Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation)

The ideal candidate for this position will have experience managing technical service contracts and administering grants related to FEMA Hazard Mitigation program implementation in Risk Analysis, Floodplain Management, Flood Insurance, or Hazard Mitigation Assistance.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will work as a member of FEMA's Region 3 Office, Mitigation Division, Risk Analysis Branch. Typical assignments include: Functions as a Risk Analysis Branch grants management and contract management subject matter expert. Facilitates the process of grant awarding, post-award administration, monitoring, and close out; including supporting branch and division leadership regarding risks, opportunities, and interdependencies among Risk Analysis and other Mitigation grants and other Risk Analysis funding vehicles.

Manages task order procurement, pre-award and awarding actions, post-award technical monitoring, invoice processing, task order closeout, and other aspects of the contract procurement lifecycle in support of FEMA Risk Analysis data production, delivery, and outreach functions. Advises federal, state, local, and other partners and stakeholders regarding FEMA Risk Analysis programs, including data delivery, interpretation, and use in support of risk-informed decision-making.

Performs technical writing functions and as a spokesperson for Risk Analysis and coordinated FEMA Mitigation program areas, modulating content and delivery to meet the needs of internal and external audiences. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management.

Every 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's 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. Promotion Potential : Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 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: Supporting projects involving flood risk analysis, floodplain management, hazard mitigation, grants, or contracts; AND Communicating hazard mitigation, flood risk reduction, or resilience program policies and procedures to diverse audiences; AND Analyzing program operations to evaluate effectiveness in meeting established goals and objectives.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 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: Managing projects involving flood risk analysis, floodplain management, hazard mitigation, grants, or technical services contracts; AND Administering grants and overseeing service contracts that support flood risk analysis or hazard mitigation programs.

Communicating hazard mitigation, flood risk reduction, or resilience program policies and procedures to diverse audiences; AND Analyzing program operations and recommending improvements in meeting established goals and objectives. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do 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.

Your 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.

Are you qualifying based on your work experience?

Qualifications

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. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position : (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).

Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To 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.

Determining 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 "not qualified. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.

g., Peace Corps, Ameri. Corps) 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.

For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards .

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.