Emergency Management Specialist (Deliberate Future Operational Planner)

US Federal Emergency Management Agency; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Integration Team is seeking an Emergency Management Specialist (Deliberate Future Operational Planner) for Springfield, IL, and Dimondale, MI. The role focuses on leading collaborative, deliberate, and future operational planning with state partners to enhance readiness and long-term disaster response capabilities.

Ideal candidates have experience in interagency coordination, strategic plan development, and technical guidance.

Qualifications

• Developing and drafting comprehensive emergency operations, deliberate, or strategic contingency plans.
• Collaborating with interagency partners to establish unified planning processes.
• Analyzing complex planning challenges and capability gaps in disaster preparedness and response.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaborative, deliberate, and future operational planning with state partners.
• Integrate with federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners to strengthen readiness.
• Provide guidance and coordinate planning efforts to enhance disaster response capabilities.

Skills

Interagency coordination

Strategic planning

Emergency management

Job description

FEMA Integration Team (FIT) Emergency Management Specialist (Deliberate Future Operational Planner) in Springfield, IL, and Dimondale, MI locations will integrate with state partners to lead collaborative, deliberate, and future operational planning. Ideal candidates is an experienced emergency management professional, expertise in interagency coordination, strategic plan development, and technical guidance, dedicated to enhancing readiness and building long-term disaster response capabilities.

All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist (Deliberate Future Operational Planner) position at the IC-12 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-11 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 and drafting comprehensive emergency operations, deliberate, or strategic contingency plans; and


• Collaborating with interagency partners, including federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial entities, establishing and aligning unified planning processes; and


• Analyzing, researching, and resolving complex planning challenges and capability gaps identified during the disaster preparedness and response planning lifecycle.

To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist (Deliberate Future Operational Planner) position at the IC-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-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:

• Serving as a lead planner for the development of comprehensive emergency operations, deliberate, and strategic contingency plans; and


• Providing technical leadership and coordinating planning efforts with federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, or other partners; and


• Leading analysis of complex planning challenges, capability gaps, and operational risks to strengthen disaster preparedness and response capabilities.

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 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 occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level.


• Are you a current or former FEMA 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 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