In this position you will work as a member of the Office of Response and Recovery, Individual Assistance Division, Mass Care, Voluntary and Community Service Branch team. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience with Individual Assistance policy and procedures as they relate to voluntary, faith-based and community-based organizations, as well as excellent customer service and problem-solving skills to satisfy the needs of internal or external customers
Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The time-in-grade and qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-9 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 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: Assisting with coordinating response efforts by gathering information and supporting communication with internal and external partners; AND Supporting donation management activities under the guidance of senior staff to support state, local, tribal, territorial, and non-governmental organizations during response and recovery; AND Contributing to the development of written summaries, draft reports, and talking points used by leadership for program updates and decision-making. OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related OR Combination of higher-level graduate education and experience when combined totals one full year. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 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: Coordinating responses for internal and external stakeholders to support timely and informed decision making; AND Managing donations and volunteer coordination with state, local, tribal, territorial and voluntary organizations to support disaster response and recovery efforts; AND Developing written reports and leadership talking points to communicate program updates and strategic recommendations. 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., if related OR Combination of higher-level graduate education and experience when combined totals one full year. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-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: Managing and coordinating responses for internal and external stakeholders to support timely and informed decision making; AND Managing and coordinating donations and volunteer coordination with state, local, tribal, territorial, and voluntary organizations to support disaster response and recovery efforts; AND Developing written reports and leadership talking points to communicate program updates and strategic recommendations. 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 position, you will serve as a senior Emergency Management Specialist providing advice to senior level staff and professional staff in FEMA headquarters and Regional Offices, as well as emergency management partners engaged in supporting disaster recovery for communities and individuals. Duties listed below are at the GS-12 grade level. GS-9 and GS-11 are developmental grade levels which will require closer supervisory review. Typical assignments include. Providing technical assistance to Regional, Reservists, HQ and others regarding Individual Assistance policy and procedures as they relate to voluntary, faith-based and community-based organizations as well as State, Local, Tribal & Territorial governments when needed. Analyzing and evaluating difficult issues involving agency programs and activities; assessing program development or execution to improve organizational efficiencies. Managing cross-functional teams or groups involving all levels of management and employees while maintaining a client service focus and meeting competing deadlines. Representing the agency in public forums, presentations and meetings with external stakeholders which should reflect positively on the agency. Compiling, reviewing, editing written reports, preparing briefing materials for Senior leadership, creating presentations for large and small audiences, presenting workshops, talking points and other materials to both internal and external stakeholders. Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval. 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.