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Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery)
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 60 days ago
Hybrid Philadelphia, PA $139K – $180K Apply by Jul 23, 2026 Emergency Management Specialist ISFPISTP
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This position serves as a Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Deputy Public Assistance Branch Chief) to provide supervision, oversight, and direction of Public Assistance program delivery primarily within Region 3. The ideal candidate would have strong leadership, management and communication skills; excelling at interpreting policy and guiding teams through program delivery and project management.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position, you will serve as a Public Assistance Disaster Operations Deputy Branch Chief for FEMA Region Office Three.
- →Typical assignments include: The day-to-day management and administration of the Public Assistance Grants Program.
- →The day-to-day supervision and direction of Public Assistance regional staff.
- →Interpreting laws, regulations, and policies applicable to FEMA's disaster recovery efforts.
- →Reviewing and/or editing correspondence and participating on congressional conference calls.
- →Communicating and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders relating to the Public Assistance grant program management and administration.
- →Developing employees' yearly performance plans and performance metrics; tracking and advising employees of their work plans 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).
- →CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓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: 13881a7b-56b9-42a2-baec-11cf35171009
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