Total 7 job vacancies by Federal Emergency Management Agency

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Grants Management Specialist position, you will be responsible for financial management of BRIC grants. You will be performing final review of completed grant or cooperative agreements/awards and making appropriate adjustments. You will be performing post award management, including process grant closeout, monitoring and audits requirements.

Typical assignments include:

• Review grant application with respect to grants administration requirements; this includes review of the SF424 Application for Federal Assistance and required assurances, Management Costs and processing through FEMA GO
• Provide consultation to program partners and recipients with regard to the requirements of 2 CFR 200 and FEMA Grants Management Policy Manual (GMPM)
• Tracking quarterly expenditures of grants funds
• Financially monitoring recipient (state and tribe) grants management procedures
• Finalizing reconciliation and closeout of grant awards for BRIC program
• Serve as BRIC (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities) liaison to grantees and within FEMA.
• Conduct financial monitoring across the grant lifecycle for the BRIC program and other non-disaster grants as needed; Tracking quarterly expenditures of grants funds
• Conduct financial monitoring in accordance with FEMA GMPM and Grant Programs Directorate policy. This includes documenting allowability of cost determinations and coordinating with program on findings.
• Review grant applications for fiscal integrity; draft and approve award packages. Document application review decisions regarding, revision requests, and determinations of allowability and compliance with administration regulations and guidance in coordination with program.
• Conduct quarterly cash analysis and reconciliation; Review quarterly and final financial reports (SF-425) for compliance with terms and conditions of the grant award, confirmation that cost share or match has progress or is met and ensure that reports are submitted on time. Review quarterly and final performance reports and note areas of risk. Document analysis per GMPM requirements.
• Conduct financial system cross checks to verify accuracy of Final Federal Financial Report; ensure match has been met and there are no additional cash or cost adjustments necessary; document review of final financial report and system review in closeout workbook.
• Manage period of performance for grants including extension requests.
• Perform financial monitoring on selected recipients (state and tribe), remotely and through site visits to evaluate grants management procedures

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.

This position has promotion potential to the IC 12. 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 Public Affairs Specialist position, you will serve as a Regional lead on all active disaster, and disaster closeout, external affairs initiatives. Independently prepares current disaster response and recovery information and news data for dissemination to internal and external stakeholders.

Typical assignments include:

• Providing Regional connection and consistent communication to deployed External Affairs (EA) personnel including External Affairs Officers (EXAO) and Joint Information Center (JIC) throughout response and recovery operations and as the work progresses through disaster closeout.
• Providing EA subject matter expertise for Region 1 federally declared disasters.
• Developing and delivering consistent messages focused on news media, elected officials, incident personnel, and other agencies and organizations for release.
• Monitoring incoming media inquiries and ensure that they are responded to in a timely manner.
• Developing opportunities to increase the understanding of FEMA programs and disaster operations through media outreach and relationship development.
• Overseeing and coordinating closeout activities of ESF-15 External Affairs disaster-related documents and products for all Region 1 disasters.

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 a Health Physicist.

Typical assignments include:

• Serving as a Regional Radiological and Nuclear technical advisor for off-site preparedness activities associated with Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program.
• Ensuring that State and Regional personnel receive all relevant training IAW the REPP National Training Program.
• Tracking and reporting programmatic demands, activities, funds, expenditures, production, and staff assignments.
• Planning, initiating, writing, and reviewing REPP HP and site reports for pre, during, and post exercise plume and ingestion pathway exercise evaluations.
• Serving as REPP off-site exercise Site Lead and authorized agent to represent the Region at meetings and conferences with senior Federal officials, State and local government officials and private sector on all regional REPP activi

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 an Environmental Protection Specialist for Region One.

Typical assignments include:

• Conducting Endangered Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Act (Essential Fish), Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other related laws and EOs with the appropriate Services and state and local entities.
• Maintaining Awareness of all Listed, Threatened, and Proposed Species within New England.
• Serving as a Subject Matter Expert for Endangered Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Act (Essential Fish), Marine Mammal Protection Act, and other related laws and E.O.s.
• Assisting with National Environmental Policy Act reviews as applicable.
• Providing Technical Assistance to internal and external partners.

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 the Employee Services Branch Chief, reporting to the Mission Support Director. You will provide advisory services to the Region in the areas of recruitment and placement, organizational development and position management and other human resources programs and services. Typical assignments include:

• Planning, developing, and implementing a comprehensive personnel management program.
• Providing authoritative advice and innovative direction on all aspects of human resources management.
• Providing expertise and guidance on workforce expansion, such as, right sizing and re-organization, along with external and internal recruitment and placement.
• Resolving complaints and grievances with Labor and Employee Relations in coordination with Alternate Dispute Resolution.
• Performing research and providing expert policy recommendation and interpretations.

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 the Employee Services Branch Chief, reporting to the Mission Support Director. You will provide advisory services to the Region in the areas of recruitment and placement, organizational development and position management and other human resources programs and services. Typical assignments include:

• Planning, developing, and implementing a comprehensive personnel management program.
• Providing authoritative advice and innovative direction on all aspects of human resources management.
• Providing expertise and guidance on workforce expansion, such as, right sizing and re-organization, along with external and internal recruitment and placement.
• Resolving complaints and grievances with Labor and Employee Relations in coordination with Alternate Dispute Resolution.
• Performing research and providing expert policy recommendation and interpretations.

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 a Financial Management Specialist for Region One in Cambridge, MA.

Typical assignments include:

• Preparing and submitting allocation requests to fund regional disaster travel and Programs - PA, HM, and IA.
• Reviewing and approving requests for supplies, equipment, or services to support disaster operations, confirming requests have accurate fund coding, are appropriately authorized and justified.
• Managing disaster travel, disaster blankets and funding.
• Adding staff to blankets, certifying blanket funding and local travel vouchers in Concur.
• Assisting staff with travel authorizations, vouchers and any questions, as needed.
• Managing and submitting monthly Disaster spend plans, closely coordinating with Programs and the National Spend Plan Team in reconciling trackers and submitting projections.
• Reviewing various funding reports daily, ensuring funds are allocated, committed and obligated appropriately, including returning funding, as needed.
• Submitting payroll funding for disasters monthly.
• Tracking and resolving unliquidated obligations and submit explanations quarterly.
• Maintaining communications and awareness with the Regional Comptroller.
• Supporting the Finance and Admin Section in an Emergency Assignment role to support the Regional Response Coordination Center if activated.
• Coordinating closely with Logistics and Operations.
• Managing the surge account and transitioning funding to the Disaster Relief Fund, overseeing travel, creating blankets, tracking lodging availability, submitting and processing lodging waivers, as needed.

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.