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Job opening: Emergency Management Specialist (Preparedness)

Salary: $78 592 - 122 459 per year
Published at: Nov 21 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
In this position you will work as a member of the Office of the National Continuity Programs Team.  The ideal candidate will have experience in assessing risk, performance, and/or capabilities; familiarity with national continuity policies and programs; and presenting assessment results orally and/or in writing. Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analysis desired. 

Duties

What will I do in this position if hired? 

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.
  • Please review "Other Information" section for additional key requirements.

Qualifications

Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The time-in-grade and qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.   To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level (starting salary $78,592), you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the Federal or Private Sector and must demonstrate all of the following:  Assisting in the development of continuity-related exercises or evaluations; AND Supporting the Branch, interagency working groups, and key partners in their efforts to develop, refine, and implement evaluation and assessment approaches; AND Using established data management systems to record, maintain, and report on national, federal, State, Tribal, and Territorial findings regarding mission resilience risks and capabilities; AND Presenting findings of analyses in both written and verbal forms appropriate to the audience. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; -OR- 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; -OR- LL.M., if related. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level (starting salary $94,199), you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the Federal or Private Sector and must demonstrate all of the following:  Participating in development of continuity-related exercises or evaluations; AND Supporting the design and conduct of risk and/or capability evaluation with considerations of the appropriate type of qualitative or quantitative methods and data analysis plan; AND Using established data management systems; AND Presenting findings of analyses in both written and verbal forms appropriate to the audience including for partners, stakeholders, and senior leadership. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Please limit your resume to five pages.  If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.  Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience?  Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility.  To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level.   Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/DAE employee?  To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information.  Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found “not qualified.”  Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards

Education

Education substitution: This position permits applicants to qualify based on education (or a combination of education and experience), as outlined in the "requirements" section.  If you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application. Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. Visit the Department of Education's Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information. 

Contacts

  • Address FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency Please read the entire announcement Please apply online Washington, District of Columbia 20472 United States
  • Name: Shemeka Jones
  • Phone: 202-856-2056
  • Email: [email protected]

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