The incumbent is responsible for coordination of the new VISN 2 network-wide Comprehensive Emergency Management Program (CEMP) and for the strategic direction, integration, and oversight of emergency management activities across the entire VISN's multi-state, multi-HSA footprint, and serves as the VISN's direct and primary liaison to national program offices, including the VHA Office of Emergency Management (OEM).
*This position requires incumbent to live in the new VISN 2 catchment area.
Duties include but are not limited to: Directs Network-wide emergency management activities across a multi-state, multi-HSA footprint, requiring the exercise of expert, independent judgment on matters of significant complexity, sensitivity, and consequence.
Identifies and resolves the most complex, cross-jurisdictional resource and healthcare management challenges before, during, and after emergency situations - often without precedent or established guidance - producing executive-level management reports and establishing effective practices that are subsequently adopted VISN-wide and, where warranted, elevated to national program offices for broader adoption.
Issues can involve consumer affairs, emergency planning, and disaster response strategy.
Ensures emergency operations and support activities are monitored across the entire multi-state Network to expedite return to readiness whenever there is a loss of operational capability at any facility or catchment area within the VISN Determines regional priorities when requirements compete for limited assets and directs the positioning, allocation, reallocation, sustainment, and recovery of VISN resources based on hazard, operational consequence, continuity-of-care requirements, and executive priorities Network-wide coordination responsibilities encompass 12 interdependent emergency management functions: Capacity Building - planning, training, exercising, and preparing before incidents occur Laws, Policy, and Regulation - interpreting and applying legal, regulatory, accreditation, and policy frameworks to improve preparedness and disaster outcomes Threat Protection Management - protecting critical infrastructure, identifying vulnerabilities, and reducing risk Public and Crisis Communications - integrating clear, timely, life-safety alerts, warnings, executive communications, and stakeholder messaging Impact Reduction - analyzing hazards, vulnerabilities, dependencies, and cascading consequences to reduce operational impacts, Operational Response - coordinating immediate actions and regional support priorities to protect life, stabilize healthcare operations, and sustain mission-essential services Damage Assessment - integrating technology, field reporting, and multidisciplinary assessment to evaluate physical, operational, clinical, and human impacts Incident Command - applying NIMS/ICS/HICS principles and organized command and coordination structures to unify response while preserving facility incident command Resource Management - identifying, allocating, deploying, tracking, sustaining, recovering, and accounting for personnel, equipment, supplies, and deployable capabilities Continuity of Operations - maintaining essential functions, succession, delegations, alternate operating capability, and continuity of Veteran care Short-Term Recovery - stabilizing affected operations, restoring essential services, and transitioning from response to recovery Continuous Improvement - using after-action reports, corrective actions, assessments, exercises, and incident lessons to close capability gaps and improve tactics, plans, doctrine, training, and readiness Work Schedule: To be determined Telework: This position may be authorized for ADHOC telework.
Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Emergency Manager/PD00031VS Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $125776 – $163514/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-10.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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