EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Duties

• You will direct an organization's Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during emergency management exercises, actual disasters, or incidents.
• You will oversee an emergency management program to ensure work is completed in accordance with program requirements.
• You will develop and implement emergency management training, exercises, and evaluations to promote mission readiness.
• You will coordinate emergency management command and control functions to maintain effective operations of an Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
• You will evaluate emergency operations plans to determine the need to reallocate resources.
• You will maintain an inventory to deploy resources in support of emergency management response and recovery operations.

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
• 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 sign the Statement of Understanding for Overseas Employment acknowledging receipt and understanding of the statement of living and working conditions for this location.
• May be required to obtain a VISA dependent on the overseas country's laws/regulations.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Passport.
• If eligible for permanent change of station, the appointee will be required to sign a transportation agreement to establish a Government time in service requirement of 12 months.
• This is an overseas position. You will be subject to and must be able to satisfy the overseas requirements of the 26Jul12 DODI 1400.25 V1230: http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025v1230.pdf
• 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 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 position is designated as mission critical in accordance with CNIC 3440.14.
• May be directed or required to receive annual or pandemic influenza vaccine.

Qualifications

Your resume must also 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. Creating an emergency management plan in accordance with federal, state, local, and command rules and regulations;
2. Developing policies and procedures in response to emergencies (i.e. chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, fire, natural disasters);
3. Maintaining an emergency operations center (i.e. maintaining equipment, developing budget submissions; implementing training, etc.);
4. Analyzing emergency management incidents and responses to determine appropriate responses and/or areas for improvement.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Group-Standards

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Applicants that do not meet the specialized experience as described above may qualify with the following education:
Successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree.
OR
Successfully completed two full years of progressively higher graduate level education leading to a master's degree.
OR
Obtained an LL.B. or J.D. that is related to the position being filled.https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/
OR
Have a combination of experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

If you are using education to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, you must submit a copy of your transcripts or an itemized list of college courses which includes equivalent information from the transcript (course title, semester/quarter hours, and grade/degree earned) in your resume. See OPM's General Policies for information on crediting education. https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classificationqualifications/general-schedule-qualification-policies/#url=General-Policies

A transcript must be submitted with your application if qualifying using education. See Required Documents for additional information.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the qualification requirements if the applicant can provide documentation indicating that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to provide such evidence when applying for further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Additional information

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

Several vacancies may be filled.

Tour of duty will be 12 months unaccompanied, 24-months accompanied.

Certain incentives (such as Recruitment, Relocation) may be authorized to eligible selectees.

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: .

Veteran's preference does not apply when selecting individuals under this specific hiring authority. However, if you claim veteran's preference, you will be required to submit supporting documentation with your application as described in the Required Documents section below.