This position is located in the EOC of the assigned state and managed by the Region 6, Response Division. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience serving as a senior liaison and will have knowledge of both FEMA response operations and the emergency management organization and structure of the supported state; and able to work successfully in the assigned state emergency operations center facility as a member of the Response Division's FEMA Integration Team (FIT).

Qualifications:

Current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service. The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 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 state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

• Developing, communicating, and executing plans, policies or procedures across a diverse group of stakeholders at the Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, non-governmental organization or private sector level ,
• Providing emergency management services in one of the following: (1) conducting emergency management operations at the Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, non-governmental organization or private sector level, (2) performing emergency management logistics functions at the Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, non-governmental organization or private sector level ,
• Utilizing emergency management planning and decision-making processes: (i.

e. National Incident Management System-Incident Command System (NIMS-ICS), the National Response Framework (NRF), the FEMA Six-Step Planning Process or Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP). Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Please limit your resume to two pages. The USAJOBS database will not allow an applicant to submit an application that includes a resume over two pages. Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates 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? Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder . If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from

MM/DD/YY

to

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), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/DAE employee? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from

MM/DD/YY

to

MM/DD/YY

) of deployments that 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 information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified." Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards