This position is located in FEMA's Region 10, Mitigation Division, Community Resilience and Infrastructure Grants Branch. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in executing hazard mitigation grant programs and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, and the ability to assess information based on defined criteria.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will have experience working on hazards and risk that could impact Region 10, understanding of mitigation grants, able to communicate complex ideas clearly, and able to assess information based on defined criteria. Typical assignments include: Providing technical assistance regarding the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program, the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program, the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and processes that provide funding for eligible mitigation activities that reduce disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages. Reviewing Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant applications for completeness, evaluating awardee eligibility using established financial, administrative, and business procedures. Managing grant awards for various non-disaster programs. Coordinating review and close-out of HMA grants with appropriate FEMA staff, program offices, and State,Tribal, and local officials. 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.
kim.rogers@fema.dhs.gov 771-202-1262
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