Total 48 business management project planning job vacancies in Information Technology category in Australia

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Telecommunications Specialist (Communications Planning Manager) - Reservist position, you will be a member of the Disaster Emergency Communications (DEC) Cadre. Typical assignments include:

• Compiling and maintaining the communications COP using spreadsheets, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or other tools as required.
• Identifying and recording Federal assets, their status, and vulnerabilities including asset owners, radio frequency (RF) transmitter locations, coverage, frequencies, RF cross-banding devices, and bandwidth utilization to include satellite, terrestrial, and wireless.
• Developing required reports including spot reports (SPOTREP), situation reports (SITREP), lifeline reports and Incident Action Plan input.
• Assisting in the development of communications plans by identifying communications related requirements and assets in support of the Operations Section of an Interim Operating Facility or Joint Field Office.
• Briefing personnel on information relevant to their assignments
• Delegating specific authority based on the assigned tasks to assigned Specialists and making appropriate decisions and/or adjustments based on analyzed and validated information.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, 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.

As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.

The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Program Specialist (Contract Oversight Management) position, you will assist with administering specific technical aspects of contracts and ensure that program policies and procedures are implemented in support of the Individual Assistant Division's disaster assistance activities.

Typical assignments include:

• Giving advice on the necessity of issuing change orders for contracts.
• Developing the government's cost estimate for an equitable adjustment and assisting in evaluating any contractor claims.
• Reviewing contractor invoices and working in close association with the Contracting Officer's Representative regarding advance payment requests.
• Monitoring the contractor's compliance with the submission requirements.
• Reviewing and monitoring progress reports, work plans and data requirements.
• Participating with decision-makers at the branch level in setting organizational goals and objectives.

What else do I need to know?

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Local Hire (Planning - Data Analysis Specialist) position, you will work with senior management to provide efficient analytical reviews for program efficiency.

Typical assignments include:

• Preparing and securing program review authorities' approval for program plans, schedules and resource requirements.
• Developing specific program planning data that incorporates cost by researching and validating planning, scheduling, and cost projections.
• Monitoring annual and long-range budgeting oversight for various programs.

What else do I need to know?

This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees help FEMA respond to, recover from and mitigate hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions which are not limited to disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support.

Local Hires are Temporary Positions. The Local Hire Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority within FEMA are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature. A local hire's term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) Program Delivery Manager - Reservist position, you will be a member of the Public Assistance Cadre and will host key information meetings ensuring recovery priorities and program eligibility requirements are communicated; and gathering all required documentation to enable FEMA to write grants so the applicant can be returned to their Pre-Disaster condition as soon as possible.

Typical assignments include:

• Facilitate the delivery of Public Assistance grant funding on behalf of Applicants; this includes (but is not limited to) developing the list of damaged sites, scheduling site inspections, summarizing applicant damages, and coordinating requests for information and questions.
• Work with the applicants to resolve their program related needs ensuring projects are processed as efficiently and expeditiously as possible.
• Track and communicate the progress of all projects through the entire program delivery model in coordination with the Applicant.
• Engage stakeholders as soon as potential opportunities or concerns arise.
• Discuss potential Hazard Mitigation opportunities with the Applicant.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, 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.

As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.

The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a Program Analyst for the Resilience-FIMA, Federal Insurance, Policyholder Services Division. Typical assignments include:

• Supporting the development, drafting, and amending of FID regulations located at 44 CFR pts 61 and 62. Providing recommendations on amendments and revisions to regulations, procedures, and practices pertaining to insurance coverage and claims. Preparing Rules and Regulations that implement the intent and directions of Congress in the conduct and scope of the NFIP.
• Identifying policy issues and collaborates with subject matter experts to draft, update, and implement FID policy materials.
• Preparing and reviewing directives, guidelines, forms and other documents regarding flood insurance matters. Working with the contractor staff to develop and document practice and procedure manuals, including: the NFIP Claims Manual and the Flood Insurance Manual.
• Being responsible for the review, analysis, and recommendation of management procedures and policy revisions covering a variety of insurance issues.
• Exercising independent judgment in interpreting the intent of the guides, resolving complex issues and problems, and developing applications to specific areas of work, for example: Write Your Own (WYO) Program Basic Operational Documents; NFIP Flood Insurance Manual; NFIP Claims Manual; and Published NFIP Claims Practices and Procedures. Guidelines may be lacking, requiring new or improved methods to be tested which may provide a basis for future guidelines.

What else do I need to know?

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.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Program Analyst position, you will coordinate and review IT Acquisition Review packages and prepare daily reports. This position resides in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Management Portfolio, Business Management Division, IT Acquisitions Contract Management Branch.

Typical assignments include:

• Coordinating the processing of disaster and non-disaster Appendix Gs, and processing IT disaster and non-disaster IT Acquisition Review (ITAR) packages that are required for the purchase of IT equipment, software, and IT services.
• Assisting internal and external customers with disaster and non-disaster Appendix Gs, and IT Acquisition Review (ITAR) packages.
• Reviewing IT Acquisition Review (ITAR) packages for completeness, compliance, and assisting the ITAR subject matter experts with resolving questions about the FEMA program offices ITAR packages.
• Preparing daily reports for tracking and recording the progress of disaster and non-disaster Appendix Gs and IT Acquisition Review packages.

What else do I need to know?

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 2-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

FEMA is seeking candidates with experience in delivering Public Assistance grant funding.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Local Hire (Public Assistance Program Delivery Manager) position, you will report to the Public Assistance Program Delivery Task Force Lead and serve as the primary point of contact for the applicant.

Typical assignments include:

• Tracking and communicating the progress of all projects through the entire program delivery model in coordination with the Applicant.
• Engaging program offices as soon as potential opportunities or concerns arise.
• Discussing potential Hazard Mitigation opportunities with the Applicant.
• Hosting key information meetings ensuring recovery priorities and program eligibility requirements are communicated.
• Gathering all required documentation to enable FEMA to write grants so the applicant can be returned to their Pre-Disaster condition as soon as possible.
• Facilitating the delivery of Public Assistance grant funding on behalf of Applicants; this includes (but is not limited to) developing the list of damaged sites, scheduling site inspections, summarizing applicant damages, and coordinating requests for information and questions.
• Working with the applicants to resolve their program related needs ensuring projects are processed as efficiently and expeditiously as possible.

What else do I need to know?

This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees help FEMA respond to, recover from and mitigate hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions which are not limited to disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support.

Local Hires are Temporary Positions. The Local Hire Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority within FEMA are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature. A local hire's term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit?www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Program Analyst position, you will;

• Serve as an expert who provides senior leadership with program evaluation results that are utilized in the resource management process for greater program effectiveness.
• Develop with minimal guidance a project plan from initial supervisor intent and scoping.
• Conduct analysis of the project plan to create and manage a plan of action & milestones (POAM).
• Facilitate the programming, reprogramming, and efficient and effective use of funding, or other resources, which is appropriate to support major, substantive requirements.

What else do I need to know?

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 2 Year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Program Analyst position, typical assignments include:

• Providing branch-wide project management support.
• Developing and updating online content for augmentation solutions.
• Coordinate the use of FEMA Reservists to support Call Center Operations

What else do I need to know?

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as an analyst and advisor to management on the evaluation of agency programs and resulting effectiveness issues. Typical assignments include:

• Performing in a staff capacity that supports the principal mission or line program(s) of the agency or organizational components.
• Providing line managers with objectively based information for making decisions on the administrative aspects of agency operations and the management of administrative processes.
• Planning, analyzing, and/or evaluating the effectiveness of line or operating programs.
• Providing advice to senior agency officials concerning conventional program review issues.

Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

What else do I need to know?

