Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response)
New York, NY
| Employer: | FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
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Summary \u003Cp\u003EThis position requires an individual with extensive experience coordinating all facets of consequence management in support of State and Local jurisdictions. These facets include, but aren\u0027t limited to, implementing Operational Plans, Logistics Management, Emergency Communications, Emergency Operations Center Management, Field Level Incident Support, Federal Inter-agency Coordination and State / Local Emergency Disaster Response Coordination. \u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E \u003C/p\u003E Duties \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat will I do in this position if hired? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist will be responsible for serving on the Region\u0027s Senior Leadership team executing the full range of Response Division missions in Region 2. Key duties for this position includes, but is not limited to, developing strategic level guidance for the Response Division, leading a team of supervisors directing one hundred personnel across a variety of mission areas, maintaining situational awareness of actual and anticipated incidents, coordinating with partners and stakeholders across all levels of government to effect consequence management responsibilities, completing a wide array of administrative requirements, processing classified and unclassified information, and engaging regularly with Senior Leadership from across the Region, Headquarters, Other Federal Agencies, and State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial governments. Employee will assist in the execution of disaster operations functions at the Regional Response Coordination Center, Initial Operating Facilities, Joint Field Offices, and Joint Recovery Offices as directed to effect consequence management. Typical assignments include:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ELeading a team of Branch Chiefs responsible for the day to day oversight of the nearly one hundred personnel assigned to the Region 2 Response Division.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECoordinating all facets of consequence management in support of actual and anticipated requirements from State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial jurisdictions. \u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EImplementing operational plans, executing logistics concepts of support, enabling emergency communications, directing time phased deployment, employment, and demobilization actions, and establishing Unified Coordination Groups for operational coordination in support of Stafford Act and non Stafford Act incidents and events.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EServing as a Regional Coordinating Officer of the Region 2 Regional Response Coordination Center in support of Stafford Act and non Stafford Act incidents and events.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExecuting Federal interagency coordination during steady state, activations, and deployments to both plan for and meet emerging requirements.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEnsuring the completion of a variety of administrative requirements related to human resources, staff development, funds budgeting, readiness reporting, policy development, and strategic planning for the Response Division.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat else do I need to know? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAt FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. \u003C/strong\u003EEvery FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee\u0027s official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.\u003C/strong\u003E At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA\u0027s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.fema.gov/\u0022\u003Ewww.fema.gov\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E Requirements \u003Cp\u003ECurrent Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The time-in-grade and qualification requirements must be met \u003Cstrong\u003Ewithin 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo qualify for this position at the GS-15 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EImplementing operational plans, executing logistics management, enabling emergency communications, and leading Emergency Operations Center operations in support of disasters; AND\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExecuting interagency coordination in support of State /Local Emergency Disaster response requirements; AND\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBriefing senior level government officials at the Federal, State and local level.\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlease read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDo not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPlease limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EYour resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre you qualifying based on your work experience? \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. \u003C/strong\u003ETo ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/account/documents/resume/build/\u0022\u003EUSAJOBS online Resume Builder\u003C/a\u003E. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information \u003Cstrong\u003Eorganized by\u003C/strong\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003Eexperience/position\u003C/strong\u003E: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). \u003Cstrong\u003EFederal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level. \u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAre you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? \u003C/strong\u003ETo accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDetermining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found \u0022not qualified.\u0022\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EExperience 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 provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFor additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM \u003Ca href=\u0022https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer\u0022\u003EGeneral Schedule Qualification Standards\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/li\u003E\u003C/ul\u003E | |