Job Description

FEMA Job Opportunity

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 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.

EXCEPTED SERVICE: This is a Schedule Policy/Career position in the excepted service.

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 a supervisor for subordinate supervisors, as well as programmatic and technical staff supporting major initiatives within the Mission Support Executive Office and led by the Mission Support Executive Office in coordination with other offices and agencies. Typical assignments include:

• Establishing strategic priorities and operational goals for all functional areas within the Mission Support Executive Office in alignment with and support of DHS, FEMA, and Mission Support executive leadership priorities.
• Responsible for coordinating, reviewing, and improving talking points and presentations for variety of documents for distribution throughout FEMA and externally, as delegated by the Associate Administrator and Deputy Associate Administrator
• Ensures issues are addressed timely, judiciously, and progress is tracked until resolution, engaging at all levels to drive progress and mitigate risk.
• Oversees the coordination of Mission Support budget formulation activities, collaborating with Mission Support executive leadership, as well as staff within the Mission Support components and other FEMA offices to ensure Mission Support resource requests are aligned with Administration, DHS, and FEMA priorities, and present strong justifications linking Mission Support requests to FEMA's mission.
• Represents the Associate Administrator and Deputy Associate Administrator for Mission Support in senior-level Mission Support, agency, and interagency working groups and governance bodies that span matters of policy, to include legislative initiatives and resource investments.

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.

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