Emergency Management Specialist

Summary

Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia is looking for a motivated individual to lead the Agency's emergency planning, preparedness, response, and continuity of operations programs. If you are an individual that enjoys recommending effective systems and procedures, resolving critical operational challenges, developing innovative approaches for Agency-wide adoption, and ensuring all emergency actions align with policies and regulatory requirements, then this job is for you!

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Duties

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As an Emergency Management Specialist, you will:

1. Serve as a principal advisor to the Unit Chief, Administrative Services and Quality Management on all aspects of emergency management functions and serve as an expert technical advisor/consultant in the development of an emergency management program framework for a small federal agency.
2. Serve as an Emergency Management Specialist responsible for managing emergency activities including initiatives to develop, implement and maintain the programs crucial for protecting the safety and welfare of the PSA community.
3. Provide guidance on emergency management activities adaptive to small agency resource limitations to ensure continued compliance with U.S. Government policy standards and requirements on all issues related to emergency management.
4. Serve as a PSA representative to agency-wide emergency coordination program.
5. Recommend policies for facilities management, emergency planning, preparedness and response, and continuity of operations.
6. Recommend changes to PSA's continuity of operations document in accordance with changes in agency practices and directives, or Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines.
7. Recommend updates to the Occupant Emergency Plan.
8. Recommend and develop methodologies to analyze organizational impact of potential threats and design processes to perform risk analysis.
9. Develop and maintain critical programs crucial for protecting the safety and welfare of the PSA community and continuing the essential functions of the PSA during exigent conditions.
10. Serve as planner, participant and observer for readiness exercises sponsored by PSA as
    well as develop and present training to diverse audiences in PSA emergency management programs.

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Conditions of employment

Bargaining Unit Status and Chapter: Not Covered, AFGE Local 1456

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies

This is not a law enforcement position

Conditions of Employment

1. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

2. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.

3. Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation.

4. May be required to successfully complete a probationary period, if not already completed.

5. All applicants are subject to a comprehensive criminal background investigation and required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.

6. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.

7. Status applicants for promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade.

8. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the close of this announcement.

9. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the specialized experience requirement below.

To qualify for the GS-13 grade level , you must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience related to the duties of the position that was comparable in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 grade level.

Specialized experience is defined as experience guiding emergency planning, preparedness and response, and continuity of operations programs for an Agency. This includes recommending systems and procedures, resolving critical problems that arise, developing new approaches to be followed by others, and ensuring the Agency's emergency response is managed in accordance with applicable regulations and policies.

NOTE : Your resume must clearly show the specialized experience related to this position. Failure to demonstrate how you possess the experience requirements will result in an "Ineligible" rating.

Education

There is no education substitution for specialized experience at this grade level.

Additional information

1. If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant as defined by 5 CFR § 330.702, you may apply for special selection over other applicants for this position. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. Click The Employee's Guide to Career Transition for more information on ICTAP eligibility.

2. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee or former Federal employee who has reinstatement eligibility , you must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 "Notification of Personnel Action" and/or a copy of the SF-50 that reflects career or career-conditional tenure, or you will not be considered under the merit promotion process. Also, you should submit your most recent performance appraisal.

3. Veterans' Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 : Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active duty service may apply. If you are applying under this provision, please submit a copy of your DD-214 (unedited long version).

4. You can apply for a non-competitive appointment if you meet the basic eligibility requirements and you are eligible for special appointment such as those authorized for the severely disabled; certain Vietnam era and disabled veterans; returned volunteers from the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps Vista , etc. Please indicate the type of special appointment you are seeking, if any, on your application and follow all other instructions for applying shown in this announcement.

5. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement . Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review in our office, in other Federal agency personnel offices, and on OPM's web site at OPM Qualification Standards.

6. In accordance with Executive Order 14170 and the Merit Hiring Plan guidance issued by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, applicants for this position are invited to respond to four essay questions. These questions are designed to provide you with an opportunity to share your commitment to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution, as well as your dedication to public service. While your responses are not required and will not be scored, we encourage you to thoughtfully address each question. Please provide a response of 200 words or less to each question. You will be asked to certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) such as a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT or Copilot. Click here to review the questions

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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