Emergency Management Specialist (Response)

US Federal Emergency Management Agency; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

US Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, DC seeks a qualified candidate for the Urban Search and Rescue Branch. This role requires expertise in applying US&R System policies and executing training and exercises, with a focus on disaster deployment readiness and operational support.

The ideal candidate will analyze complex issues arising from disaster activity and provide actionable recommendations aligned with FEMA's primary missions and national responses.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience at GS-12 level or equivalent.
• Experience applying National US&R System policies and procedures.
• Experience analyzing disaster activity and recommending actions for FEMA missions.

Responsibilities

• Apply US&R System policies and procedures in operations.
• Utilize equipment and resources essential to National System operations.
• Analyze emerging/critical issues from disaster activity and recommend solutions.
• Contribute to FEMA’s response portions of multi-region or HQ projects.

Skills

US&R policies & procedures

Operational deployments

Disaster response analysis

Problem diagnosis & recommendations

Job description

This position is located in Urban Search and Rescue Branch in Washington, DC. The ideal candidate for this position will have comprehensive knowledge and skill in the application of concepts, principles, procedures and administrative practices of the National US&R program to to include training and exercise development, conduct and execution. 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:

• Applying National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (the System) policies, and procedures; AND
• Utilizing equipment and resources essential to National System operations, and/or participating in operational deployments; AND
• Ability to analyze, troubleshoot, and makes recommendation on emerging/critical issues arising from disaster activity; AND
• Analyzing a wide variety of problems and recommending appropriate solution for the response portions of FEMA's primary missions, multi-region programs, headquarters wide operations, or projects of national interest.

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 grade level, occupational series 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.