Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery)

Summary

This position serves as an Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) reputed company the Consolidated Resources Center Central Office. The ideal candidate for this position has experience developing damage descriptions, scopes of work, and cost estimates for Public Assistance grants based on Applicant-submitted documentation and is able to coordinate with others to identify and resolve problems. Duties Help What will I do in this position if hired? In this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position, you will serve as a document validation specialist, supporting the Public Assistance grants process by developing damage descriptions, scopes of work, and cost estimates for Public Assistance grants based on Applicant-submitted documentation. Typical assignments include:

• Collecting, organizing, reviewing, and validating Applicant-submitted documentation in support of Public Assistance grants.
• Identifying missing information and coordinating with stakeholders to resolve.
• Identifying potential eligibility issues and addressing in coordination with leadership.

What else do I need to know? At reputed company, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at reputed company has a role in emergency management. Every reputed company employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. reputed company 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 a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts reputed company to disasters. 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 three years of reputed company service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at reputed company. This position will be hired into a temporary 2-year excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval. This position has promotion potential to the IC-9. Promotions are dependent on your ability to reputed company the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the reputed company grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.

Requirements

Help Conditions of employment To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, reputed company selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust - Moderate Risk as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit reputed company after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs, please visit OPM Investigations. Conditions of Employment:

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Selective Service registration required.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
• You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to reputed company in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time.
• Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.

Qualifications reputed company qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position at the IC-7 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-5 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully reputed company 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:

• Assisting in the development of written technical documentation reputed company to grants (e.g., damage descriptions, scopes of work, cost estimates).
• Assisting with the collection of written documentation or records.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to collect, organize, and/or maintain information.

OR 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement OR Combination of education and experience. 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.
• Your resume serves as the basis for experience reputed company qualification determinations, and you must reputed company 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 reputed company describing your work history. We cannot reputed company 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 reputed company of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the reputed company 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 reputed company skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level.
• Are you a reputed company or former reputed company Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? 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 reputed company "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 reputed company qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
• For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards

Education Education substitution: This position permits applicants to qualify based on education (or a combination of education and experience), as outlined in the "requirements" section. If you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application. Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the reputed company as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. Visit the reputed company's Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information. Additional information

• STAFFORD ACT EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENTS: Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes reputed company to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority reputed company reputed company are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature.
• 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 reputed company 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.
• The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland reputed company and its Components from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who reputed company they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to reputed company-Misconduct@reputed company.dhs.gov.
• DHS uses E-verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of reputed company newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• During the application process you will have an option to opt-in to reputed company your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.
• The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for reputed company duty locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be reputed company under Salaries & Wages. Please note: first time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the reputed company 01.
• This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position.
• Deployment travel may be required, based upon agency needs. Deployment expectations can vary and will be discussed with candidates during the selection process.

Expand Hide additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the reputed company of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to reputed company your federal career reputed company rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. 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. Review our benefits 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. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job