This position serves as an Emergency Management Specialist within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), and within the Office of the Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Operations.

Duties

This job announcement will remain open for 10 business days and will close on 09/27/2024. The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. Leads the development of VHA's primary mission essential functions and essential supporting activities. Represents the VHA on intra-agency policy committees and working groups to address government-wide policy and operational issues related to COOP. Serves as the VHA Emergency Coordinator for the VHA and advises leadership on Department-wide continuity policy and activities Prepares guidelines for emergency management alert and notification systems. Leads VHA COOP planning and preparedness activities and projects to maintain a level of readiness that permits VHA to respond to emergencies in a coordinated and proactive manner. Prepares a variety of correspondence and responses to requests for information from VHA Program Offices and Networks. Prepares emergency management policies, plans, and procedures. Serves on incident management teams, occupant emergency teams, and continuity teams. Coordinates national continuity communications requirements for emergency management with information management offices and in coordination with other Departmental emergency management offices. Designs the VHA components for continuity exercises as well as integrates continuity into all other exercises with VHA participation. May lead/support/train/develop products for stakeholders from Medical Centers to VHA Program Offices to VA/VHA Senior Leadership. Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals. Determines objectives and strategies; coordinates with other parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors and evaluates the progress and outcomes of operational plans; anticipates potential threats or opportunities. Applies principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, monitoring, evaluating, and managing projects and resources, including technical performance. Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Applies the process of discovery that involves the diagnosis of a problem or issue, identification and gathering of relevant information, formulation, and evaluation of alternative solutions or courses of action, and selection or recommendation of the preferred solution or course of action. Identify and define emergency management problems clearly. Applies professional knowledge of emergency management principles; considers and takes into account all hazards, phases, stakeholders and impacts relative to disasters. Anticipates future disasters and takes preventative and preparatory measures; uses sound risk management principles in assigning priorities and resources. Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Work Schedule: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available. Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period). Virtual: This is a virtual position. The employee may work at a VA facility or other VA-leased space other than the facility that is hiring the employee and is authorized for telework up to 50%. Position Description/PD#: Emergency Management Specialist/PD122110 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. This is a bargaining unit position.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/27/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience Requirement: Possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. In order to meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet 7 of 9 of following examples of specialized experience. Managing continuity of operations programs and coordinating complex emergency response Develop new methods, approaches, or procedures, to plan for and coordinate Federal emergency management programs Coordinate emergency response frameworks, incident command systems, disaster planning, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies Analyze and evaluate complex operational reports, after-action reviews, plans, and procedures Formulate accurate reports and summaries including conclusions and recommendations for internal and external customers Professional speaking and writing to communicate effectively and resolve conflicting points of view Produce clearly written operational reports, plans, procedures, correspondence, and other written documents Collaboration with various stakeholders and agencies including knowledge of interagency frameworks, communication protocols Work with healthcare providers, emergency managers, public health officials, and other relevant entities You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Planning and Execution Project Management Communications Analysis and Problem Solving Emergency Management Customer Service 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary during non-emergency situations. However, during field exercises and operational support missions, it may require strenuous physical activity to include carrying equipment (up to 40lbs), walking long distances over difficult terrain, running, climbing, working long hours in primitive or arduous conditions, long periods of standing, bending, and stooping. Deployments may include various housing and living conditions to include non-climate controlled, limited privacy sleeping facilities (for example, cots, tents, "hot-bunking", gymnasiums or similar), limited shower and laundry facilities and limited feeding options (such as shelf-stable meals, meals-ready-to-eat (MREs), and field kitchens). The employee may also be required to work long hours under highly stressful and demanding conditions which are the norm during major emergency operations. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VSHO - Operations 2402 Wildwood Ave Suite 301 Sherwood, AR 72120 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]