Local Hire (Emergency Management Specialist 3)

US Federal Emergency Management Agency; Pine Ridge (SD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) seeks a Local Hire Emergency Management Specialist III to support disaster response and recovery in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. The temporary appointment runs for 120 days and may be extended in 120‑day increments based on disaster needs.

Qualifications include one year of specialized experience (analyzing programs, advising customers, collecting and reporting data to management).

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience demonstrating analysis of programs or processes to resolve problems.
• Experience providing advice or support to customers.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and preparing data/reports for management.

Skills

Program analysis

Customer advisory

Data reporting

Education

Master's degree or higher

Graduate study 2 years

LL.B./J.D. (related)

Job description

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has an immediate need to employ temporary local hires to assist with disaster response and recovery efforts in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Local hire employees are typically local residents who aid in the recovery of their community and help their fellow citizens in the recovery process. A local hire's term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster.

To qualify for this Local Hire (Emergency Management Specialist 3) position, you must possess experience:

• Analyzing programs and/ or processes to identify and resolve problems.
• Providing advice and/or support to customers.
• Collecting, analyzing, and preparing data/reports to management.

OR

• A master's or equivalent graduate degree or,
• 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or,
• LL.B. or J.D., if related.

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