Total 456 job vacancies by Federal Emergency Management Agency

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will serve as the Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist within the Office of Response and Recovery, Public Assistance Division. Typical duties will include:

• Provide technical and administrative supervision to staff by planning and assigning work to subordinates.
• Serve as senior-level advisor to the Director, Federal Coordination Officer, Infrastructure Branch Director, and the Public Assistance Group Supervisor on recovery issues.
• Oversee the development and production of Public Assistance grant applications in support of ongoing disaster operations.
• Ensure recovery operations are executed in accordance with headquarters guidance.
• Follow emergency management-related directives, regulations, policies, laws, standards in order to provide survivor-centric assistance.

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee).  CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability.  Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will serve as the Civil Rights Analyst (CRAD), within the Office of Equal Rights. Typical assignments include:

• Present complex and controversial issues to a broad audience.
• Serve as an agency resource person in the development and implementation of policy and procedures.
• Assist in developing and performing studies and evaluations of the implementation of Federal, State, and local civil rights policies and practices in government agencies.

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.

This announcement is for a position as an IM-CORE (Incident Management Cadre of Response/Recovery Employee).  IM-CORE employees are full time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees hold an incident management title and are deployed to the greatest extent possible.  Appointments to IM-CORE positions are two years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After 3 years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling on those who want to help protect American interests and secure our Nation. DHS Components work collectively to prevent terrorism; secure borders and our transportation systems; protect the President and other dignitaries; enforce and administer immigration laws; safeguard cyberspace; and ensure resilience to disasters. We achieve these vital missions through a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.

When disaster strikes, America looks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to support Americans in their times of greatest need. FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled, knowledgeable, high performance workforce. Please visit www.fema.gov for additional information.

EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: 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.

In this position, you will serve as the chief of staff that generally works behind the scenes to solve problems, mediate disputes, and deal with issues before they are brought to the chief executive. Often chiefs of staff act as a confidant and advisor to the chief executive, acting as a sounding board for ideas and innovation. Typical assignments include:

• Providing guidance to the Regional Administrator and Deputy Regional Administrator, and as the chief of the staff, directing subordinate leaders regarding priorities and objectives, suspense dates, procedures, and operations of the organization.
• Ensuring all organizational programs, plans, and policies are systematically integrated into an overall plan of operation.
• Exercising managerial authority to set long range goals and objectives, planning for staffing and organization needs, and overseeing the full range of personnel actions for subordinate staff.
• Overseeing data analysis of substantive mission programs and organization to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and consistency across decision-making processes.
• Leading and managing high level, high priority, urgent situations, which arise while responding to policy and action initiatives.
  

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will work as a Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Section Lead) in the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Disaster Implementation Branch. Typical assignments include: 

• Overseeing and assigning work to staff within an organizational unit comprised of program analysts and grants management specialists.

• Developing white papers, presentations, policies, guidance, training materials, and other products associated with implementation of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Post-Fire Program.

• Coordinating and communicating with internal and external stakeholders and customers to ensure effective and efficient program delivery.

• Providing leadership and management oversight to a team of staff members of varying experience and expertise to support their professional development and career growth.

• Analyzing complex program information and data to provide options and recommendations to agency leadership to resolve highly sensitive issues.

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.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will perform as a Program Analyst. Typical assignments include: 

• Perform contract liaison/oversight of all Office of Chief Security Office contractual matters;
• Performs critical, sensitive studies on various administrative, office management functions, aspects, project, and programs;
• Conducts research on a variety of documents in order to gather, correlate, analyze, determine and recommend solutions to resolve internal management and improve efficiency;
• Influences managers and other officials to accept and implement findings and recommendations on organizational improvement and program effectiveness;
• Manages multiple projects including scope, cost, performance, and schedule utilizing project management foundational methodologies.

