Supervisory Fire Program Specialist

US Federal Emergency Management Agency; Emmitsburg (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency in Emmitsburg, Maryland, seeks candidates with strong communication skills, attention to detail, and proven leadership to oversee planning and management of fire prevention, community risk reduction, and public education initiatives. The role emphasizes guiding teams and coordinating large-scale outreach and preparedness activities.

Qualified applicants will demonstrate experience in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating complex

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, be detail-oriented, and possess experience leading teams while managing a wide range of program planning and project management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Planning, implementation, monitoring, analysis, and evaluation of fire prevention, community risk reduction, and public education, including national-level and/or large-scale outreach initiatives.
• Developing plans and deliverables for fire prevention, community risk reduction, and preparedness activities for the public.
• Managing complex, multi-faceted programs and supervising employees.

Skills

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Team leadership

Program planning

Project management

Job description

This position is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland, within the National Fire and Emergency Medical Services Division. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, be detail-oriented, and possess experience leading teams while managing a wide range of program planning and project management responsibilities.

The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

• Planning, implementation, monitoring, analysis, and evaluation of fire prevention, community risk reduction, and public education, including national-level and/or large-scale outreach initiatives;
• Developing plans and deliverables for fire prevention, community risk reduction, and preparedness activities for the public; AND
• Managing complex, multi-faceted programs and supervising employees.

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.
• 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.