Executive Assistant

This position is located in Washington, District of Columbia, Executive Services Division. The ideal candidate for this position will report to executive level officials who has served as an action officer and has experience in leading groups in planning strategic and operational initiatives.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will be the Executive Assistant. Typical assignments include: - Assisting in facilitating strategic planning and implementation and serving as an Action Officer for front office. - Overseeing administrative operations of the directorate - Performing a full range of administrative tasks, research and analytical projects executes a variety of liaison activities and special assignments related to the mission and functions of the USFA. - Gathering proposals from staff and senior management that include the goals and scope of proposed strategic planning projects. - Taking part in preparing individual evaluation plans. Actively participates in the initial analysis of team findings. Requests data, develops and consolidates reports, and prepares sections of summary reports. Attends meetings with top managers to present findings and explains the meaning of summary report findings. - Preparing travel documents, collects briefing material, serves as backup scheduler. 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 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.