Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Re...

Summary

This position is being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. This is a 2-year temporary appointment in the Excepted service. This position is located on a Type II IMAT team and has a starting salary range of $49.43 per hour to $54.92 per hour; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $69.01 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay.

Responsibilities

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as an Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response) Operations Task Force Leader (OPTL) on the Region 9 IMAT team. When deployed, the Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response) Operations Task Force Leader (OPTL) Typical assignments include: Supporting the Operations Section Chief (OSC) with development, coordination, and implementation of providing employee services to leadership and other stakeholders during deployments. Facilitating communication, coordination, and collaboration across aspects of response by serving as a liaison to Field Operations. Communicating any new policies, guidelines, or instructions to managers, supervisors, and or employees regarding personnel administrative requirements. Submitting items for the Remedial Action Management Program (RAMP) to immediate supervisor. Hold personnel accountable for execution of assigned tasks. Supporting and collaborating with Public Assistance (PA) staff, Maintain an accurate map of the completed areas of responsibility. Ensuring accurate operational information is included on the ICS 215 task assignment worksheets. Ensuring task descriptions provide clear, concise direction, and performance expectations that support the incident objectives. Coordinating / assisting with the Operations Section's development of the Incident Action Plan (IAP). Explaining each subordinate's assignments in the context of the bigger picture. Keeping subordinates informed of decisions, actions, and changes that affect them. Establish work assignments, provide feedback to FEMA program and Emergency Support Function (ESF) leads on performance appraisals for personnel assigned to the Division. Coordinating / assisting with the sharing of information between the local government, the Operations Staff, and the state/tribe. Coordinating with geographic branch/division task force/crew leaders, single resources and ESFs/RSFs to prepare for the Operations Tactics Meeting, and other duties as assigned by the Operations Section Chief. When not deployed, the Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response) Operations Task Force Leader (OPTL) Typical assignments include: Advising on the development and documentation of business administrative functions and planning, that affect critical aspects of the IMAT mission as designated by the Operations Section Chief. Providing and informing leadership of critical shortfalls on operational requirements and recommending resource adjudication. 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. This announcement is for a position as an IMAT CORE (Incident Management Assist Team, Cadre of Response/Recovery Employee). IMAT CORE employees are full time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. IMATs are the first FEMA personnel deployed to an incident and manage the field-level federal response and early recovery with a primary focus on critical infrastructure stabilization, especially life-saving and life-sustaining efforts. Appointments to IMAT CORE positions are four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After 3 years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA. This position will be hired into a temporary 2-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, Apply tot his job Apply To this Job