Community Planner

Ideal candidate will have had experience working with hazard mitigation planning and the various components of a proper plan. Should also have experience reviewing documents for compliance with stated requirements and the ability to effectively communicate technical data to various different levels of stakeholders.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a Community Planner for Region Six, Mitigation Division, Risk Analysis Branch.

Typical assignments include:

• Providing technical advice and guidance to State, Tribal, and local officials in the
  
  development of sound mitigation strategies through planning to reduce vulnerability
  
  to future hazards.
• Reviewing ordinances, projects, and mitigation plans for compliance of applicable
  
  Federal Statutes.
• Attending and conducting a variety of meetings and delivering training workshops
  
  throughout the Region with Federal, State, Tribal and local government officials.
• Assessing training needs of state and local partners and conducts and/or
  
  coordinates training courses to meet needs.

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 a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and 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 three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

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