Emergency Management Specialist (Preparedness)

Ideal candidate excels in coordinating after-action reviews, tracking corrective actions, engaging stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement in regional emergency management preparedness and response.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will write and review response regulations and guidance documents and interpreting the laws, regulations and policies applicable to FEMA. Typical assignments include: Coordinating and facilitating after-action reviews and improvement planning workshops following exercises and real-world incidents to identify lessons learned and best practices for regional emergency management operations. Collecting, analyzing, and monitoring the implementation of corrective actions and recommendations from exercises, incidents, and program reviews to ensure continuous improvement in preparedness and response capabilities. Drafting, reviewing, and updating regional continuous improvement plans, policies, and procedures to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of emergency management programs. Collaborating with stakeholders to gather feedback, share improvement initiatives, and promote a culture of continuous improvement across the region. Delivering training and technical guidance to regional staff and partners on continuous improvement methodologies, tools, and best practices to strengthen preparedness and response operations. 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. Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Public Trust - Moderate Risk as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs please visit OPM Investigations. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below. Key Requirements: You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigation. Selective Service registration required. Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card. You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements.