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Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Pasadena, CA $169K – $197K Apply by Jun 8, 2026 Emergency Management Specialist ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This position is located in the Office of Response and Recovery, Field Operations Directorate, Workforce Management Division, serving as Chief, Workforce Generation Branch (WGB). The ideal candidate for this position will be leading FEMA's incident workforce (IW) enterprise-uniting partners, shaping force structure and IW titling, and guiding cadres and regions so the right people with the right skills are ready to deploy before, during, and after disasters.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will be responsible for providing enterprise leadership for FEMA's incident workforce generation mission.
- →Further, position directs a headquarters branch that plans, manages, and supports FEMA's incident workforce so the agency has the right mix of trained, ready, and deployable personnel across employee types and components.
- →Typical assignments include: Directing daily operations of the Workforce Generation Branch, supervising staff, setting priorities, reviewing work products, and ensuring alignment with Field Operations Directorate and Workforce Management Division objectives.
- →Overseeing the use and improvement of workforce planning models and tools, reviewing data on incident staffing and readiness, and adjusting force structure recommendations based on operational demand and strategic guidance.
- →Collaborating with Cadre Management Teams and Regional Field Operations Teams to identify workforce gaps, troubleshoot complex staffing issues, and provide decision support for deployment, surge, and demobilization planning.
- →Leading the development of incident workforce titling, training, policy, tools, and communication products that support implementation of the Every Employee is an Emergency Manager (EEEM) program across FEMA.
- →Preparing and delivering briefings, reports, and recommendations on incident workforce status, risks, and initiatives to senior leaders and other stakeholders, and representing WGB in internal and interagency meetings and workgroups.
- →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.
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 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.
- ✓Key Requirements: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
- ✓You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- ✓Selective Service registration required.
- ✓Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
- ✓You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
- ✓You 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.
- ✓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
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