Total 179 job vacancies in Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, AB15 8PJ

Major Duties:

• Obtain necessary information or decisions from supervisors on problems that come up during the work.
• Check work in progress and when finished ensuring the supervisor's instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods, and deadlines have been met.
• Relay instructions to team members received from supervisors and getting work started.
• Observe quality and quantity of work and advising employees of conditions that do not meet performance standards.
• Demonstrate proper work methods, procedures, use of supplies and equipment.
• Ensure needed supplies, tools and equipment is available and ready for use.
• Use hand and powered equipment to perform sweeping, scrubbing, refinishing floors, washing windows and walls, dusting and polishing furniture and fixtures.
• Work along with other employees to set the pace.
• Maintain a current knowledge of Environmental Management Service procedures, policies, written instructions and other directives.
• Ensure proper work distribution.
• Coordinate projects with nurses and other area supervisors to ensure efficient and economical accomplishment of work.

You will serve as an Aircraft Mechanic Leader and be responsible for provide leadership and/or training and perform journeymen level aircraft mechanic work.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Making work assignments, establishing the work flow, and setting the pace for work completion and distributing and balancing the workload.
• Assuring written instructions and reference materials are available and followed and that safety regulations are complied with.
• Demonstrating proper work methods and providing technical guidance.
• Repairing and adjusting a variety of aircraft mechanical systems, components, and assemblies.
• Tracing and locating defects and determining the type and extend of repair/adjustment needed.
• Developing pattern and template lay outs, and forming, joining, assembling, and installing various aircraft metal structures.
• Troubleshooting, modifying, repairing, and testing complex aircraft electrical systems, components, and accessories.
• Analyzing problems and determining nature and extent of repairs, alignment, or adjustment required for complete system as well as individual equipment and subsystems.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position, you will you will serve the Closeout Section of the Public Assistance Program Management Branch in the FEMA Region 7 Recovery Division.

Typical assignments include:

• Drafting determination memos for ineligible costs.
• Processing time extensions, requests for changes in scope, alternate and improved projects and closeout actions.
• Ensuring compliance with federal procurement procedures, Insurance, and Environmental and Historic Preservation (EHP) requirements.
• Providing customer service to Tribes, States and Locals regarding Public Assistance grant closeout actions, including validating costs and documentation 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 3-Year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

This position has promotion potential to the IC-0089-12. 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.

• As project manager serves as primary point of contact for assigned responsible for the overall management, control, coordination, execution of assigned projects and District resources.
• Project Development and Planning: Responsible for the overall management, control, coordination and execution of assigned projects.
• Controls and manages project milestones and budgets from project inception to closeout.
• The incumbent is responsible for providing complete and accurate schedules and budgetary data for projects in a timely manner.
• Project Manager is responsible to lead the product delivery team, either in house or Architect-Engineer firm, in the execution of design and construction for assigned projects.

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Functions of the Position:

