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Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation)
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 64 days ago
Hybrid Philadelphia, PA $163K – $197K Apply by Jul 17, 2026 Emergency Management Specialist ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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This position is located in FEMA, Region 3, Philadelphia, PA, within Mitigation Division. The ideal candidate for this position will be a individual with expertise supervising, directing, and coordinating day-to-day operations of Mitigation Programs with technical knowledge and experience in government human capital activities.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this position, you will be a Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist.
- →Typical assignments include: Exercise managerial authority to direct, coordinate and control the activities of the Mitigation Division's employees and assure implementation of Mitigation Programs, to include Floodplain Management and Insurance, RiskMAP, Technical Services (Engineering and Building Codes), Grants Management, Environmental and Historic Preservation, and Disaster Field Operations.
- →Develop divisional priorities, goals, and objectives through annual and multi-year planning documents.
- →Monitors and evaluates progress of work in relationship to these goals and adjusts as needed.
- →Provides leadership, direction, guidance and coordination to staff and state and local partners in implementing FEMA programs.
- →Exercise responsibilities in dealing with officials of other Divisions and Agencies; may perform as a spokesperson at agency-level conferences, meetings, committees, and working groups.
- →Identify and implement ways to eliminate or reduce significant impediments and barriers to production; promotes team building and improves business practices.
- →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 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.
- ✓The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.
- ✓If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
- ✓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.
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: 20e68c06-afd0-442e-a0ba-da3755f74cda
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