Emergency Management Specialist

Joining the Secret Service, Office of Administration, Security, Continuity and Emergency Preparedness Division, (CEP) will allow you to perform emergency management work involving the prevention, protection from, preparedness for, and response to emergency incidents. For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here.

The selectee will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist in the Office of Administration, Security, Continuity and Emergency Preparedness Division. Typical work assignments include: Serving as the subject matter expert and project lead, providing technical advice on continuity and emergency preparedness response activities associated within the Continuity and Emergency Preparedness Division. Drafting and reviewing all internal and external exercise after action reports and corrective action plans for submission to Department of Homeland Security or Federal Emergency Management Agency. Serving as the primary Secret Service representative at multiple federal, state, and local interagency continuity and emergency preparedness working groups.

U.S. Citizenship is required. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. If selected for this position, you will be required to: Obtain and maintain a Top-Secret Tier 5 clearance. For more information visit OPM Mythbuster Page. Submit a credit check after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.