparing written and technical guidance to stakeholders on management issues
Evaluating results from various data sources to identify trends, articulate risks, and provide recommendations for mitigating solutions.

Responsibilities

Providing expertise and supervision in the programmatic management of FEMA's open and closed non-disaster preparedness grants suite, from program development to closeout.
Serving as a subject matter expert for the grant programs assigned to the Branch by providing guidance and recommendations to those supervised and up through the FEMA and DHS leadership chains.
Representing the Branch at meetings with internal and external stakeholders.