The ideal candidate has experience with the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment/Stakeholder Preparedness Review, Emergency Operations Plans, the National Incident Management System, and emergency management policy and planning; and experience with assessing readiness, analyzing plans and preparedness data and producing reports, and working with a wide range of stakeholders.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will manage, coordinate, and execute Federal emergency all-hazards preparedness activities. Typical assignments include: Managing, coordinating, and executing all-hazards preparedness planning and analysis activities in coordination with multiple sectors and levels of government. Identifying and assessing risks, estimating capability requirements needed to address those risks, informing and supporting efforts to build and sustain required capabilities, and developing and implementing preparedness plans. Providing expert technical assistance, program delivery support, and strategic guidance to stakeholders, senior leaders, and professional staff on complex preparedness programs requiring whole community coordination to build, sustain, and deliver capabilities and improve preparedness and operational readiness. Performing substantive, mission-oriented emergency management work and serving as a program manager and advisor to senior management and professional staff on preparedness program execution, policy implementation, capability assessment, and emergency and disaster readiness issues. Providing technical assistance on the Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, Stakeholder Preparedness Review, and Emergency Operations Plans at state, territory, tribal, and local levels, and supports NIMS-based preparedness assessments of mission-ready teams, capabilities, and infrastructure, and produces reports, briefings, and recommendations. Analyzing preparedness data, identifying capability gaps, assessing progress toward preparedness goals, and recommending strategies to improve regional and stakeholder readiness. 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.
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.
calvin.griffin@fema.dhs.gov 202-717-1485
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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