• Psychosocial interventions and to measure outcomes of interventions. Expertly manages all documentation requirements of assigned HUD-VASH program, ensuring that all required case notes and reports are completed timely. Uses all correct note titles and templates. Incumbent is responsible for accurate diagnosis and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding in the electronic health record and reports.
• Incumbent is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Incumbent has advance skills in community partnership building and is able to expertly represent the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (VA SORCC) in remote locations.
• Independently identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services. Incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families. Incumbent is able to independently work with veterans and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems utilizing individual, group and family counseling and therapy skills.
• Independently provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan. Ability to evaluate incumbents own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means. Incumbent is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• General knowledge of veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service connected compensation, non-service connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon veterans' needs and eligibility.
• Incumbent meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions. Consistently communicates and treats customers (veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. Incumbent is able to provide the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
• Expertly manages any problems or conflicts and resolves customer service issues independently.
• The incumbent will operate such vehicles as sedans, station wagons, 4x4 utility, pick-up trucks and stake bed trucks weighing less than 22,000 pounds. Incumbent may drive Veterans to and from places as clinically indicated, such as hospitals, doctor's offices, meetings and activities relevant to Veteran's Treatment Plan.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• The Chief of Surgical Services is responsible for the overall operation and supervision of the Surgical Service, including resident education, Medical Staff Leadership, quality improvement, maintenance of reusable medical equipment, and the provision of excellent Inpatient and Outpatient care.
• Administratively, he/she is responsible for making long-range plans for the continuing function and development of the surgical service and for the development of sound and carefully documented organizational plans and budgetary proposals for presentation to top management. He/she has the skill set to interact positively with the Medical Center's Executive Leadership Team to lead and promote surgical staff excellence, staff development, with experience in an academic setting.
• He/she represents the service on important Medical Center committees with influence on patient care, teaching, and closely monitors all other committees on which surgery and specialty care service has representation. Responsible for recruiting qualified physicians to perform comprehensive and specialized surgical patient care and teaching. He/she maintains an active role with the Quality Management and Improvement Service by actively participating in the multi-faceted Peer Review Board (PRB) and by facilitating any outside surgical peer reviews requested through the risk manager.
• He/she plays a pivotal interactive role with quality/outcome measurement systems that are in place as integrated improvement tools. He/she assures that data collection is accurate and verified and that the returned aggregated data elements are communicated to the appropriate process owners and providers.
• He/she is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with medical and surgical diseases, accomplished through ambulatory and bed-based resources assigned to the surgical service. Also actively participates in patient care by conducting patient clinics and operative procedures, through hospital rounds, morning reports, conferences, consultations, participation in ambulatory care and other similar activities.
• He/she participates in the ongoing professional development of all surgical resident physicians that intermittently work with affiliates under the Academic Affiliation Agreement. He/she ensures that educational experiences of surgery are of the quality and quantity expected by relevant accrediting bodies.
• He/she ensures and maintains positive customer relations with all contacts. Embraces and demonstrates VA's Core Values of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence. This person is trustworthy, accessible, is committed to providing quality care, promoting an atmosphere of innovation, and efficiency. He/she is committed to continuously improving management systems and customer satisfaction to make this surgical service and facility an employer of choice.

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Functions of the Position:

• Psychosocial interventions and to measure outcomes of interventions. Expertly manages all documentation requirements of assigned HUD-VASH program, ensuring that all required case notes and reports are completed timely. Uses all correct note titles and templates. Incumbent is responsible for accurate diagnosis and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding in the electronic health record and reports.
• Incumbent is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Incumbent has advance skills in community partnership building and is able to expertly represent the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (VA SORCC) in remote locations.
• Independently identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services. Incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families. Incumbent is able to independently work with veterans and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems utilizing individual, group and family counseling and therapy skills.
• Independently provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan. Ability to evaluate incumbents own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means. Incumbent is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• General knowledge of veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service connected compensation, non-service connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon veterans' needs and eligibility.
• Incumbent meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions. Consistently communicates and treats customers (veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. Incumbent is able to provide the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
• Expertly manages any problems or conflicts and resolves customer service issues independently.
• The incumbent will operate such vehicles as sedans, station wagons, 4x4 utility, pick-up trucks and stake bed trucks weighing less than 22,000 pounds. Incumbent may drive Veterans to and from places as clinically indicated, such as hospitals, doctor's offices, meetings and activities relevant to Veteran's Treatment Plan.

Functions of the Position:

• The HUD-VASH Senior LMHPC complies with all CARF, Joint Commission, VHA, and VA SORCC policies and standard operating procedures relevant to this position and Veteran care, including VHA Directive 1162.05.
• Incumbent independently performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening veterans for psychosocial needs. Incumbent must possess the knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups.
• Independently conducts psychosocial assessments. Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Updates treatment plans on regular intervals. Incumbent possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and to measure outcomes of interventions. Expertly manages all documentation requirements of assigned HUD-VASH program, ensuring that all required case notes and reports are completed timely. Uses all correct note titles and templates. Incumbent is responsible for accurate diagnosis and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding in the electronic health record and reports.
• Incumbent is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Incumbent has advance skills in community partnership building and is able to expertly represent the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (VA SORCC) in remote locations.
• Independently identifies high-risk Veterans and provides case management services. Incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences, and serves as liaison to family members. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families. Incumbent is able to independently work with Veterans and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems utilizing individual, group, and family counseling and therapy skills.
• Independently provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan. Ability to evaluate incumbents' own practice through professional peer review, case conferences, and other organizational means.
• Incumbent is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• General knowledge of Veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, and non-service-connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon Veterans' needs and eligibility.
• Incumbent meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions. Consistently communicates and treats customers (Veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. Incumbent is able to provide the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
• Incumbent expertly manages any problems or conflicts and resolves customer service issues independently.
• The incumbent will operate such vehicles as sedans, station wagons, 4x4 utility, pick-up trucks and stake bed trucks weighing less than 22,000 pounds. Incumbent may drive Veterans to and from places as clinically indicated, such as hospitals, doctor's offices, meetings, and activities relevant to Veteran's treatment plan. May need to assist Veterans requiring special help into and out of vehicles and ensuring their safety and comfort while in the vehicle. Has working knowledge and skill in the use of word-processing, data management, and other computer systems, especially those programs in use by VHA.
• Has thorough knowledge of VA performance measures related to assigned programs and effectively shapes practice patterns to improve standing on performance measures. Independently monitors facility performance measures and implements performance improvement plans as needed.
• Attends and participates in regular service line and team meetings. Offers suggestions for program improvements.
• Completes all mandatory web-based trainings by stipulated due dates.

Functions of the Position:

