The position functions as Emergency Management, Operations Specialist (OS) for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Emergency Management (OEM), reporting to the Director, Department of Veterans Affairs Integrated Operations Center (VA IOC). The position ensures operational readiness of the VA IOC. Develops and Implements procedures to ensure smooth operation of the IOC, including secure communications, etc.

Duties

Major Duties: Deliver planned and ad hoc verbal briefings to senior government leaders on topics of interest to the emergency management & resilience community. Coordinate with internal and external partners to meet situational awareness needs that support senior officials is decision-making. Apply knowledge of all-hazards threats environment and national policy to anticipate future events and make recommendations to mitigate impacts. Assess enterprise information sharing and making recommendations that enhance shared situational awareness, operations coordination, and readiness reporting. Work Schedule: 7am-7pm 12 hour shift Compressed/Flexible: Yes Telework: Yes Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:80800A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/02/2024. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Experience working operationally in a Department or Agency Operations Center, ability to effectively communicate, both orally and in writing, and to provide a clear understanding of emergency situations and incidents, general experience providing timely and comprehensive customer service support to executive leaders, general knowledge of and experience with continuity of operations (COOP). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: CommunicationsEmergency ManagementInformation ManagementLearning 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 but will require sitting, walking, and standing, bending, and carrying light items such as books, papers and files, The position may require extended hours to meet critical needs and deadlines, and to devise corrective actions and solutions to unexpected issues or events For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Assistant Secretary for Operations , Security, and Preparedness 810 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Hector Velez
• Phone: 203-994-1950
• Email: [email protected]