Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery)

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Philadelphia, PA

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The ideal candidate for this position will be a proven leader in disaster recovery with strong program management, inter-agency coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills. Delivers effective, timely, and eligible recovery outcomes for communities. In this position, you will serve as a Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) in the Regional 3, Recovery Division, Public Assistance Branch. Typical assignments include: Being responsible for directing the day-to-day management, administration, and execution of Public Assistance programs, overseeing recovery activations, staffing readiness, and resource coordination to ensure unified and compliant disaster operations from pre-declaration through closeout. Serving as a senior advisor to regional leadership, the incumbent interprets complex federal laws, regulations, and policies applicable to public assistance disaster recovery, while reviewing high-level correspondence, participating in congressional calls, and ensuring all regional operations strictly align with statutory requirements and directives. Acting as an agency spokesperson and project lead for nationwide public assistance initiatives, managing program budgets and contractor performance while collaborating with elected officials and federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and voluntary partners to facilitate effective inter-agency cooperation and disaster recovery. Exercising first-level administrative and technical supervision over regional public assistance staff by planning work, setting priorities, tracking progress, and managing personnel actions such as hiring, leave approvals, conflict resolution, and the implementation of appropriate employee guidance and discipline. Establishing yearly performance plans and metrics to evaluate staff productivity, while simultaneously directing the development of emergency management standards, risk assessments, training programs, and public assistance recovery plans to enhance overall organizational capability. 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-13 level in the Federal government.
Experience managing and supervising staff and overseeing program execution.
Experience providing leadership, direction, and guidance to tribal, state, and local governments in developing and implementing FEMA programs.
Experience leading the implementation of annual and multi-year strategic planning documents.
Experience collaborating with stakeholders and partners, such as Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial governments and the private sector, to leverage partnerships and achieve Recovery objectives.

Responsibilities

Directing the day-to-day management, administration, and execution of Public Assistance programs.
Overseeing recovery activations, staffing readiness, and resource coordination.
Serving as a senior advisor to regional leadership, interpreting complex federal laws, regulations, and policies applicable to public assistance disaster recovery.
Reviewing high-level correspondence and participating in congressional calls.
Acting as an agency spokesperson and project lead for nationwide public assistance initiatives.
Managing program budgets and contractor performance.
Collaborating with elected officials and federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and voluntary partners.
Exercising first-level administrative and technical supervision over regional public assistance staff.
Planning work, setting priorities, and tracking progress for staff.
Managing personnel actions such as hiring, leave approvals, conflict resolution, and implementing employee guidance and discipline.
Establishing yearly performance plans and metrics to evaluate staff productivity.
Directing the development of emergency management standards, risk assessments, training programs, and public assistance recovery plans.