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.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will perform tasks related to the review of applicant submitted documentation in support of the administration of Public Assistance grants. Typical assignments include:  

• Collecting, organizing, reviewing, and validating applicant submitted documentation in support of Public Assistance grants where work is complete. 
• Developing damage descriptions and dimensions, scopes of work, and costs. 
• Identifying any missing information and coordinating with counterparts to resolve. 
• Identifying potential eligibility issues and addressing in coordination with leadership in field and Consolidated Resource Center offices. 

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee).  CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability.  Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will serve as a Reports Analyst within the Reporting & Analytics Division, Operational Reporting Branch.  Typical assignments include:

• Providing technical guidance on fraud identification through data analysis and understanding of FEMA databases;
• Developing queries to identify fraud trends;
• Assisting system developers with system modifications and scripts as needed;
• Coordinating with other organizations on fraud related matters.

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee).  CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability.  Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position you will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) for Region One, Recovery Division, Public Assistance Branch in Maynard, MA.

Typical assignments include: 

• Assisting in the day-to-day administration of the Public Assistance Grant Program.
• Hosting meetings and conference calls with states, commonwealths, tribes, territories, and local communities.
• Ensuring Recipient and Sub-Recipient compliance with regulatory requirements through regular submission of information/documentation.
• Reviewing, sampling, and performing quality checks for information and documentation accuracy.
• Assisting Recipients and Sub-Recipients with trainings and the understanding of Public Assistance Grant Program laws, regulations, and policies.
• Developing scopes of work and cost estimates for emergency work and permanent work projects, as well as preparing and collecting the documentation needed to determine the eligibility and approval of funds under the Public Assistance Grant Program.
• Assisting in the programmatic and financial close-out of Public Assistance Grant Programs.
• Performing joint federal/state Preliminary Damage Assessments, to include conducting damage site visits, hosting meetings and conference calls with potential Public Assistance Recipients and Sub-Recipients, quantification and qualification of event impacts and damages, and the collection of costs information/documentation for recovery from the event.

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee).  CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability.  Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling on those who want to help protect American interests and secure our Nation. DHS Components work collectively to prevent terrorism; secure borders and our transportation systems; protect the President and other dignitaries; enforce and administer immigration laws; safeguard cyberspace; and ensure resilience to disasters. We achieve these vital missions through a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.

When disaster strikes, America looks to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to support Americans in their times of greatest need. FEMA prepares the nation for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled, knowledgeable, high performance workforce. Please visit www.fema.gov for additional information.

EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: 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.

In this position you will apply practical knowledge and skills to ensure implementation of standardized deployment processes and procedures in accordance with deployment policy for Homeland Security Incidents (HSIs) [I.e., non-Stafford Act incidents). Deployments will range in length of time, may be conducted both virtually and in-person, and will be primarily in support of HSIs.  Typical assignments include:

• Supporting HSIs providing deployment operational support.
• Articulating deployment policies and explain technical aspects of the deployment program and processes to various stakeholders.
• Assisting in training of Responders in deployment activities such as using the responder and deployer portals, and overall deployment related processes and procedures.
• Assisting in disaster technical support to various stakeholders, including the Surge Management and Coordination Branch in WMD, Field Leadership, Event and Regional Staffing Point of Contacts (SPOC), Responders, and event program leadership.

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will serve as a Financial Management Specialist for Region Five in Chicago, IL.

Typical assignments include:

• Performing disaster related budgeting and financial management tasks to include but not limited to, budget formation, justification, execution and analysis for financial reporting.
• Providing advice to leadership on disaster budgetary and financial issues.
• Gathering information from all sections to develop projections of salaries, benefits, travel, and other administrative and program costs.
• Preparing all budget documents requested by the Office of Chief Financial Officer.
• Coordinating with Joint Field Offices Comptroller/Cost Unit Lead.
• Developing standard operating procedures for disaster file maintenance; file review, audit files, de-obligation files and disaster close out files.
• Developing Standard Operating Procedures, desk guides, etc for Disaster Finance activities.

