This position is located at the Resilience, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Mitigation, Hazard Mitigation Assistance Division in Washington, DC. Joining the Mitigation Directorate within FEMA's Office of Resilience offering exciting opportunity to become part of a team that builds and delivers creative solutions to empower communities to become more resilient and adaptable to intensifying hazards to reduce disaster suffering.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as senior expert mitigation advisors to high-ranking and professional staff in the headquarters and in the geographically dispersed regions of FEMA along with related agencies at Federal, State, local, tribal, territorial, nongovernmental organizations, and private sector.
Typical assignments include: Supervises staff that serves as expert functional proponents in the mitigation area providing advice and guidance on national and regionalized delivery of mitigation services. Manages the development and implementation of new emergency management mitigation programs and enhancements.
Analyze mitigation program requirements and determines needed and available resources (e.g., technical expertise, equipment, and infrastructure) and capacities, as well as future resources, to support all mitigation 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.
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.
DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays. Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers.
DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.
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andrenette.cooper@fema.dhs.gov · 202-880-1438
This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-14.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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