• The HUD-VASH Senior LMHPC complies with all CARF, Joint Commission, VHA, and VA SORCC policies and standard operating procedures relevant to this position and Veteran care, including VHA Directive 1162.05.
• Incumbent independently performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening veterans for psychosocial needs. Incumbent must possess the knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups.
• Independently conducts psychosocial assessments. Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Updates treatment plans on regular intervals. Incumbent possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and to measure outcomes of interventions. Expertly manages all documentation requirements of assigned HUD-VASH program, ensuring that all required case notes and reports are completed timely. Uses all correct note titles and templates. Incumbent is responsible for accurate diagnosis and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) coding in the electronic health record and reports.
• Incumbent is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Incumbent has advance skills in community partnership building and is able to expertly represent the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (VA SORCC) in remote locations.
• Independently identifies high-risk Veterans and provides case management services. Incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences, and serves as liaison to family members. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families. Incumbent is able to independently work with Veterans and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems utilizing individual, group, and family counseling and therapy skills.
• Independently provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan. Ability to evaluate incumbents' own practice through professional peer review, case conferences, and other organizational means.
• Incumbent is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• General knowledge of Veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, and non-service-connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon Veterans' needs and eligibility.
• Incumbent meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions. Consistently communicates and treats customers (Veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. Incumbent is able to provide the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
• Incumbent expertly manages any problems or conflicts and resolves customer service issues independently.
• The incumbent will operate such vehicles as sedans, station wagons, 4x4 utility, pick-up trucks and stake bed trucks weighing less than 22,000 pounds. Incumbent may drive Veterans to and from places as clinically indicated, such as hospitals, doctor's offices, meetings, and activities relevant to Veteran's treatment plan. May need to assist Veterans requiring special help into and out of vehicles and ensuring their safety and comfort while in the vehicle. Has working knowledge and skill in the use of word-processing, data management, and other computer systems, especially those programs in use by VHA.
• Has thorough knowledge of VA performance measures related to assigned programs and effectively shapes practice patterns to improve standing on performance measures. Independently monitors facility performance measures and implements performance improvement plans as needed.
• Attends and participates in regular service line and team meetings. Offers suggestions for program improvements.
• Completes all mandatory web-based trainings by stipulated due dates.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Providing recommendations regarding strategic decisions that affect the overall RRTP Programming operations which includes scheduling of groups, scheduling Veterans of staff facilitated programming.
• Developing practice management protocols to demonstrate productivity and access, manages daily programming operations including continuous quality improvement related to programming and provides RRTP leadership productivity metrics for all disciplines within the RRTP monthly.
• Proactively and systemically developing, gathering, collating, managing, analyzing and interpreting data regarding the RRTP's operation.
• Working closely with RRTP Chief and creates presentations that include data, action plans, process improvements, and meaningful information regarding trends in data.
• Proactively recommending and maintaining capacity in various clinic types based on demand trends and future projections and improves productivity at all levels of clinical operations. Maintaining all schedules for RRTP staff and requests scheduling changes based on programming needs. Providing program managers a monthly review of productivity for each staff through dashboard awareness and data utilization.
• Establishing environments favorable to the accomplishment of RRTP programming.
• Creating processes for organizing and maintaining the RRTP's clinical programming, adhering to the requirements found in MHRRTP Directive 1162.02.
• Facilitating routing meetings that promote bidirectional communication, review of performance standards, ameliorates an administrative barrier to programming and providing recommendations to be more successful with metrics.
• Providing guidance on clinic builds, productivity standards, productivity reviews, as well as Labor Mapping certifications.
• Providing recommendations related to programming needs including FTEE needed to support programming by census.
• Performing demand/capacity analysis, templating and has indirect authority to ensure scheduling operations of patients are upheld in clinic flow for highest patient outcomes and satisfaction.
• Developing and implementing local business operational policies related to programming, scheduling, ensuring minimum programming hours are met, coordinating with programming not provided by RRTP staff, administrative requirements of creating staff schedules according to programming needs, and provides advice to executive leadership on clinical programming operations based on audits, utilization of groups and RRTP metrics.
• Overseeing the daily programming.
• Advises, counsels, and instructs employees on both work and administrative matters. Hears and resolves minor complaints from employees; addresses concerns in a timely manner and works closely with Human Resources as well as the union.
• Interviews candidates for positions in the units; recommends appointments, promotions, and reassignments to unit positions; identifies and provides trainings needs; and finds ways to improve production or increase the quality of work within the area of authority.
• Facilitating routing meetings for direct reports.
• Creating and maintaining policies.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• The Nurse II Inpatient Mental Health (MH) Registered Nurse (RN) provides and leads the provision of competent, evidence-based care, the psychiatric MH nurse independently provides patient-centered and recovery-oriented care, milieu management, and maintains self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions.
• Facilitate shift reports, warm hand-offs, and nurse-led psychoeducational groups; use therapeutic communication techniques, practice de-escalation techniques, and utilize recovery-oriented language.
• The nurse actively participates in MH interdisciplinary treatment team, MH Environment of Care rounds, assumes team lead for psychiatric emergencies, reports and assists in resolving safety concerns, and documents nursing assessments, nursing plan of care, patient safety observations, and environmental safety rounds according to facility policy.
• The nurse maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient.
• Has oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting.
• The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation.
• Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the MH interdisciplinary team.
• Supports colleagues through MH knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Shares MH educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care.
• Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based MH practice culture

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Reviews existing stock and manufacturers' catalogs, manuals and listings to obtain substitute or interchangeable items to supply in lieu of items requisitioned.
• Communicates with customers and vendors to obtain information regarding availability and functionality of non-expandable equipment and supplies.
• Provides guidance to customers on identification of material through research of original equipment manufacturers part catalog for part numbers, descriptions, and size of parts needed.
• Processes applicable catalog update transactions in accordance with current published procedures.
• Periodically, reviews assigned manufacturers code and part numbers for continued validity and takes necessary action to update, delete, or dispose of in accordance with published guidelines.
• Interacts with clinical and administrative customers to ensure issues and needs are identified and either resolved or escalated to supervisors or Inventory Management Specialists as needed.
• Communicates to the lead or supervisor any concerns related to supplies, equipment and procedures, providing information as needed orally or in writing regarding customer or external stakeholder issues, general telephone inquiries and visitor referrals.
• Coordinates drop-off of new or transferred equipment and pick up of turn in equipment; scanner pick up and drop off for annual Electronic Inventory Listing (EIL) inventory; and delivery times and area with contractors and vendors with other VA activities, contractors or manufacturers through personal transactions.
• Reviews numerous computer output listings in the performance of research and identification of supplies as well as prepares system inquires and interpret the responses.
• Receives non-expendable equipment and material into the VA Health Care System and supported catchment area.
• Unpacks/uncrates supplies from shipping cartons and properly scans, bar codes, and stores supplies and material.
• Stores items in accordance with established guidelines, utilizing a computerized inventory system, to ensure integrity of the supplies and material and the data integrity of the inventory management system.
• Distributes items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management system.
• Delivers equipment in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring equipment and material delivered are in operational condition.
• Processes receipt and turn-in transaction to record in the equipment system of record and account for incoming materiel.

