This position is located with the Hazardous Mitigation Administration Branch in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The ideal candidate for this position will be an experienced grants management leader with proven supervisory skills, able to manage complex workflows, foster stakeholder engagement, interpret technical requirements, and ensure compliance with laws, regulations and agency policy.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as Supervisory EmergenEmergency. Typical assignments include: Supervising and directing branch staff by assigning work, setting priorities, monitoring progress, reviewing completed work, evaluating performance, addressing employee concerns, and identifying training and development needs.
Overseeing application and sub-application review activities to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent review of Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant applications in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, agency policies, program guidance, and technical requirements.
Providing expert technical guidance and policy interpretation on complex mitigation, grants management, and emergency management issues, including matters that may be sensitive, controversial, or precedent-setting. CoordinatingCoordinating with internal and external stakeholders including FEMA divisions, regional offices, Federal, State, local, and tribal partners to resolve issues, clarify requirements, support program delivery, and advance mitigation objectives.
Communicating program status, risks, and recommendations to leadership through briefings, technical writing, reports, and other materials, and represents the organization in stakeholder engagements, field deployments, site visits, and meetings as required. 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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shakita.fultz@fema.dhs.gov · 202-340-9264
This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $142452 – $185193/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-27.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-24 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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