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Training Specialist - (Training Specialist) - Reservist
Federal Emergency Management Agency · Posted 10 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $29.3 – $55.8/hr Apply by Jul 8, 2026 Training Instruction ENFJ Education
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The ideal candidate will have expertise in the creation of training curriculum and using effective instructional skills. NEW! USERRA now protects the full-time employment of FEMA reservists when they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings on behalf of FEMA. Review the FEMA Crew Act FAQs.
What You'll Do
- →What will I do in this position if hired?
- →In this Training Specialist - (Training Specialist) - Reservist position, you will be a part of the Disaster Field Training Operations Cadre and will support training operations within the training unit.
- →Typical assignments include: Exercise effective classroom management to meet learning objectives.
- →Analyze individual training records as part of the training needs assessment process.
- →Demonstrate effective classroom management to meet learning objectives via time management and expectations management.
- →At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, 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.
- →As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts.
- →Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees.
- →Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed.
- →Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need.
- →Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.
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 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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Travel will be required.
- ✓Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.
- ✓This position is temporary and intermittent, and you may be deployed to work during disaster declarations.
- ✓You will be paid only during times of deployment or when attending critical trainings.
- ✓You will be paid sick leave and earn one hour of sick leave for every 20 hours in a pay status, up to four hours each pay period.
- ✓You will be eligible to enroll in Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) within 60 days of check-in to support a disaster.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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