• As needed, assists in other functional areas of the Section and performs other duties as assigned.

The incumbent provides high-level administrative support to MAS towards the efficient functioning of all programs and services under the purview of the Service. Due to the magnitude of the programs and services involved and with an authorized FTEE of approximately 450, the incumbent assists the Chief and Assistant Chief of MAS by collecting, analyzing, and displaying information/data in a format ready for decision making.

The incumbent functions as the key for developing maintaining and enhancing the Veterans centeredeness of systems including changes in environment to ensure an exceptional Veterans experience. As the Supervisory Program Specialist your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Plans, directs, and controls long-term and short-term MAS administrative activities, including policies and procedures, personnel
  management, contract oversight, budget programming, and execution.
• Develops, maintains and enhancing the Veteran centeredness of systems including changes in the environment to ensure an
  exceptional Veteran experience.
• Molds new processes and practices of healthcare, that begins and ends with the Veteran through provision of training, tools, and systems to deliver, demonstrate, and study the outcome.
• Track and manage all functions related to handling patient concerns, compliments, process issues, and experience issues that are
  sent to MAS from internal and external customers.
• Provides technical and administrative supervision to a unit of three Program Analysts GS 9/11 and two Program Support Assistants GS-7.
• Oversees the daily operations of the unit, ensures that agency policies and procedures are being followed, develops
  performance standards, and evaluates work performance of subordinates.
• Provides advice, counsel, and instruction to employees both on work and administrative matters.
• Operationally manages all the administrative functions of each element of the department.
• Responsible for identifying, acquiring, and retaining the resources necessary to accomplish the highly scrutinized and critical outcomes of the service.
• Responsible for personnel, funding, equipment, space, information technology, systems, and structures.
• Works with Fiscal Service to formulate the MAS operating budget, execution of the budget is independently monitored by the Program Specialist.
• Reviews and analyzes memoranda, regulations, and policy statements issued by VA, VHA, VISN 19, and VAOKCHCS.
• Directs the implementation of revised policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the directives.

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 7:30am to 4:00pm
Compressed/Flexible:
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Program Specialist/PD144360
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

The office is currently seeking applicants to fill one or more Assistant U.S. Attorney positions in the Criminal Division. Assignments will include responsibility for all phases of criminal prosecution, from providing guidance to law enforcement officers, initiating criminal charges, conducting grand jury proceedings and trials, handling appeals, or asset forfeiture matters.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Security Requirements: Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory preemployment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. In addition, continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.

Residency Requirements: Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed or within 25 miles thereof. See 28 U.S.C. 545 for district-specific information.

Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See www.sss.gov.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Emergency Management Specialist (Response) position, you will serve as a Mission Assignment Manager for the Region 7 Response Division.

Typical assignments include:

• Coordinating regional mission assignments under the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR 44).
• Developing and providing training to FEMA personnel and external stakeholders regarding mission assignments.
• Reviewing deliberate plans to ensure effective delivery of emergency response assistance.
• Providing customer service and communicating with other federal agencies' financial personnel to ensure funding obligations/de-obligations are coordinates.
• Assisting in the development of internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) relating to Operations Integration Branch functions.

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-0089-12. 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.