Job opening: Program Specialist (Regional Planner)
Salary: $98 240 - 151 870 per year
Published at: Jun 07 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
Who May Be Considered:
Federal employees - Competitive service
Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Program (I/CTAP) Eligibles
Land Management Eligibles under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act.
Individuals with Disabilities
Veterans
Military Spouses
Peace Corps & AmeriCorps VISTA
Interchange Agreements with Other Merit Systems
Foreign Service Employees
Certain Former Overseas Employees
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Duties
Typical work assignments include:
Coordinate with the CISA Headquarters and other Regional Planners in the development of regional operational plans.
Develop, review, and revise strategic and operational plans to include Continuity and All-Hazards plans, policies, and procedures in accordance with CISA regional and headquarters priorities.
Serve as a subject matter expert on CISA's planning process to include the National Preparedness System and National Planning System and National Planning System, including FEMA Operational Planning integration, and the National Frameworks, Annexes, and Federal Inter-agency Operational Plans, and Comprehensive Preparedness Guides (CPG), such as CPG-101 (Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans) and CPG-201 (Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide).
Qualifications
To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying.
GS-12
You qualify for the GS-12 grade level, if you have:
EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level (or equivalent) performing the following duties:
Developing strategic and operational plans to include Continuity and All Hazards plans, polices, and procedures in accordance with regional and headquarters priorities.
Serving as a technical expert in short-term and long-term planning for new, substantive regional programs, where precedents are scarce or nonexistent.
Independently leading the development of customized regional strategic and annual operating plans with directional guidance from the members of senior regional leadership and staff.
Utilizing non-technical knowledge of critical infrastructure systems, dependencies and interdependences and various natural, technological, and human-cause or terrorism threats and hazards that may impact these systems.
GS-13
You qualify for the GS-13 grade level, if you have:
EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent) performing the following duties:
Applying the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, National Cyber Incident Response Plan, National Emergency Communication Plan, and Associated Public Law, Presidential Policy Directives and Executive Orders sufficient to support regional planning activities.
Utilizing non-technical knowledge of critical infrastructure systems, dependencies and interdependences and various natural, technological, and human-cause or terrorism threats and hazards that may impact these systems.
Utilizing analytical and evaluative methods and techniques, including quantitative and qualitative analyses to conduct studies concerning critical infrastructure protection or related activities and conduct cascading effects analysis.
Utilizing fact-finding techniques and oral and written communications in the development of presentations, reports, and plans to produce regional and district-level reports, develop regional plans, and facilitate and advise on the operational planning execution.
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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying).
Time After Competitive Appointment: By the closing date specified in this job announcement, current Federal civilian employees must wait at least 90 days after their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive service referral certificate before promotion, transfer, reinstatement, reassignment, or detail.
All qualification requirements, including Time-in-Grade, must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification AND Time-in-Grade claims will be subject to verification.
Education
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Contacts
- Address Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
1616 Fort Myer Dr.
Arlington, VA 22209
US
- Name: HR Customer Care Center
- Phone: 317-212-0454
- Email: [email protected]
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