This position is located in Colts Neck, New Jersey or New York, New York. The ideal candidate is an effective communicator who builds productive relationships with senior leaders, internal stakeholders, and external partners. They apply HR expertise to independently manage complex assignments and deliver results. They track and communicate progress, ensuring work meets priorities, procedures, deadlines, and quality standards.
They anticipate needs, mitigate issues, and provide service.
What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as a Supervisory Program Specialist. Typical assignments include: Supervising regional HR liaisons by setting priorities, assigning work, monitoring workload and performance, and ensuring accurate, timely completion of assignments. Planning and coordinating short- and long-term HR workload, staffing, and scheduling needs; adjust processes and resources to support regional and program office priorities.
Evaluating employee performance; establishing standards; providing coaching, counseling, administrative guidance, and training; and addressing employee concerns or performance issues. Overseeing personnel actions and organizational data, including recruitments, promotions, details, reassignments, placement tracking, organizational charts, and documentation; apply HR policies and brief leadership on significant guidance changes 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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alisa.lee@fema.dhs.gov · 202-746-6506
This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $125431 – $163062/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-10.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-08 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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