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Emergency Management Specialist
Forest Service · Posted 59 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $90K – $116K Apply by Aug 10, 2026 Emergency Management Specialist ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This position is located in the Office of Safety and Occupational Health within Business Operations, Washington Office, USDA Forest Service. This position serves as part of the national emergency management function for the agency, and the direct representative of the Director, Office of Safety and Occupational Health (OSOH) during emergency incidents and while deployed. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Monte Ulmer at Monte.Ulmer@usda.gov.
What You'll Do
- →Acts as the Forest Service Assistant National Emergency Manager/Continuity of Operations (COOP) Coordinator.
- →Providing guidance, direction, policy and advice to agency personnel and leaders related to an enterprise emergency management program.
- →Supports all levels of the agency related to planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation from natural and man-made hazards.
- →Responsible for development of emergency management related products to include planning templates, exercise materials, job aids, incident action plans, information products, and project documentation.
- →Collaborates with incident management teams for large scale incidents related to wildland fire operations, all-risk / all-hazard operations, and during Emergency Support Function (ESF) 4 Firefighting operations.
- →Collaborates in conjunction with Law Enforcement and Investigations (LEI) and with LEI organizations for large scale public emergency and/or public safety incidents, including support for ESF 13 (Public Safety and Security) operations.
- →Assists field units in the development and practice of natural and man-made disaster preparedness, planning, training, exercises, response, recovery, and mitigation.
- →Works with appropriate officials to implement financial controls and to coordinate and monitor program and administrative activities, including contract support work related to emergency operations, planning, preparedness, and response.
- →Develops and implements long-range objectives and requirements of emergency management for the agency and schedules/manages provided support both on disasters and in task/project planning.
- →Ensures compliance with all policies, procedures and other related doctrine developed by USDA and the USFS.
- →Represents the Forest Service, as part of a team, at high-level committees and meetings regarding the coordination of incident response.
Requirements
- ✓Must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen or National.
- ✓Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service or exempt.
- ✓Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- ✓Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- ✓Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
- ✓To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify.
- ✓This is a Test Designated Position.
- ✓You will be tested for illegal drugs prior to appointment and randomly thereafter.
- ✓Appointment and continued employment is conditional on negative results.
- ✓This announcement constitutes 30 days advance notice.
- ✓Must possess or be able to obtain a Confidential, Secret, or Top-Secret security clearance.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0c166052-b5ca-4875-96e3-2dc7b1bed8d4
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