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 survivors assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support.
• A local hire’s term of employment is 120 days. It may be extended in increments of 120 days for up to one year.
• Work within 23 different Cadres which are groups of personnel organized by operational function and FEMA Qualification System (FQS) position.
• Each Local Hire is hired to a position within a Cadre based on his or her skills and experience.
  
  

Areas of expertise include:

• Environment & Historic Preservation
• Equal Rights
• Grants Management
• Wellness
• Hazard Mitigation
• Human Resources
• Individual Assistance
• Logistics
• National Disaster Recovery Support
• Office of Chief Counsel
• Operations
• Planning
• Public Assistance
• Safety

For more specifics on the functions carried out by each Cadre, please click here.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
• Please review "Other Information" section for additional key requirements.
• You must live within 50 miles of your desired duty location.

You may qualify if you have experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise include:

• Environment & Historic Preservation
• Equal Rights
• Grants Management
• Wellness
• Hazard Mitigation
• Human Resources
• Individual Assistance
• Logistics
• Administrative Assistance
• National Disaster Recovery Support
• Office of Chief Counsel
• Operations
• Planning
• Public Assistance
• Safety

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your application must show that you meet all requirements for this position. You may be found "not qualified" if you do not possess the minimum competencies required for the position.

Qualifications

NOTE: 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/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time.

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

Current or former FEMA Reservists/DAE employees: To accurately credit your experience for these intermittent positions, make sure to list the dates (from MM/YY to MM/YY) of each deployment, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Failure to provide this information may result in disqualification.

How you will be evaluated

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

To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. If you are qualified, you will be referred to a selection panel for consideration.

We recommend that you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the application process.
To preview questions please click here.