This position serves as the Deputy Chief of the Plans Branch in the VHA Office of Emergency Management. This position will serve as a team lead and support the Plans Branch Chief in daily operations of the Plans Branch. The position will also serve as project manager to certain projects found under the branch portfolio as well assist in the development of national plans, policies, and procedures.

Duties

This job announcement will remain open for 10 business days. 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. Develops, reviews, and revises deliberate plans, operational plans, concepts of operation, SOPs, and field guides that align with emergency management best practices and the National Incident Management System. Serves as the intra- and inter-agency point of contact for National-level emergency management programs and integration of these programs into agency and departmental support plans. Expert knowledge in disaster response planning and operations, and complex national emergency preparedness missions. Develops, researches, interprets, analyzes, implements and applies a variety of guidelines that impact planning and emergency management operations. Conduct program analysis, evaluations, and reviews to ensure plans are current and meet both internal and external requirements. Possess and exhibit excellent communications skills, tact and diplomacy, technical expertise in emergency planning and resource management. Develops and maintains strong collaborative relationships with preparedness and response partners internal and external to a department or agencies emergency management program. Utilizes systematic and strategic approaches to issues and designs enterprise wide solutions; to include, handling complex and difficult assignments of national scope and significance, serving as the technical expert in the formulation and promulgation of national program guidelines, policies, plans, and procedures for effective implementation of programs. Provides guidance services, identifying and resolving complex problems relating to national level plans, both internal to an organization, as well as externally, as they relate to federal preparedness and response. Ensures program policy, training, guidance, plans, procedures, processes, practices, and operations are fully integrated and compliant with department, agency, and government policy, laws, regulations, and professional best practices in emergency management planning and execution of those plans. Skill in preparing written reports, instructions, and briefings, such as developing, analyzing, reviewing, revising, and/or providing recommendations on draft policies, directives, standard operating procedures, reports, plans, Federal guidance, decision papers, acquisition plans, statements of objectives, statements of work, statutory documents, briefing materials, presentations, white papers, talking points, after-action reports, and reports for leadership, and/or other stakeholders. Emergency management-related directives, regulations, policies, laws, standards and guidance include, but are not limited to National Security Strategy, Presidential Policy Directives, Homeland Security Presidential Directives, National Mitigation Framework, National Incident Management System, National Response Framework, and National Disaster Recovery Framework. Influence managers or other officials to accept and implement findings and recommendations on organizational improvement or program effectiveness. May encounter resistance due to such issues as organizational conflict, competing objectives, or resource problems. Manage multiple projects to include those requiring contract support and being able to manage the projects through kickoff to conclusion as well as adhering to key project milestones, adherence to contract law, and applying other project management tools and techniques. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: M-F 7:00 am - 3:30pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available. Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period). Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Emergency Management Specialist/PD08606A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/06/2024. 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: Have 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 5 of 7 of the following examples of specialized experience. Variety of health-related organizations, structures, missions, programs and operational doctrine Quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques are needed to develop and support complex national emergency preparedness missions Emergency management plans, programs and operations to include public laws and executive orders Plan & procedures related to the National Incident Management System (NIMS} and the National Response Framework (NRF) Apply analytical and evaluative methods to how regulatory programs are administered to emergency management programs Coordinates and directs the accomplishment of all functions comprising the assignedmission _of the emergency management staff Direct and work with the staff in the selection and application of appropriate problem solving-methods and work methods You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Emergency Management Systems Thinking Analysis and Problem Solving Interpersonal Skills 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 primarily sedentary, but may involve a moderate physical effort requirement may be required at times. 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]