SUPERVISORY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

About the Position: This position is located in Philadelphia, PA in the Emergency Management Office.

Responsible for planning, developing, recommending, implementing, and providing staff action for both emergency flood control and other natural disaster activities. Ensure District personnel are trained and that resources are in place to support effective emergency response and recovery activities. Manage multifaceted programs and direct work of diverse engineering, scientific and support disciplines. Provides expert advice to Commander on Mobilization and National Emergency Preparedness activities, including Catastrophic Response Planning.

Establish and maintain liaison, communications, and coordination with FEMA Regional Director, First Army and major command staff elements, Corps field offices, and other agencies involved in emergency operations. Represent the District Engineer at disaster coordination meetings involving Regional Directors from several federal agencies, State, and local interests.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes; 1.) Experience with civilian Emergency Management programs (such as natural disaster response teams, mobilization, worldwide contingency operations); 2.) Experience with coordinating groups and individuals to plan for readiness and response operations; and 3.) leading an interdisciplinary team.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).