The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of emergency management and mitigation related policies, regulations, and procedures, and the collaboration and fostering of relationships between internal and external stakeholders and their response mechanisms and authorities. In this position, the successful applicant performs a wide range of hazard mitigation analytical studies of difficult or complex projects, to include corrective actions, performance improvement planning, and outreach.
All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation) position at the IC-12 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-11 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following: Applying emergency management standards, regulations, practices, training, or procedures in regards to disaster-related recovery activities; and, Developing and implementing policies, plans, or procedures related to emergency management; and, Collaborating or fostering relationships between Federal, State, local, or tribal entities regarding emergency management issues. 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. 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
What will I do in this position if hired? In this Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation) position, you will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist in the Mitigation Division; Mission Disaster Operations/406 (MDO) Branch, within FEMA Region 10. The primary purpose of this position is to perform emergency management program tasks including managing, and coordinating with other entities, partners and stakeholders on the mitigation actions from intentional and/or unintentional crises, disasters, other humanitarian emergencies, hazards, or natural and man-made/technological (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, high-yield explosives) incidents. This position has regional responsibility for supporting programs and planning resources of Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, nongovernmental organizations, and private sector stakeholders needed to effectively plan for, manage, and implement hazard mitigation activities. Typical assignments include: Providing effective and defensible policy and program interpretation and guidance utilizing the best available information to internal and external stakeholders. Engaging in continuous study and research of often evolving or changing statutes, regulations, Executive Orders, policies, and program guidance related to FEMA's Public Assistance, Environmental and Historical Preservation, construction Codes and Standards, and Hazard Mitigation methodologies. Conducting disaster damage related risk analysis to identify PA hazard mitigation opportunities. Using technical writing and data compilation to generate PA hazard mitigation grant proposals within FEMA's Grants Manager platform, often utilizing engineering reports, blueprints, and cost estimates. Coordinating and supporting the technical reviews of PA Projects in Grants Manager to ensure program compliant maximization of PA mitigation opportunities to enable robust program delivery and performance. What else do I need to know? 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. This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA. This position will be hired into a temporary 2-year excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.