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Emergency Management Specialist (Regional IMAT Lead)
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
These positions are being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. These are 1-year temporary appointments in the Excepted Service. These positions are located on Type I Regional Teams and salary is based on the location. Salary rate ranges are: Atlanta: starting $63.73, maximum $94.48 Denton: starting $65.51, maximum $94.48 Seattle: starting $67.73, maximum $94.48
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist (Regional IMAT Lead) responsible for coordinating the timely delivery of all Federal disaster assistance to support state and local governments and affected communities.
- →You may also serve as a Federal Coordinating Officer responsible for the coordination of federal assistance following the President's declaration of a major disaster or emergency.
- →When deployed, the Emergency Management Specialist (Regional IMAT Lead) will need to remain poised in a tense environment, making sound management decisions while working to satisfy stakeholders' interests.
- →Typical assignments include: Coordinating the relationships between Federal, State, local and FEMA personnel at disaster operations sites, advising on the status of the Federal response in partnership with the Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) and other senior officials.
- →Working in conjunction with the FCO to establish response, recovery and mitigation operations.
- →Coordinating disaster management activities among FEMA, other Federal agencies, and state and local partners, including volunteer agencies, to ensure proper directions and involvement in key decisions related to disaster operations.
- →Managing media, community and other external relations to communicate the availability of assistance to Congress, applicants and the general public.
- →Working with partners to implement appropriate financial controls and to coordinate and monitor Federal program and administrative activities.
- →Serving as a staff advisor in the planning, development, review and evaluations of all phases and functions of the disaster field operations programs conducted by the agency.
- →Determining if the organizational structure is sufficient to support incident objectives and ensures that the organizational structure is ICS compliant.
- →When not deployed, the Emergency Management Specialist (Regional IMAT Lead) will ensure the operational capability of the IMAT by overseeing the management and training of IMAT personnel.
- →Typical assignments include: Participating in preparedness efforts, to include planning, exercising, and training.
- →Coordinating non-Disaster work assignments.
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 Special Sensitive - Top Secret with Sensitive Compartmented Information 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: bb6336b6-1996-4256-b94d-0201767b1088
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