Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) Position Available In Buncombe, North Carolina

Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency Regional Offices, Region Four, Recovery Division Summary The primary purpose of this position is to provide supervisory oversight of staff responsible for implementing the Public Assistance program. The ideal candide of this position has experience managing staff and implementing any of the following: reimbursement for debris operions and critical infrastructure recovery operions the federal, ste or local levels. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2025 to 05/19/2025 Salary $124,531

• $161,889 per year Pay scale & grade IC 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Asheville, NC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Not to exceed 4 years Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 886062-JC-12735176-CORE Control number 836832800 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.

Clarificion from the agency This position is announced under FEMA’s Excepted Service, Stafford Act Hiring Authority for a full-time Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) appointment. After three years of continuous service, CORE employees earn competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions FEMA. Veterans Preference does not apply to the CORE selection process. Duties Wh will I do in this position if hired? In this Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position, you will serve as the Public Assistance Branch Director in Asheville, NC.

Typical assignments include:

Supervising a branch of staff responsible for implementing the Public Assistance program. Ensuring th recovery guidance and policies are in place to ensure support is provided to communities affected by disasters in their efforts to recover and are in accordance with Public Assistance and The Nional Disaster Recovery Framework program requirements. Serving as a senior advisor to the Joint Recovery Office Director on recovery issues reled to Public Assistance and providing updes to senior-level managers on policy and procedure changes as well as feedback on operional issues. Wh else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee 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 operions, which may require irregular work hours, work locions other than the official duty stion, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee’s official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operions may be extensive in nure (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to reloce to emergency sites with physically austere and operionally 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 reled to disasters. Employees are hired under the and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United Stes 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 FEMA. This position hired into a temporary 4-Year, excepted service appointment . Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval. Requirements Conditions of Employment To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigion for Public Trust as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualificions are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligions, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please : for additional informion). For more informion on background investigions for Federal jobs, please .

Conditions of Employment:

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. You must successfully pass a background investigion. Selective Service registrion required. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card. You must be able to deploy with little or no advance notice to anywhere in the United Stes and its territories for an extended period of time. Please review the Additional Informion section for additional key requirements. Qualificions All qualificions and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing de of the announcement. To qualify for this Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position the IC-14 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to least the IC-13 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a ste or local government, or prive sector, and must demonstre the following: Managing the implemention of disaster recovery operions in alignment with Public Assistance program the federal, ste, or local level; Overseeing the technical and administrive supervision and direction of assigned staff; and, Developing policies pertaining to operional and program guidelines. Please read the following important informion to ensure we have everything we need to consider your applicion: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupional assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as th will not be considered a demonstrion of your qualificions for this position. Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualificions. Your resume serves as the basis for experience reled qualificion determinions, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and educion (if applicable), as it reles to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience? Qualificions are based on your ability to demonstre in your resume th you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential informion is in your resume, we encourage you to use the . If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following informion organized by experience/position : (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end des of each period of employment (from

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), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and reled skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment prored in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupional series, grade level, and des in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurely credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the des (from

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) of deployments th are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above informion. Failure to provide the above informion in your resume may result in your applicion being found “not qualified.” Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional informion on crediting experience and/or educion, please reference the

OPM Educion No Educional Substitution:

There is no educional substitution for this position, and you must meet the qualificions listed in the “requirements” section of this announcement. Additional informion

STAFFORD ACT EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENTS

: Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) 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 nure. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you required to complete an , and to sign and certify the accuracy of all informion in your applicion, prior to entry on duty. False stements on any part of the applicion may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant’s criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with and certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to . DHS uses E-verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United Stes. Learn more about , including your rights and responsibilities. Applying to this announcement certifies th you give permission for DHS to share your applicion with others in DHS for similar positions. During the applicion process you will have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. The salary range indiced in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locions listed. The range adjusted for selected duty locion. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under .

Please note:

first time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired the Step 01. This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. Deployment travel may be required, based upon agency needs. Deployment expections can vary and discussed with candides during the selection process. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your , supporting documention, and your responses to the occupional questionnaire to ensure you meet the minimum qualificion requirements listed in the announcement. If you are qualified, you may be referred to a hiring manager for considerion. Interview Requirement. Interviews may be required for this position. Failure to complete the interview may result in removal from further considerion. We recommend th you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the applicion process. To preview, please review: . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. Do not include photos, personally identifying informion (PII) (including birthday and social security numbers), or personal informion such as age, sex, medical history, etc. Resumes th include any of this informion ineligible for further review. Your resume. Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualificions. For resume writing guidance, please review the requirements section of this announcement or the Your responses to the job questionnaire. You directed to the online job questionnaire once you begin the applicion process for this position. Are you a current or former federal employee? This position does not have any competitive eligibility requirements. However, you will need to submit a Standard Form (SF

• 50, Notificion of Personnel Action , which demonstres your current/highest grade level.

