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Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation)
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted today
About the Role
The ideal candidate will have experience overseeing and implementing the full range of FEMA's mitigation programs and activities in a disaster environment. They will have experience building partnerships, leading governmental grant programs, and achieving measurable outcomes.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation) position, you will serve as a Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Disaster Operations Branch Chief for the Mitigation Division), leading the delivery of Hazard Mitigation programs during disaster operations.
- →Duties include: Typical assignments include: Supervise a team of 9 staff to ensure effective delivery of hazard mitigation programs in the field during disaster operations.
- →Serve as the primary liaison between regional mitigation programs and field-delivered operations to ensure seamless coordination and communication.
- →Provide expert guidance and strategic direction to support State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) partners in recovery and rebuilding efforts, with a focus on streamlining and expediting the delivery of programs such as the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).
- →Develop and implement operational plans, tools, and job aids to enhance field readiness and performance of mitigation staff during disaster operations.
- →Lead initiatives to strengthen staff capabilities and ensure preparedness for rapid deployment to support disaster response and recovery missions.
- →Deploy to the field as needed to serve as the Hazard Mitigation Branch Director (HMBD) during Region 9 disaster operations, providing leadership and oversight for hazard mitigation activities.
- →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.
- →This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee).
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 / High 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.
- ✓Conditions of Employment: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
- ✓You must successfully pass a background investigation.
- ✓Selective Service registration required.
- ✓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
Job ID: 925b6fd0-c313-4f54-8a6e-7b4b1f6d1174
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