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee).  CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability.  Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling on those who want to help protect American interests and secure our Nation. DHS Components work collectively to prevent terrorism; secure borders and our transportation systems; protect the President and other dignitaries; enforce and administer immigration laws; safeguard cyberspace; and ensure resilience to disasters. We achieve these vital missions through a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.

When disaster strikes, America looks to FEMA. Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to support Americans in their times of greatest need. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares the nation for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled, knowledgeable, high performance workforce.  Please visit www.fema.gov for additional information.

EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: 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.

In this position, you will serve as the Director of Acquisition Operations Division promoting a strategic approach within the organization. 

Typical assignments include: 

• Advises the Chief Component Procurement Officer (CCPO) and Deputy CCPO in the strategic management of all contract activities for the Agency, who are responsible of the proper execution of approximately $4B a year of Agency funds, disbursed in over 6,000 contract actions.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and organizational development to a cadre of acquisition professionals that execute contracts that provide for goods and services, during times of normal operations and disaster response. The cadre consists of more than 170 contract specialists, located across the US and its territories.
• Provides oversight for the execution and management of advance contracts that provide the immediate goods and services required to fully execute the advance planning and preparedness work that is needed before a disaster occurs, as well as during disaster response and recovery efforts.

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will assist in implementing the National Disaster Recovery Support coordination efforts.

Typical assignments include:

• Coordinating with recovery stakeholders to develop support strategies to State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local (STTL) partners and leverage the applicable resources, programs, and policies.
• Supporting and monitoring the delivery of direction, expectations, and targets to the Recovery Support Function (RSF) Field Coordinators, RSF partners, and Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC) Advisors.
• Managing and enforcing the RCG priorities for identification and leveraging resources, programs, and policies in coordination with the RSF Field Coordinators, FDRC, and STTL Recovery Leadership.
• Developing and executing an IRC transition plan for all operational and monitoring activities to transition to region.

What else do I need to know? 

This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees Help FEMA respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions which are not limited to disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support.

Local Hires are Temporary Positions. The Local Hire Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority within FEMA are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature. A local hire’s term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster. 

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will serve as a staff advisor to the Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator (FDRC) and Federal Disaster Recovery Officer (FDRO) on all recovery geospatial and data issues related to the overall mission of FEMA during disaster recovery field operations.

Typical assignments include:

• Implementing the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF).
• Coordinating requests with the Recovery Analytics Division for disasters.
• Identifying critical issues, developing trends, and evaluating the progress of disaster recovery operations and projects.

What else do I need to know? 

This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees Help FEMA respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions which are not limited to disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support.

Local Hires are Temporary Positions. The Local Hire Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority within FEMA are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature. A local hire’s term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster. 

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will serve as a Human Resource (HR) Specialist, providing advice, assistance and guidance to customers, supervisors & managers on human resources problems & issues of a conventional or non-conventional nature. 

Typical assignments include: 

• Advising management on recruitment strategies, sources, and special programs that emphasize affirmative action.
• Providing continuing technical services involving the identification and cultivation of recruitment avenues and strategies, determining rating and ranking factors, developing crediting plans and assessing applicants’ qualifications.
• Processing recruitment actions including rating and ranking applicants and preparing and issuing referral lists.
• Providing advice, assistance & guidance to customers, supervisors & managers on a wide range of HR problems & issues.
• Evaluating and interpreting pertinent legislation and new or revised Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies or directives.

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.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA’s ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.    

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. 

What will I do in this position if hired? 

In this position, you will provide expert level community development assistance on behalf of recovery mission efforts.  

Typical assignments include:

• Supporting community stakeholders to develop recovery partnerships.
• Identifying potential partners in recovery technical assistance.
• Preparing initial assessments of disaster impacts, community capacity and local recovery resource for reporting.
• Facilitating multi-stakeholder meetings.

What else do I need to know? 

This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees Help FEMA respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions which are not limited to disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support.

Local Hires are Temporary Positions. The Local Hire Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority within FEMA are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature. A local hire’s term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster. 

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation.  At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.