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Supervisory Human Resources Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 2 days ago

Hybrid Washington, DC $144K – $187K Apply by Jul 20, 2026 Human Resources Management ESFJISFJ
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About the Role

This position is located in OCHCO, Position Management & Classification Branch. The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience writing policy documents, standard operating procedures, and classification appeal decisions and conducting briefings with senior leadership. This candidate will also serve as a subject matter expert on position management and classification while managing multiple projects.

What You'll Do

  • What will I do in this position if hired?
  • In this position, you will oversee FEMA's position management system, classification of positions, and compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act to ensure operational efficiency.
  • Typical assignments include: Overseeing FEMA's position management system, classification of positions, and compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to ensure operational efficiency.
  • Serving as a first-line supervisor responsible for the performance management, employee engagement, accountability, and technical and administrative oversight of subordinates.
  • Preparing, reviewing, and briefing senior leaders on comprehensive recommendations regarding position management, classification, and FLSA issues.
  • Working with subject matter experts to ensure compliance with applicable human capital laws, regulations, and DHS and FEMA policies.
  • Collaborating with the Division Director on the formulation of short- and long-range Division plans, goals, and objectives.
  • 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

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Job ID: 8b4912f9-b207-4c45-9524-b3c9755ec3a7

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