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The major duties include but are not limited to:

• Develops, implements, evaluates, and improves the comprehensive emergency management plan (CEMP) to ensure it meets National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) and CEMP requirements which include planning, training, and exercises which build and maintain necessary capabilities to prepare, prevent, protect, mitigate, respond to, and recover from emergency incidents;
• Develops and maintains a current Federal Coordinator Center (FCC) Operations Plan and integrates the FCC plan with state, regional, local and private emergency planning counsels;
• Manages requests for Emergency Management Performance Improvement (EMPI) funds, and provides periodic reports of the implementation of EMPI grant monies;
• Acts as alternate Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel Systems (DEMPS) Coordinator to ensure compliance with and participation in these programs;
• Provides support to leadership related to Emergency Management, serve as subject matter for the Emergency Management Committee and for working groups designated by Executive Leadership Team; and
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• May be required to serve a probationary period
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal Service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of an Emergency Management Specialist, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes: working in a medical center/hospital environment, performing the following: developing, implementing, evaluating and improving medical center comprehensive emergency management plans, ensuring facility compliance with the national emergency medical system protocols as well as ensuring effective coordination and planning with external planning councils; analyzing and assisting in the development of new or modified program policies, regulations, goals and objectives; and ability to communicate effectively with individuals with varying levels of understanding. NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.
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EDUCATION: Successful completion of three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Emergency Management Specialist position. Note: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.
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COMBINATION: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the second year) and specialized experience, as described above, which may be used to meet total experience requirements for this grade level. The education portion must include graduate courses that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the Emergency Management Specialist position. NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position:

• Compliance
• Organizational Stewardship
• Planning and Evaluating
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Technical Competence

How you will be evaluated

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

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

Your responses to the assessment questionnaire will be reviewed along with the information provided in your resume and supporting documentation to determine if you are qualified for the position. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your rating may be lowered and/or you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

Candidates who apply under All U.S. Citizens announcements will be rated and ranked using Category Rating procedures. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The categories are defined as follows:

• Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
• Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
• Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
• Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.