This position is located with International Programs, Washington Office, Disaster Assistance Support Program (DASP). Serves as a program specialist and subject matter expert advising on technical matters involving international disaster response, civilian humanitarian assistance and program management, planning, and coordination. For additional information about the duties of this position, please contact Marti McClintock at [email protected].

Duties

Monitors incipient and current disasters in assigned region, country, or technical area, and responds to disaster declarations from U.S. Ambassadors and Chiefs of Mission worldwide. The incumbent analyzes, formulates, and develops concepts and methodologies for new or revised procedures and systems for designing, implementing, and programs related to disaster response, and humanitarian relief assistance. Stands ready to activate for BHA Response Management Teams, reporting to a Response Operations Center in a secure location requiring secret clearance, or Disaster Assistance Response Teams deployed in the field. Manages development, review and maintenance of performance monitoring and evaluation systems, and special studies and evaluations. Plans and prepares strategies and policy or other documents related to complex program issues for new, substantive agency-wide programs where precedents are scarce or nonexistent. Prepares annual program budgets for assigned areas in consultation with DASP program leadership and USAID/BHA’s Regional Offices and technical staff. Identifies concepts and actions that have been proven successful or not, and formulates “lessons learned” to be applied to other humanitarian assistance efforts

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
• Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Must possess or be able to obtain a Secret security clearance.
• This position is subject to a medical monitoring program. Specifically, the incumbent must obtain and maintain a medical clearance from the U. S. Department of State for worldwide international travel.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Selective Placement Factor: Served as a program or portfolio manager in the civilian international humanitarian assistance arena and applied the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence which provide the foundation for civilian humanitarian action in complex international disaster situations worldwide. Specialized Experience Requirement: For the GS-14: You must have one year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 in the Federal service: Specialized experience is defined as all the following: Served as a program or portfolio manager in the civilian international humanitarian assistance arena, including experience in the areas of disaster and emergency response operations for disaster response, civilian humanitarian crisis assistance, budget oversight and management, or recovery interventions in developing countries; AND interagency coordination related to US government civilian humanitarian assistance programs overseas. 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 REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity, you must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.

Contacts

• Address USDA Forest Service HRM Contact Center DO NOT MAIL IN APPLICATIONS, SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT. Albuquerque, NM 87109 US
• Name: HRM Contact Center
• Phone: 1-877-372-7248 X2
• Email: [email protected]