Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery)

The ideal candidate for this position will be a proven leader in disaster recovery with strong program management, inter-agency coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills. Delivers effective, timely, and eligible recovery outcomes for communities.

What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as a Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) in the Regional 3, Recovery Division, Public Assistance Branch. Typical assignments include: Being responsible for directing the day-to-day management, administration, and execution of Public Assistance programs, overseeing recovery activations, staffing readiness, and resource coordination to ensure unified and compliant disaster operations from pre- declaration through closeout. Serving as a senior advisor to regional leadership, the incumbent interprets complex federal laws, regulations, and policies applicable to public assistance disaster recovery, while reviewing high-level correspondence, participating in congressional calls, and ensuring all regional operations strictly align with statutory requirements and directives. Acting as an agency spokesperson and project lead for nationwide public assistance initiatives, managing program budgets and contractor performance while collaborating with elected officials and federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and voluntary partners to facilitate effective inter-agency cooperation and disaster recovery. Exercising first-level administrative and technical supervision over regional public assistance staff by planning work, setting priorities, tracking progress, and managing personnel actions such as hiring, leave approvals, conflict resolution, and the implementation of appropriate employee guidance and discipline. Establishing yearly performance plans and metrics to evaluate staff productivity, while simultaneously directing the development of emergency management standards, risk assessments, training programs, and public assistance recovery plans to enhance overall organizational capability. 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.

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.

No Educational Substitution: There is no educational substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualifications listed in the "requirements" section of this announcement.