This position is located in Region Three / National Preparedness Division.The ideal candidate for this position will have a background planning, facilitating, supporting and implementing training plans,experience in classroom instruction and program development and management, as well as possess excellent customer service and leadership skills with experience in collaborating with several levels of government.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serving as the Regional Training Manager performing work that oversees all regional training and education requirements to meet agency and regional goals and objectives.
Typical assignments include: Planning, developing, monitoring, evaluating, and managing all regional training and education requirements to include functional training at the regional, state, tribal, and local level, and the Region 3 employee development program. Planning, initiating, and coordinating innovative programs with secondary and post-secondary leaders to meet regional or national needs for constantly changing education requirements.
Conducting research and needs assessments to identify courses to meet the changes of policy guidance, legislation, or agency emphasis. Exercising technical and administrative supervisory controls that are in keeping with a first level supervisory position. 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. Veterans Employment Opportunities Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, the veteran must 1) be a preference eligible; or 2) be a veteran separated after 3 or more years of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.
In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. (Note: Veteran's preference does not apply under Merit Promotion procedures. View VEOA information on Feds Hire Vets.) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP/CTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP/CTAP eligible.
View information about ICTAP/CTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. Well-Qualified is defined as those applicants who are rated with a minimum score of 80.00 for this position. Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3).
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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keisha.riley@fema.dhs.gov · 202-856-4541
This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $117284 – $152471/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-21.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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