This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Regional Emergency Management Specialist, you will use your knowledge and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by: Managing all elements of the Region's emergency preparedness and response system including development of emergency plans and procedures for long-term. Implementing the Region's response during an emergency or disaster and assists with national disasters. Providing training to DHHS personnel who have volunteered to serve on emergency response deployment teams. Ensuring that response and recovery issues impacting ACF programs are effectively coordinated and communicated between ACF, FEMA, and other Federal agencies and national organizations such as the American Red Cross, State, Tribal and local agencies as well as affected communities and their inhabitants. Representing the Human Services Branch Chief, the ACF and its constituent programs at the locations where they serve and as the subject matter expert on ACF programs.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov
• Suitable for federal employment
• Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
• Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date.
• Financial disclosure statement may be required.
• Probationary (or trial) period may be required.
• Current government employees and government contractors will be granted provisional suitability and will onboard in an expedited manner.
• Once on board, continued employment will be based on the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Minimum Qualifications You must have one year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing at least three (3) of the following: Interpreting human services emergency management policy and implementation through others in state, territory, tribal, local, grantee governments, and private sector human services agencies. Applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to gather facts concerning emergency management policies, programs and/or related issues involving program operations, management and/or administrative issues. Analyzing issues identified during evaluation concerning emergency management policies, programs and/or related issues involving program operations, management and/or administrative issues. Providing technical assistance to grantees related to human services emergency management. Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. OPM Qualification General Policies Website

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Administration for Children and Families 330 C St SW Washington, DC 20201 US
• Name: SROC Help Desk
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• Email: [email protected]