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Emergency Management Specialist
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An Emergency Management Director plans and directs disaster response or crisis management activities, primarily for state and local governments. Directs preparation of emergency plans and disaster preparedness training. Surveys community resources available for emergencies, provides outreach to community groups and businesses on disaster and/or emergency response plans and procedures.
$97,973 / year median in Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)
+6% projected growth
Job Description
GS 13 - 14
Promotion potential 14 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0089 Emergency Management Specialist Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement numberM26-TJ-13042987-SEC
Control number 882587000 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Family of overseas employees Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency This Merit Promotion position is open to Current Federal Employees and Former Federal Employees with permanent stus or reinstement eligibility. Individuals who are eligible for a special appointing authority may also apply such as Individuals with Disabilities (Schedule A), former Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, and Vista volunteers; certain Military Spouses, or individuals eligible under various programs for Veterans (VRA, VEOA, 30% disabled). Duties Help This position is in the Export-Import Bank of the United Stes (EXIM), Office of the Chairman, Office of the Chief Opering Officer, Office of Security Services (OSS). The incumbent serves as an Emergency Management Specialist and expert on all mters pertaining to continuity of operions program (COOP), continuity of government (COG), pandemic preparedness, and emergency response programs. The incumbent serves as an expert and independently develops policy, plans, and programs to ensure the agency's preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigion capabilities for EXIM's and OSS' comprehensive emergency management plan. Duties include, but are not limited to: Partners with senior OSS officials to develop policy, manage programs, assess risk, and oversee training, exercises, and continuity readiness. Develops, maintains, and continuously improves the agency's COOP plan to ensure compliance with FEMA Continuity Guidance Circulars (CGC) 1 and 2, FEMA Continuity Directives (FCD) 1 and 2, Homeland Security Presidential Directive (PPD-40, and NSPM-21. Develops, tracks, and implements corrective action plans (CAPs) to remedie findings and close improvement items identified through after-action reports (AARs), improvement plans (IPs), exercises, real-world activions, and program assessments. Serves as a qualified Incident Command System (ICS) practitioner and may perform duties in Command or General Staff positions, including Operions Section Chief, Planning Section Chief, or other assigned roles during agency activions. Coordines and synchronizes emergency management operions with federal, ste, local, tribal, and territorial partners, DHS/FEMA, the Nional Operions Center (NOC), and interagency bodies, including the Interagency Business Continuity Working Group (IBCWG). Supports development, maintenance, and implemention of the agency's Emergency Action Plan (EAP), including personnel accountability procedures, shelter-in-place protocols, and building evacuion procedures. Develops program objectives, milestones, performance metrics, and evaluion frameworks in alignment with the Nional Preparedness System and FEMA's Preparedness Cycle. Prepares comprehensive written products including reports, program assessments, stus briefings, issue papers, decision memoranda, and executive-level presentions for senior agency leadership and external stakeholders. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship Background and Security/Suitability Investigion May be required to serve a one-year probionary period Specialized experience MUST be documented on your resumeCurrent or Former Political Appointees:
If you are, or have been employed in the last 5 years, you must disclose this informion. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. The incumbent must obtain and maintain a nional security (Confidential, Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/SCI) clearance. The incumbent for this position subject to random drug testing once they begin working for EXIM. Qualificions Specialized Experience (Credit for Specialized Experience on resume must reflect 40 hours/Full-time per week for each period of work): GS-13 : You must have one (1) year of specialized experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to least the GS-12 level in the Federal Government or other equivalent pay systems.Specialized experience includes:
Experience developing and implementing Continuity of Operions (COOP), emergency management, or continuity planning programs; Experience developing and maintaining emergency management plans, continuity plans, emergency operions plans (EOPs), or conducting emergency management training and exercises; and Experience advising senior leadership and coordining with internal and external stakeholders on emergency management, continuity planning, or incident response activities, including preparing reports, briefings, or policy recommendions. Educion cannot be substituted for experience the GS-13 grade level. GS-14 : You must have one (1) year of specialized experience th has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and th is typically in or reled to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to least the GS-13 level in the Federal Government or other equivalent pay systems.Specialized experience includes:
Experience developing and implementing Continuity of Operions (COOP), emergency management, or continuity planning programs; Experience developing and maintaining emergency management plans, continuity plans, emergency operions plans (EOPs), or conducting emergency management training and exercises; and Experience advising senior leadership and coordining with internal and external stakeholders on emergency management, continuity planning, or incident response activities, including preparing reports, briefings, or policy recommendions. Experience developing and conducting emergency preparedness training, continuity exercises, and preparing reports or recommendions to improve organizional readiness. Educion cannot be substituted for experience the GS-14 grade level. For qualificion determinions, your resume must contain the following for each work experience listed: Organizion/Agency's Name Title Salary (series and grade, if applicable) Start and end des (including the month and year) Number of hours you worked per week Relevant experience th supports your response to the specialized experience th is sted in the job announcement If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete and you will not receive considerion for this position.NOTE:
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 and your applicion may be marked as incomplete/ineligible and you will not receive considerion for this position. 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 can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.Part-time and/or unpaid experience reled to this position considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week.
