The ideal candidate to this position should be analytical and process-oriented and have the ability to serve in an advisory role to senior leadership on trends and lessons learned from past disasters. They will be skilled in writing and/or editing technical materials, including research reports. They will have excellent skills in verbal and written communication. For specific salary information related to your location, please review the OPM salary tables.
All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist position at the IC-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-09 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: Collecting and analyzing data related to all aspects of emergency management processes. Developing reports summarizing quantitative and qualitative analyses of disaster issues. Participating in consultations related to the identification of strengths, areas for improvement, innovations, and/or best practices related to emergency management OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., OR Combination of education and experience. To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist 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: Synthesizing output from data collection related to all aspects of emergency management processes. Evaluating emergency management plans, policies, and/or procedures for process improvements. Developing and presenting recommendations to leadership for process improvements related to 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. 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
What will I do in this position if hired? In this Emergency Management Specialist position, you will be leading collaborative efforts with federal, state, local, and/or tribal partners to facilitate seamless coordination in implementing various components for FEMA's Region Three, National Preparedness Division, Regional Integration Branch disaster recovery programs. This includes work with Disaster Recovery Centers, community services, and managing information to deliver for post-disaster recovery efforts. Typical assignments include: Developing and implementing data collection plans including interviews, hot wash discussions, and surveys to identify strengths, areas for improvement, potential best practices, and innovations. Ensuring consistent, coherent, and accurate recording of observations for use in the after-action review process. Organizing, coordinating, leading, and executing quantitative and qualitative analyses of recurring or emerging disaster issues. Synthesizing output from data collection plans and subsequent analysis into after action products, such as reports and summaries. Organizing and facilitating working group meetings, including the administration of action summaries and improvement plans as outlined in the Continuous Improvement Program Manual. Monitoring and tracking the progress accomplishing corrective actions and evaluating the effectiveness of actions taken. Supporting process improvement and change management for internal stakeholders to address identified areas for improvement. Contributing to the development of the training and exercise plan by submitting stakeholder lessons learned themes. 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 4-Year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval. This position has promotion potential to the IC-12. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the lower grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.