EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Duties

• You will assess an emergency management program to determine enhancements and improvements that can be made to reduce the potential for loss of life and property.
• You will conduct emergency management training to establish personnel are prepared and certified in incident command systems.
• You will coordinate emergency management command and control functions to maintain effective operations of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
• You will determine resource and procedural requirements for Emergency Operations Center (EOC) functions to confirm funding is sufficient.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• You must acknowledge in writing that you are accepting an appointment in the DCIPS (excepted service) which does not confer competitive status, prior to appointment.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver's license.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
• This is a Mission Essential position. You will be required to ensure organization or facility continuity of operations and/or completion of tasks that are considered essential to the mission designated by a local or command decision.
• This position is subject to a 24-hour recall in the event of an emergency.
• Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered.
• This position is subject to work an uncommon tour, including nights, weekends, and holidays to meet mission requirements. Overtime or night differential pay and/or unusual duty hours may be required.
• This is a bargaining unit position.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-07 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Assists in developing, revising and executing Emergency Operation Procedures and other written guidance to support the Emergency Operations Center; 2) Apply Emergency Management concepts, policies and procedures; 3) Maintains a strong working knowledge of the capabilities, limitations and operation procedures associated with Mass Warning and Notification; 4) Develop and implement business rules and use of radio and computer-bases collaboration applications to promote effective command control of incident response operations; 5) Assist the Emergency Management Officer in establishing and maintaining an alternate EOC on or near the installation that is capable of supporting operations; 6) Document and maintain a 100% inventory of all communications, display and office equipment assigned to or located in the EOC and alternate EOC; 7) Assists in the development of integrated exercises and drill packages that support installation and EM program training objectives. Support the installation EMO for various administrative actions, including periodic reports, and data calls and other administrative tasks; 8) Assist with Exercises and Assessments.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:

Additional qualification information can be found from the following DON DCIPS policy website:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards

Education

In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:

Successful completion of a master's or equivalent graduate degree
OR
Successful completion of two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree
OR
Possession of an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to this position being filled.

OR

A combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Additional information

This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Temporary actions taken under this announcement may be terminated at any time before the established not-to-exceed date.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at:

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

ICTAP does not apply to Excepted Service positions.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

All Defense Intelligence positions under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) are in the excepted service by specific statue, 10 U.S.C. 1601. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

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