Summary

This position is located in the EOC of the assigned state and managed by the Region 6, Response Division. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience serving as a senior liaison and will have knowledge of both FEMA response operations and the emergency management organization and structure of the supported state; and able to work successfully in the assigned state emergency operations center facility as a member of the Response Division's FEMA Integration Team (FIT).

Duties

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What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will be serving as a member of the Response Division FEMA Integration Team (Response FIT) to the assigned state emergency operation center supporting the integration and coordination of FEMA Region 6 response operations, logistics, planning, and other preparedness/readiness efforts. Typical assignments include:

• Operating as the lead state liaison between the Region 6 Watch/RRCC and the state emergency operations center (when deployed) for sharing priorities, objectives, concerns, and situational awareness; may participate as a member of on-site teams in the initial response period of an emergency event, exercises, and after-action reviews.
• Preparing senior-level reports and briefings which support the sharing of situational awareness and provides leadership with information needed to make informed decisions; represents FEMA Region 6 Response at state and federal meetings and conferences providing oral briefs when requested.
• Utilizing emergency management and related directives, policies, regulations, procedures, and methods; and collaborating and fostering relationships between FEMA Region 6 whole community response partners.
• Operating independently in coordination with FIT members from other divisions; supporting others in their efforts to improve state preparedness and interagency coordination.

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.

Qualifications

Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:
• Developing, communicating, and executing plans, policies or procedures across a diverse group of stakeholders at the Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, non-governmental organization or private sector level,
• Providing emergency management services in one of the following: (1) conducting emergency management operations at the Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, non-governmental organization or private sector level, (2) performing emergency management logistics functions at the Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, non-governmental organization or private sector level,
• Utilizing emergency management planning and decision-making processes: (i.e. National Incident Management System-Incident Command System (NIMS-ICS), the National Response Framework (NRF), the FEMA Six-Step Planning Process or Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP).

Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:

• Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

• Please limit your resume to two pages. The USAJOBS database will not allow an applicant to submit an application that includes a resume over two pages.
• Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.

Are you qualifying based on your work experience?

• Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level.

• Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/DAE employee? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment.

• Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified."

• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

• For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards

Education

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.

Benefits

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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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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.