Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery)

Federal Emergency Management Agency•Charleston, WV

About The Position

This is a full-time CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee) position in FEMA Region Three’s Recovery Division, Public Assistance Disaster Operations Branch. The position serves as a Field Deployment Unit Supervisor overseeing staff who perform substantive emergency management work and coordinate with other entities during recovery from crises, disasters, humanitarian emergencies, hazards, and natural or man-made/technological incidents. CORE employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act to support disaster response and recovery and are nonpermanent excepted-service employees. The supervisor advises regional recovery staff and leadership on policy matters, directs regional recovery operations during incidents, and coordinates regional activities to maintain essential functions. The role also develops and implements recovery standards, regulations, practices, training, and procedures, and ensures resource assessments identify needed and available resources and capacities. FEMA employees have recurring emergency management responsibilities and may be recalled at any time. The position requires the ability to deploy throughout the United States and its territories, potentially for weeks to months with little notice, and to work at locations other than the official duty station, including physically austere and operationally challenging sites. A three-week in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland is required within six months of onboarding; FEMA covers travel expenses.

Requirements

One full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-12 level in the Federal government, including leading teams delivering disaster assistance programs, identifying staff priorities, and monitoring progress; researching, analyzing, and developing resolutions for disaster recovery operations; and coordinating disaster assistance with federal, tribal, territorial, state, or local governments.
U.S. citizenship.
Successfully pass and maintain a Public Trust-Moderate Risk background investigation.
Register 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 a three-week, in-person training course in Emmitsburg, Maryland within six months of onboarding.
No educational substitution is available for the experience qualifications.
Provide a resume with detailed work history, dates, duties, accomplishments, relevant skills, and hours worked per week; federal experience must include series, grade, and dates at each grade.

Responsibilities

Oversee staff performing substantive, mission-oriented emergency management work in a FEMA region.
Advise regional recovery staff and leadership on policy issues related to disaster assistance and recovery.
Manage and direct regional recovery operations during crisis incidents or disasters.
Coordinate, guide, and assist major regional activities to maintain the capability to continue essential functions.
Develop and implement emergency standards, regulations, practices, training, and procedures for recovery from hazards, threats, and crises.
Ensure assessments adequately identify needed and available resources, including technical expertise, equipment, infrastructure, and capacities.
Coordinate delivery of disaster assistance with federal, tribal, territorial, state, or local governments.
Lead teams delivering disaster assistance programs, identify staff priorities, and monitor progress.
Research, analyze, and develop resolutions for disaster recovery operations.