Summary

The Infrastructure Operations Division focuses on protecting critical infrastructure from all hazards by managing risk and enhancing resilience through collaboration with the critical infrastructure community, which includes private sector owners, operators, and employees; State, local, tribal, and territorial officials; and other Federal agencies.

Duties

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Typical work assignments at the full performance level include, but are not limited to:

• Sharing in planning, development, monitoring, conduct, and evaluation of critical infrastructure security and resilience related exercises.
• Facilitating exercise planning meetings and communicates with other key personnel to develop exercise design elements, recommend courses of action based on previous exercises, and potential recognizable shortfalls as they relate to the exercise in compliance with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
• Generating exercise related presentations, such as the exercise Brief Slide Deck, to facilitate a guided discussion, walking players through the scenario, modules, and discussion question.
• Creating briefings to capture exercise related information, providing awareness to regional leadership, making them aware of key exercise elements and any potential necessary actions within the regional area of responsibility.
• Representing CISA by speaking on regional Training and Exercise initiatives, opportunities, and events at working groups, conferences, interagency meetings, and other forums.
• Directing exercise operations and facilitates successful exercise conduct.
• Coordinating regional training deliveries.
• Disseminating training resource information to partners and stakeholders.

Military Spouses & U.S. Foreign Service Spouses Only: This position is remote work and telework eligible consistent with the Agency's telework and remote work program policy. Applicants who live within the local commuting area (i.e., a 50-mile or less radius from Glebe Road, Arlington VA (not driving distance)) are eligible for 100% telework in accordance with agency policy.

Qualifications

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. Your resume must describe your work and experience, in your own words.

To be considered minimally qualified for this position, you must demonstrate that you have the required experience for the respective grade level in which you are applying.

You qualify at the GS-12 grade level, if you have:

EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level (or equivalent) performing all the following duties:

1. Assisting with planning, coordinating and executing training, exercises, meetings, or knowledge sharing events involving varied audiences;
2. Assisting with the development of briefing and training materials, coordination of venue and technology requirements, and post evaluation assessments; AND
3. Managing relationships with stakeholders across the public and private sector.

You qualify at the GS-13 grade level, if you have:

EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent) performing all the following duties:

1. Planning, coordination and executing training, exercises, meetings, or knowledge sharing events involving varied audiences;
2. Developing briefing or training and exercise materials, coordination of venue and technology requirements, and post evaluation assessments; AND
3. Building and accessing relationships with stakeholders through stakeholder mapping or other prioritizing methods.

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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience. You must meet the qualification requirements specified in the "Qualifications"section of this announcement.

Additional information

• Other incentives may be authorized.
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment.
• Military Spouses & U.S. Foreign Service Spouses Only: The actual salary will be adjusted based on the grade, step, and locality for the selectee's geographic location. The remote worker's locality pay is based on the location of the employee's residence. General Schedule (GS) locality pay tables may be found at Salaries & Wages.
• The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum base pay, GS-12, step 1 up to the maximum base pay, GS-13, step 10. This announcement covers multiple locations. The actual salary will be adjusted based on the grade, step, and locality for the selectee's duty location. General Schedule (GS) locality pay tables may be found at Salaries & Wages.
• If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.

Benefits

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