Emergency Management Specialist (Mission Assignment Manager)

Emergency Management Specialist (Mission Assignment Manager)

Department: Department of Homeland Security

Location(s): McClellan, California

Salary Range: $32.47 - $61.19 Per Hour

Job Summary: This position is being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. This is a 2-year temporary appointment in the Excepted service. This position is located on a Type I National IMAT Red team and has a starting salary range of $32.47 per hour to $37.33 per hour; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $61.19 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay.

Major Duties:

• What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as an Emergency Management Specialist (Mission Assignment Manager) for Response and Recovery, Field Operations Directorate, National IMAT Red team. When deployed, the Emergency Management Specialist (Mission Assignment Manager) reports to the Operations Section Chief and is responsible for preparing, tracking, and monitoring mission assignments (MA). Incumbent will coordinate federal support in response to natural or man-made incidents to include: coordination and process activation of Other Federal Agencies (OFA), preparation of activation letters to OFA's and preparation of activation Mission Assignments as directed by the Operations Section Chief. Typical assignments include: Verifying all Mission Assignment documentation is complete, accurate, processed, and approved and verifying all signatory approvals. Determining if organizational structure is appropriate based upon supervisor's direction and ensuring that the structure and staffing are Incident Command System (ICS) compliant. Identifying cross-programmatic issues and works cooperatively with other program areas to resolve. Facilitating full and accurate communication of mission assignment status among mission assignment managers to promote smooth operations of the mission assignment function for the incident and successful transition between shifts, locations, and personnel. When not deployed, the Emergency Management Specialist (Mission Assignment Manager) reports to the Operations Section Chief and will participate in exercises at the national, regional, and state levels. Typical assignments include: Providing input for the development of and participating in the execution and documentation of functions and plans that affect critical aspects of FEMA's mission, operational responses, and programs. Providing basic instruction on disaster-related topics to regions, state, and local authorities. Participating in the development of regional catastrophic planning for all-hazard responses. 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 an IMAT CORE (Incident Management Assist Team, Cadre of Response/Recovery Employee). IMAT CORE employees are full time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. IMATs are the first FEMA personnel deployed to an incident and manage the field-level federal response and early recovery with a primary focus on critical infrastructure stabilization, especially life-saving and life-sustaining efforts. Appointments to IMAT CORE positions are four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability. 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 3 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 2-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

Qualifications: All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. To qualify for thisEmergency Management Specialist (Mission Assignment Manager) position at the IT-02 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IT-01 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: Maintaining and operating an action tracking system to monitor and report on tasks, projects, and/or assignments; Developing internal and external relationships with various stakeholders; and Communicating technical information to a wide audience. OR Education Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related OR Combination of education and experience. 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. 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 MM/DD/YY), (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 occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? 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

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above by 11:59pm (EST) on 11/13/2025. Please note that this announcement may close sooner than the published close date if the application limit is reached. 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 application, you will receive an acknowledgement email. Incentives may be offered depending on funding availability, the difficulty of positions to fill, and qualifications of applicants Only resumes up to a total of two pages will be accepted. Applicants with resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. If you have questions about this announcement or the application process, please contact the Human Resources Specialist listed in the Agency Contact Information prior to the close of the announcement. An employee, job applicant, or an individual acting on behalf of the employee, may request a Reasonable Accommodation by emailing fema-ocr-ra@fema.dhs.gov with "time sensitive" in the subject line. To review the common definitions of terms found in this announcement, please visit the DHS Common Definitions page. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status: Review your job status on your Application Dashboard. Your application dashboard is where you can view your application status and review your notifications sent by the hiring agency regarding your application.

Application Deadline: 2025-11-13