Emergency Management Specialist/Mitigation

About the Agency

When disaster strikes, America looks to FEMA. Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to support Americans in their times of greatest need. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares the nation for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled, knowledgeable, high performance workforce. Please visit
www.fema.gov
for additional information.

This position is located in the Mitigation Division. In the position you will coordinate and support the delivery of regional mitigation programs and community planning resources needed to plan for, manage, and implement hazard mitigation activities. This position starts at a salary of $60,210. Apply for this exciting opportunity to become a member of the Region 4 team within FEMA!

EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT:
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 position is being announced under FEMA’s Cadre of On-call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) Program. This is a temporary appointment in the Excepted Service, not to exceed 2 years, with the option to extend based on workload and funding availability. Veterans Preference does not apply to the CORE selection process.

Duties
Typical assignments include:

• Knowledge of emergency management and related directives, policies, regulations, procedures, and methods.
• Collaborate and foster relationships between Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, nongovernmental organizations, and private sector, and their hazard mitigation mechanisms and authorities.
• Knowledge of hazard mitigation (HM) activities in large, unique, or catastrophic incidents and working with grant programs.
• Coordinate mitigation disaster operations and activities.

Supervisory Status
No

Promotion Potential
00

Travel Required

• Occasional Travel
• Occasional non-emergency travel may be required.

Relocation Authorized

• No

Who May Apply
This job is open to…

• U.S. Citizens
• View
  common definitions
  of terms found in this announcement.

This announcement will close at 11:59 pm Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, 8/28/17 OR at 11:59 pm ET on the date the 200
th
application is received, whichever comes first.

Questions? This job is open to 1 group.

Job Requirements
Job Requirements
Key Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Travel will be required.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
• Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
• Please review “Other Information” section for additional key requirements.

Qualifications
The qualification requirements listed below must be met within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

NOTE:
Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. For a brief video on How to Create a Federal Resume, click
here
.

Current or former FEMA Reservists/DAE employees:
To accurately credit your experience for these intermittent positions, make sure to list the dates (from MM/YY to MM/YY) of each deployment, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Failure to provide this information may result in disqualification.

You qualify for this position at the IC-1
1
l
evel (starting salary $60,210) if you possess the following
: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the the IC-09 level in federal service that demonstrates: 1) Knowledge of hazard mitigation to include grant application processing/review
OR
budget analysis/financial obligation
OR
quarterly report review OR closeout processing.

You qualify for this position at the GS-12 level (starting salary $72,168) if you possess the following:
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in federal service that demonstrates: 1) Direct experience with Hazard Mitigation Grant programs and Federal grants including management rules, OMB circulars, policies, practices, and techniques.

OR

• IC-11

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 education and experience

• IC-12

None

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 provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your application must show that you meet all requirements for this position. You may be found “not qualified” if you do not possess the minimum competencies required for the position.

Security Clearance
Public Trust – Background Investigation

Additional Information
Additional Information
What To Expect Next
Once you submit your application, we will assess your experience and training, identify the qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the hiring manager for further consideration and interviews. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. We expect to make a final job offer within 30 days after the deadline for applications.

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Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance, and Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.

BENEFITS

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Other Information

• To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for
  Public Trust
  clearance as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined (
  Mythbuster
  ), review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
  For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit the OPM website at
  https://www.opm.gov/investigations/background-investigations/
  .
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an
  Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment
  , and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
• DHS uses E-verify, an internet based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about
  E-Verify
  , including your rights and responsibilities.
• This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.
• STAFFORD ACT EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENTS
  : Cadre On Call Response Employee (CORE) 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.
• All candidates must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. Deployments may include working in excess of eight hours a day, or in excess of 40 hours per week, including weekends and holidays, and under stressful. Physically demanding, and austere conditions. When activated and deployed, you serve in a federal travel status and are entitled to lodging, transportation and per diem reimbursements for authorized expenses in accordance with federal travel regulations.
• If selected for this position you will be required to attend a two week Emergency Manager Orientation (EMO) in Anniston, AL or Emmitsburg, MD. Travel is at FEMA’s expense and will occur from Sunday to Friday.

This job originated on
www.usajobs.gov
. For the full announcement and to apply,
visit
www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/477753900
.
Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at
www.usajobs.gov
will be considered.