Examples of approprie SF-50s include promotions, within-grade increases and accessions. Award SF-50’s will not be accepted. It is your responsibility to verify th any informion entered or uploaded is received and is accure. Determining your eligibility and qualificions is dependent on the supporting documention and informion provided, which may impact your referral for further considerion. If a document is not legible, Human Resources will not be able to view it in your applicion. All applicion merials, including transcripts, must be in English. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above by 11:59pm (EST) on 05/19/2025. To begin, click the “Apply Online” button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register or login if you have an existing account. Submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. Upon completion of your applicion, you will receive an acknowledgement email. Incentives may be offered depending on funding availability, the difficulty of positions to fill, and qualificions of applicants If you have questions about this announcement or the applicion process, please contact the Human Resources Specialist listed in the Agency Contact Informion prior to the close of the announcement. An employee, job applicant, or an individual acting on behalf of the employee, may request a Reasonable Accommodion by emailing with “time sensitive” in the subject line. To review the common definitions of terms found in this announcement, please the page. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention : During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus : Review your job stus on your Your applicion dashboard is where you can view your applicion stus and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion Agency contact informion Jennifer Castro Morales Next steps If you are found qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. The hiring manager will review the list of qualified candides and may conduct interviews of some candides. Failure to complete the interview may result in removal from considerion. If you are selected, you notified by phone or email with a tentive job offer. If you fail to respond, fail to meet the conditions of employment, or fail any other pre-employment requirements (such as the background investigion), we may rescind a tentive job offer. For informion on the Federal employment applicion process, please the . Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. The OPM must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents Do not include photos, personally identifying informion (PII) (including birthday and social security numbers), or personal informion such as age, sex, medical history, etc. Resumes th include any of this informion ineligible for further review. Your resume. Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualificions. For resume writing guidance, please review the requirements section of this announcement or the Your responses to the job questionnaire. You directed to the online job questionnaire once you begin the applicion process for this position. Are you a current or former federal employee? This position does not have any competitive eligibility requirements. However, you will need to submit a Standard Form (SF

• 50, Notificion of Personnel Action , which demonstres your current/highest grade level.

Examples of approprie SF-50s include promotions, within-grade increases and accessions. Award SF-50’s will not be accepted. It is your responsibility to verify th any informion entered or uploaded is received and is accure. Determining your eligibility and qualificions is dependent on the supporting documention and informion provided, which may impact your referral for further considerion. If a document is not legible, Human Resources will not be able to view it in your applicion. All applicion merials, including transcripts, must be in English. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above by 11:59pm (EST) on 05/19/2025. To begin, click the “Apply Online” button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register or login if you have an existing account. Submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. Upon completion of your applicion, you will receive an acknowledgement email. Incentives may be offered depending on funding availability, the difficulty of positions to fill, and qualificions of applicants If you have questions about this announcement or the applicion process, please contact the Human Resources Specialist listed in the Agency Contact Informion prior to the close of the announcement. An employee, job applicant, or an individual acting on behalf of the employee, may request a Reasonable Accommodion by emailing with “time sensitive” in the subject line. To review the common definitions of terms found in this announcement, please the page. To upde your applicion, including supporting documention : During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus : Review your job stus on your Your applicion dashboard is where you can view your applicion stus and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion Agency contact informion Jennifer Castro Morales Next steps If you are found qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. The hiring manager will review the list of qualified candides and may conduct interviews of some candides. Failure to complete the interview may result in removal from considerion. If you are selected, you notified by phone or email with a tentive job offer. If you fail to respond, fail to meet the conditions of employment, or fail any other pre-employment requirements (such as the background investigion), we may rescind a tentive job offer. For informion on the Federal employment applicion process, please the . Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. The OPM must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this informion to the Human Resources Office. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/12/2025 to 05/19/2025 Salary $124,531

• $161,889 per year Pay scale & grade IC 14 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Asheville, NC Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary
• Not to exceed 4 years Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number 886062-JC-12735176-CORE Control number 836832800 .

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