Emergency Management Specialist Operations Branch Chief Type I

3 weeks ago

Herndon, Virginia, United States Department Of Homeland Security Full time
Summary

This position is being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. This is a 4-year temporary appointment in the Excepted service. This position is located on a Type II, National IMAT and has a starting salary range of $56.52 per hour to $76.30 per hour; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $86.83 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.



Duties

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will be supporting Response and Recovery, Field Operations Directorate, Operational Coordination Division, National IMAT East as an Emergency Management Specialist - Operations Branch Director Type 1. Typical assignments include:

When deployed, the Operations Branch Director reports to the Operations Section Chief and coordinates federal support for response and recovery to disasters that result in considerable levels of damage or disruption that severely impacts the affected population and infrastructure requiring sustained federal recovery support. Typical responsibilities include:

  • Ensures information is rapidly and effectively shared throughout the incident organization and to/from the disaster staff.
  • Coordinates with FEMA Stafford Act program managers to ensure the delivery of programs are consistent, meets customer needs, and is implemented in accordance with Stafford Act requirements and FEMA policy.
  • Develops strategies and tactics in support of incident objectives.
  • Assess the workload and requests the appropriate numbers and types of resources.
  • Coordinates with state counterpart and assigned DIVS to ensure integrated response and recovery operations.

When not deployed, typical responsibilities for the incumbent include:

  • Participates in exercises at the national, regional and state level and all required training with states, territories and other federal agencies.
  • Provides input for development of and participate in the execution and documentation of functions and plans affecting critical aspects of FEMA's mission, operational responses and programs.
  • Provides basic instruction on disaster-related topics to regions, states and local authorities.
  • Participates in the development of regional catastrophic planning for all-hazard responses.
  • Assists in the development of plans, goals, and objectives for new initiatives and programs.
  • Evaluates and provides recommendations for improving effectiveness of existing programs and activities.

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.

This announcement is for a position as an IMAT CORE (Incident Management Assist Team, Cadre of Response/Recovery Employee). IMAT CORE employees are full time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. IMATs are the first FEMA personnel deployed to an incident and manage the field-level federal response and early recovery with a primary focus on critical infrastructure stabilization, especially life-saving and life-sustaining efforts. Appointments to IMAT CORE positions are four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After 3 years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. 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's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please

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