Foreign Educion:
If you are qualifying by educion and/or you have educion completed in a foreign college/university described above, it is your responsibility to provide transcripts and proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study. Please the following links for more informion: http://www.naces.org http:
//www.fcelanta.com 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .Additional informion on the qualificion requirements is outlined here . All requirements must be met by 09/14/2026, the closing de of the announcement. Educion This job does not have an educion qualificion requirement. Additional informionCurrent or Former Political Appointees:
Pursuant to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) oversight authority under section 1104(b)(2) of title 5, United Stes Code (U.S.C.) and section 5.2 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulions, OPM requires agencies to seek their approval prior to appointing any current or former political appointee to a permanent position (without time limits) in the civil service. A former or recent political appointee is someone who held a political appointment covered by OPM's policy within the previous 5-year period. OPM's oversight in this area safeguards merit system principles as well as fair and open competition free from political influence. If you are currently employed, or have been employed within the last 5 years, you must disclose this informion. Failure to disclose this informion could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Please the following link for the types of political appointments.Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities:
The following links contain informion on the eligibility requirements to be considered under a noncompetitive appointing authority: Career Transition (ICTAP/CTAP) Primary Appointing Authorities for Career and Career-Conditional Appointments Hiring Authorities for Veterans People withDisabilities Selective Service:
If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify th you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. This agency provides reasonable accommodion to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion made on a case-by-case basis.Ethical Standards/Financial Disclosure:
EXIM is committed to the highest ethical standards. As an employee, you covered by the criminal conflict of interest stutes and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch. You required to complete new employee ethics training within 3 months of your appointment. If this position is subject to financial disclosure requirements (either public or confidential depending upon your position), you required to complete a new entrant financial disclosure report within 30 days of your appointment. Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)Eligibles:
These programs apply to employees who have been involuntarily separed from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be red well-qualified for the position with a score of 80 or above based on the competencies listed above; and 3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. For more informion, please click here . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and the responses you provide on the applicion questionnaire. If you are found qualified for this position and meet or exceed a predefined ring threshold from your questionnaire responses, a Subject Mter Expert (SME) will review your resume to determine if your technical competencies meet the proficiency requirements established for this position. You notified by email if your applicion is forwarded to the hiring official for further considerion. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits 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 Required Documents Help Your applicion package should include the following documents: Your Resume (applicants are required to submit a resume with job title, series/grade (if federal employee), duties and accomplishments, employer's name, starting and ending des of employment, number of hours worked per week, and annual salary). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete and you will not receive considerion for this position. Effective September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in accordance with the Merit Hiring Plan . If you have not already done so, please upde your resume under your profile before applying for any federal job. For additional details, click the following link . Copy of your most recent SF-50 which shows your position title, series, grade, step, salary, position occupied, and tenure to verify Time-in-Grade/competitive stus. If you have previously held a higher grade and are applying based on th grade you must provide a copy of the SF-50 showing you held the higher grade and/or have promotion potential to the grade being advertised. Examples of approprie SF50s include: Appointments, Reassignments, Within-grade/range increases or Promotion actions.NOTE:
Pay adjustments and award SF-50s do not include the length of time in your current position, therefore, they are NOT acceptable SF-50's on their own. You may need to provide more than oneSF-50. NOTE
If you are currently serving in a Schedule P/C position and previously held a competitive service appointment, you must submit a copy of your SF-50 th reflects your prior competitive service appointment/stus. Unofficial Transcripts , if the position has an educion requirement or if you are using educion to qualify. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment. Proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study, if applicable. Special Priority Selection rights underCTAP or ICTAP :
