Telecommunications Specialist

US Federal Emergency Management Agency; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Federal Emergency Management Agency seeks an emergency communications professional in Region 5 with expertise spanning interoperable communications, incident coordination, stakeholder engagement, planning, exercises, and operational support across federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, public safety, and private-sector partners.

Qualified candidates will have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12, including coordinating communications planning and supporting

Qualifications

• Requires one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 in the Federal government.
• Experience coordinating emergency communications planning and interoperability initiatives across multiple partners.
• Experience supporting emergency operations and providing timely operational updates.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate emergency communications planning and interoperability initiatives across federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, public safety, and private-sector partners.
• Support emergency operations by assessing communications impacts, identifying resource needs, and tracking issues.
• Review emergency communications to strengthen readiness and resilience.

Skills

Emergency communications

Interoperability

Incident coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Planning

Exercises

Operational support

Job description

This position is located in Region 5. The ideal candidate will be an emergency communications professional skilled in interoperable communications, incident coordination, stakeholder engagement, planning, exercises, and operational support across federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, public safety, and private-sector partners.

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:

1. Coordinating emergency communications planning, interoperability initiatives, and operational communications support across various partners; AND
2. Supporting emergency operations (i.e. assessing communications impacts, identifying resource needs, tracking issues) and providing timely operational updates; AND
3. Reviewing emergency communications to strengthen communications readiness and resilience.

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.

Are you qualifying under Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP/CTAP) Eligibles? If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP/CTAP eligible. View information about ICTAP/CTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. Well-Qualified is defined as those applicants who are rated with a minimum score of 80.00 for this position.