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.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as Information Technology Specialist (Customer Support) responsible for End User Computing support and serves as the primary technical specialist and focal point for the planning and implementing of customer support services covering all organization IT equipment, software, systems, interfaces, and networks. this position is located in Mission Support, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Operations. Typical assignments include:

- Diagnosing and resolving problems in response to customer related incidents which involves researching, evaluating, and providing feedback on problematic trends and patterns in customer support requirements.
- Able to assist customers seeking technical assistance over the phone, email, and desk side support in a timely manner.
- Perform remote troubleshooting through diagnostic techniques and asking pertinent questions related to the customer issue and have the ability to relate technical aspects to customers.
- Developing customer support requirements, policies, procedures, and standards; and providing customer training.
- Implementing systems software changes and new operating system releases.
- Document and update customer status information and resolutions via a FEMA approved ticketing system.

What else do I need to know?

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.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

This position is being hired in compliance with the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act to staff the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Claims Office within FEMA.

In this Program Analyst position, you will serve as an analyst and advisor to management on the evaluation of agency programs and resulting effectiveness issues.

Typical assignments include:

Pre-Award Duties

• Assisting in developing acquisition strategies to meet program goals
• Conducting research to identify qualified vendors and assess market conditions
• Drafting required documents (eg.,SOW, PWS, IGCE, etc) to define contract needs
• Participating in technical evaluation panels to assess proposals and recommend the best value for FEMA

• Overseeing contractor performance to ensure compliance with contract terms, technical requirements, and timelines
• Traveling as needed to New Mexico to verify contractor performance and adherence to contract timelines;
• Reviewing and processing contractor invoices for accuracy and compliance before payment.
• Supporting the closeout process by ensuring all contract obligations are fulfilled and properly documented
• Analyzing large volumes of data, and track deliverable status using spreadsheets (e.g., Excel).
• Communicating and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders.

What else do I need to know?

This position will be hired into a temporary 4 year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

This position has promotion potential to the IC-13. Promotions are dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, successful performance review displaying at least one year of experience at the lower grade, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and management approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as a Telecommunication Specialist (RF). Typical assignments include:

• Initiating and coordinating with FEMA, other government agencies, and non-government personnel in the restoration of voice, data and video telecommunications circuits.
• Providing technical input to engineers, technical, specialists and non-technical government and non-government personnel at meetings or conferences concerning voice, data and video telecommunications systems, system.

What else do I need to know?

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.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Supervisory Program Analyst position, you will manage a highly complex, professional, technical, and administrative workload that involves integrating internal and external programs, policies, and procedures, that may affect or impact the reservist workforce.

Typical assignments include:

• Overseeing and managing assigned subordinates who carry out technical management and program reviews in support of program and operational requirements.
• Ensuring accurate policy guidance is provided to management and program analysis staff and reservist.
• Reviewing subordinate staff's assessment on the impact of new or revised policies and ensures the adequacy of compliance, efficiency, and effectiveness in meeting program and mission objectives.

What else do I need to know?

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 2-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Telecommunications Specialist (Mobile Communications Office Vehicle Operator) - Reservist position, you will be a member of the Disaster Emergency Communication Cadre and will be responsible for the operation, set-up, and support of Mobile Communications Operations Vehicles (MCOV), including movement planning, motor vehicle maintenance and operation, communications equipment set-up and maintenance, and IT and Administrative support and training of Site Personnel. Typical assignments include:

• Operating an MCOV in accordance with Federal and State regulations. The MCOV fleet includes Class A recreational vehicles and Class 1 Emergency Vehicle chassis;
• Conducting a chassis pre-trip inspection and routine vehicle operating maintenance, including identifying engine and drive-train issues, checking the oil, checking the tires, and climbing on top of the MCOV for satellite antenna troubleshooting;
• Establishing satellite connectivity, local area networks, and entire office communications with limited support; including configuring radios, radio repeaters, telephones, computers, wired and wireless local area networks, and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) satellite network communications;
• Maintaining MCOV operational capabilities and providing IT and logistical training and field support on-site at a disaster, by evaluating performance of communications systems, performing corrective maintenance checks and services for vehicle and generator, and considering cost/benefit factors;
• Providing information through verbal briefings and well-organized daily/weekly reports and logbooks, using Microsoft Office Suite programs, to report to both leadership and the public at mission sites.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, 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.

As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.

The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.