Copy of your agency notice (RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc); Copy of your most recent performance appraisal (with least a sisfactory ring), Most current SF-50 showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, position title, grade level, and duty locion. Proof of Veteran's Preference - DD-214 (Member 4 Copy) , if you are a veteran. Additionally, applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete Standard Form (SF)15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, as well as additional documention required by the SF-15, such as a VA letter, if applicable. If a DD-214 (Member Copy 4) is not available, other documention listing the beginning and ending des of active service and the type of discharge must be submitted to verify eligibility. Submission of any required documents listed in vacancy announcement, if applicable. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion/documents, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). How to Apply Help Effective September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in accordance with the Merit Hiring Plan . If you have not already done so, please upde your resume under your profile before applying for any federal job. For additional details, click the following link . Applicions will only be accepted online; however if you are unable to apply online, please contact the Agency Contact Person listed below. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The following is a link to preview the occupional questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13042987 The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/14/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account here, select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Agency contact informion Tamicka Johnson Phone 2025653300 Tamicka.Johnson.ctr@exim.gov Address Export-Import Bank of the United Stes 811 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20571 US Next steps After all applicion packages have been received, we will review your applicion to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion in the Occupional Questionnaire. You notified by email if your applicion is forwarded to the hiring official for further considerion. If you do not meet the ring threshold to move forward to the next evaluion stage or it is determined th your technical competencies do not meet the proficiency requirements for this position, you notified by email. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Your applicion package should include the following documents: Your Resume (applicants are required to submit a resume with job title, series/grade (if federal employee), duties and accomplishments, employer's name, starting and ending des of employment, number of hours worked per week, and annual salary). If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete and you will not receive considerion for this position. Effective September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in accordance with the Merit Hiring Plan . If you have not already done so, please upde your resume under your profile before applying for any federal job. For additional details, click the following link . Copy of your most recent SF-50 which shows your position title, series, grade, step, salary, position occupied, and tenure to verify Time-in-Grade/competitive stus. If you have previously held a higher grade and are applying based on th grade you must provide a copy of the SF-50 showing you held the higher grade and/or have promotion potential to the grade being advertised. Examples of approprie SF50s include: Appointments, Reassignments, Within-grade/range increases or Promotion actions.
NOTE:
Pay adjustments and award SF-50s do not include the length of time in your current position, therefore, they are NOT acceptable SF-50's on their own. You may need to provide more than oneSF-50. NOTE
If you are currently serving in a Schedule P/C position and previously held a competitive service appointment, you must submit a copy of your SF-50 th reflects your prior competitive service appointment/stus. Unofficial Transcripts , if the position has an educion requirement or if you are using educion to qualify. If selected for the position, you must provide an official transcript before appointment. Proof of U.S. accredition for foreign study, if applicable. Special Priority Selection rights underCTAP or ICTAP :
Copy of your agency notice (RIF Separion Notice, Notice of Proposed Removal, etc); Copy of your most recent performance appraisal (with least a sisfactory ring), Most current SF-50 showing career/conditional tenure competitive stus, position title, grade level, and duty locion. Proof of Veteran's Preference - DD-214 (Member 4 Copy) , if you are a veteran. Additionally, applicants claiming 10-point preference must complete Standard Form (SF)15, Applicion for 10-Point Veteran Preference, as well as additional documention required by the SF-15, such as a VA letter, if applicable. If a DD-214 (Member Copy 4) is not available, other documention listing the beginning and ending des of active service and the type of discharge must be submitted to verify eligibility. Submission of any required documents listed in vacancy announcement, if applicable. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion/documents, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special considerion for which you may be eligible). How to Apply Help Effective September 27, 2025, federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in accordance with the Merit Hiring Plan . If you have not already done so, please upde your resume under your profile before applying for any federal job. For additional details, click the following link . Applicions will only be accepted online; however if you are unable to apply online, please contact the Agency Contact Person listed below. To apply for this position, you must complete the occupional questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The following is a link to preview the occupional questionnaire: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13042987 The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/14/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click the Submit My Answers button to submit your applicion package. It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account here, select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Tamicka Johnson Phone 2025653300 Tamicka.Johnson.ctr@exim.gov Address Export-Import Bank of the United Stes 811 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20571 US Next steps After all applicion packages have been received, we will review your applicion to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. We will evalue each applicant who meets the basic qualificions on the informion in the Occupional Questionnaire. You notified by email if your applicion is forwarded to the hiring official for further considerion. If you do not meet the ring threshold to move forward to the next evaluion stage or it is determined th your technical competencies do not meet the proficiency requirements for this position, you notified by email. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions This job will close when we have received 150 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion Washington, DC 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $121,785 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade