This position is located in Cambridge, MA, Region 1, Mitigation HMA Branch. 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 be the Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist. Typical assignments include: Supervises and directs branch staff by assigning work, setting priorities, monitoring progress, reviewing completed work, evaluating performance, addressing employee concerns, and identifying training and development needs. 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. Coordinating 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. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that interferes with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessment, you may request a RA in your online application. Requests and supporting documentation for a RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Assessment. Decisions for a RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If your RA request is approved and you meet minimum qualifications, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Assessment. If you receive the USA Hire URL link after the close of the announcement, you must complete all assessments within 48 hours. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.
shakita.fultz@fema.dhs.gov 202-340-9264
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