Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Preparedness)

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Philadelphia, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in Region Three / National Preparedness Division. The ideal candidate for this position will have a background planning, facilitating, supporting and implementing training plans, experience in classroom instruction and program development and management, as well as possess excellent customer service and leadership skills with experience in collaborating with several levels of government. In this position, you will be serving as the Regional Training Manager performing work that oversees all regional training and education requirements to meet agency and regional goals and objectives. Typical assignments include: Planning, developing, monitoring, evaluating, and managing all regional training and education requirements to include functional training at the regional, state, tribal, and local level, and the Region 3 employee development program. Planning, initiating, and coordinating innovative programs with secondary and post-secondary leaders to meet regional or national needs for constantly changing education requirements. Conducting research and needs assessments to identify courses to meet the changes of policy guidance, legislation, or agency emphasis. Exercising technical and administrative supervisory controls that are in keeping with a first level supervisory position. 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.
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.
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government.
Developing, implementing, and evaluating workforce development programs.
Advancing various resource materials such as training plans, end of year reports, scenario-based training opportunities, or outreach communications.
Facilitating or managing community-based or workforce training events; develop training opportunities for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Governments partners to strengthen preparedness and response functions.

Nice To Haves

Background planning, facilitating, supporting and implementing training plans.
Experience in classroom instruction and program development and management.
Excellent customer service and leadership skills.
Experience in collaborating with several levels of government.

Responsibilities

Serving as the Regional Training Manager performing work that oversees all regional training and education requirements to meet agency and regional goals and objectives.
Planning, developing, monitoring, evaluating, and managing all regional training and education requirements to include functional training at the regional, state, tribal, and local level, and the Region 3 employee development program.
Planning, initiating, and coordinating innovative programs with secondary and post-secondary leaders to meet regional or national needs for constantly changing education requirements.
Conducting research and needs assessments to identify courses to meet the changes of policy guidance, legislation, or agency emphasis.
Exercising technical and administrative supervisory controls that are in keeping with a first level supervisory position.