Emergency Management Specialist (IMT Planning Officer)

Summary

This position is located in the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, National Disaster Medical System headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia .

When activated with NDMS, you will be protected by the (USERRA) when you are called to respond to an emergency.

Duties

Provide assessment, coordination, and advisory services for organizational readiness, ranging from identification of required contingency response missions and support plans and all hazards to effective management of limited resources.

Develop incident action and / or other contingency plans in support of emergency / incident operations and deployments.

Maintain accountability of all deployed personnel, providing analysis and reporting.

Perform and / or lead information management / situation reporting functions.

Lead Planning Section personnel in the execution of all duties and responsibilities assigned to the Section during a response / deployment.

Advise agency and departmental stakeholders in the development, review, and evaluation of coordinated incident emergency public health and medical response operation plans for disasters and emergencies.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http : / / www.sss.gov
• Suitable for federal employment
• Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.

All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.

• Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
• Two-year probationary period may be required.
• Background Investigation is required : Incumbent must undergo and clear a pre-employment fingerprint check and background investigation.
• Employees are required to obtain and maintain a Government Travel Card

Qualifications

During deployments, the work is primarily related to readiness for and deployment for response during the aftermath of a disaster or public health emergency, where work may be field based, in a tent environment that is remote and austere, caring for sick, injured, dying, or deceased persons.

This work requires above average health, physical, and mental conditioning with routine long periods of repetitive walking, bending, lifting, and carrying, such as carrying NDMS equipment or heavy patients on litters.

Incumbent must be capable of working in a high-stress, high security, remote, austere, and uncharacterized environment, void of infrastructure and vital services, requiring specific physical demands, such as the ability to lift 50 pounds, and work characteristics that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

For these reasons, employees are required to complete a physical and health screening process, meet and maintain certain physical standards, as well as mental, behavioral, and cognitive competencies.

Work may be performed in an office setting or indoor and outdoor field sites, sometimes in adverse weather. During emergency situations, the work environment may be situated in austere conditions and environment in terms of destroyed infrastructure (e.

g., food and water, housing, electricity, communications), the presence of endemic diseases, and limited health and sanitation facilities requiring special safety precautions.

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following requirements : One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lowest grade GS-12 in the Federal service.

This experience may have been gained in the federal government, a state or local government, a non-profit organization, the private sector, or as a volunteer.

Your resume must clearly describe at least one year of specialized experience performing one (1) out of four (4) of the following duties or work assignments :

• Developing or revising directives, instructions, plans, templates, or other documents relating to incident response / emergency management topics; OR
• Leading and / or supporting the development and management of operational planning activities during a response or incident; OR
• Developing and providing briefings to various levels of internal and external stakeholders in incident response / emergency management planning; OR
• Addressing critical issues through planning, analysis and application of various methods and processes applicable to activities during emergency response situations.

Documenting experience : IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Qualifications are based on breadth / level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM / YY to MM / Y Y) and the number of hours worked per week / deployment for part time / intermittent work schedules.

As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification.

Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the local commuting area(s) of the location identified in this announcement.

By applying, you agree to have your application shared with any interested selecting official(s) at HHS.

Traditional rating and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Qualified candidates will be referred for consideration in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management direct hire guidelines.

Veteran's Preference does not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Selections made under this announcement will be processed as new appointments to the civil service.

Current civil service employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service.

To preview the assessment questionnaire, click the following link :

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package by the closing date in this Job Opportunity Announcement which includes :

1. Online Application Assessment Questionnaire

2. Resume - Your resume must include the following information for each job listed :

• Job title and Duties (be as detailed as possible)
• Month & year start / end dates (e.g., June 2007 to April 2008)
• Full-time, part-time, intermittent work schedules (include hours worked per week / deployment)
• Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held

3. Most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (if applicable).

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