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Emergency Management Specialist (Planning Section Chief II) PSC2
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 75 days ago
About the Role
This position is being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. This is a 1-year temporary appointment in the Excepted service. This position is located on a Type II Region One IMAT Team and has a starting salary of $55.77per hour; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $88.74 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist (Planning Section Chief II) PSC2 as an advisor to leadership of the Response Division.
- →When deployed, the Emergency Management Specialist (Planning Section Chief II) PSC2 reports to the Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) or IMAT Team leader in the absence of the designated FCO and is responsible for the collection, evaluation, dissemination, and use of information about the incident and status of resources as the Planning Section Chief.
- →Typical assignments include: Coordinating federal support for response and recovery to natural and man-made incidents that result in considerable levels of damage, or disruption severely impacting the affected population and infrastructure requiring sustained federal recovery support.
- →Determining appropriate organizational structure based on supervisor's direction and ensures the structure and staffing are Incident Command System (ICS) compliant.
- →Coordinating with the State/Territory to establish a unified planning effort to include coordinating with the State/Territory Planning Section Chief.
- →Ensuring required/requested reports, briefings and geospatial information products are complete, accurate, and distributed properly to provide geospatial analytics tools to demonstrate a clearer vision of success at a disaster.
- →When not deployed, the Emergency Management Specialist (Planning Section Chief II) PSC2 reports to the IMAT Team Leader and is responsible for implementing, directing, and coordinating the development of deliberate and crisis action strategic, operational, and tactical plans during steady-state operations and deployments.
- →Typical assignments include: Coordinating the implementation of a full-cycle preparedness program (training, exercise, and evaluation) aligned with the concepts and methodologies of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program and Agency guidance to support the maintenance of team readiness.
- →Providing planning technical expertise, coordinating internal/external planning efforts, and participating in and at times leading large intra/inter-agency deliberate and crisis action planning efforts.
- →Represent the team in the development of FEMA incident management, situational awareness, and planning doctrine.
- →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.
Requirements
- ✓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 - Moderate Risk as a condition of placement into this position.
- ✓This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a 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 (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information).
- ✓For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations.
- ✓Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below and that you clearly describe how your experience meets these requirements within your resume.
- ✓Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
- ✓You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- ✓Selective Service registration required.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel card Travel will be required.
- ✓You may be required to be on a 24 hour on-call work schedule during emergency response periods.
- ✓Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.
- ✓No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.
Benefits
- ★DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.
- ★Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
- ★DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities.
- ★For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8937986d-2b2b-4029-931c-126940bb4284
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