The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has an immediate need to employ temporary local hires to assist with disaster response and recovery efforts in Pasadena, CA. Local hire employees are typically local residents who aid in the recovery of their community and help their fellow citizens in the recovery process. A local hire's term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster.
To qualify for this Local Hire (Voluntary Agency Liaison Specialist) position, you must possess experience: Collaborating with voluntary organizations to coordinate volunteer support; Assisting with issues related to volunteer support and donation management during a disaster; and Reviewing and interpreting regulations related to voluntary and government disaster assistance programs. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience? Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified." Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards
FEMA is seeking candidates with experience in coordinating and supporting the implementation of disaster recovery programs. What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will assist with the implementation of components for multiple emergency management programs and activities during response and recovery operations. Typical assignments include: Coordinating requests and registering survivors for disaster assistance programs. Developing and maintaining close working relationships with internal and external program offices. Supporting leadership in the administration of programs and plans impacting the delivery of recovery services. Providing technical knowledge of the agency policies and procedures to disaster survivors and external partnering agencies. Interacts directly with disaster survivors, voluntary agencies, community-based organizations or local government to share information, coordinate disaster services and resources and ensure FEMA programs are delivered effectively to impacted communities. Engages with survivors and local officials in affected communities to identify immediate and unmet needs that can be addressed with assistance and resources available through FEMA and/or whole community partners. Maintains positive internal and external relationships to ensure effective communication and timely response to all requests for assistance. Conducts community outreach and creates partnerships with local and state emergency managers, disability partners, private sector, voluntary agencies, and faith-based and community-based organizations to foster information sharing for shared operating picture, gather unmet needs, determine available resources and to coordinate the delivery in inclusive services to survivors. What else do I need to know? This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees help FEMA respond to, recover from and mitigate hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions which are not limited to disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support. Local Hires are Temporary Positions. The Local Hire Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority within FEMA are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature. A local hire's term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster.