Environmental Protection Specialist

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Chicago (IL)

Remote

USD 69,000 - 130,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Flexible Spending Account

Paid federal holidays

Job summary

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region Five is seeking an Environmental Protection Specialist to support the Mitigation Division. The role involves ensuring compliance with NEPA, ESA, NHPA, and related executive orders, and preparing complex environmental and historic preservation documents.

You will coordinate consultations with local, state, federal agencies and tribes, manage project workloads and provide guidance on compliance requirements to internal and external partners.

Qualifications

Education substitution allows qualification by education or a combination of education and experience.
Submit your transcripts (unofficial acceptable) with your online application.
Official college transcripts must be provided prior to appointment.
Foreign education must be comparable to U.S. institutions recognized by accrediting bodies.

Responsibilities

Ensure regulatory compliance with NEPA, ESA, NHPA, and Floodplain/Wetland EO.
Prepare environmental and historic preservation compliance documents.
Coordinate informal and formal consultations with local, state, federal, and tribal entities.

Skills

Architectural Historian

Archaeologist

Wildlife Biologist

Environmental Historic Preservation

Job description

Department: Department of Homeland Security

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Architectural Historian, Archaeologist, Wildlife Biologist or Environmental Historic Preservation generalists.

Key Responsibilities

In this Environmental Protection Specialist position, you will serve as an Environmental Protection Specialist for FEMA Region Five, Mitigation Division.

Typical assignments include: Ensuring regulatory compliance with applicable federal environmental laws, regulations, and Executive Orders (EO), including but not limited to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and Floodplain and Wetland Executive Orders. Preparing environmental and historic preservation compliance documents from simple to complex.

Coordinating informal and formal consultation with appropriate local, state, federal, and tribes to meet regulatory compliance requirements. Managing a complex workload that requires establishing and adhering to schedules and priorities for assigned projects. Providing training, technical assistance, and guidance regarding environmental and historic preservation compliance requirements to internal and external partners. 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 a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related 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 continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA. This position has promotion potential to the IC-12.

Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the lower grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.

Requirements & 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 Department of Education 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 Department of Education's Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.

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.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $68999 – $130080/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-19.

How many openings are available?

There are 2 openings for this position.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.