Emergency Management Specialist

Summary:

The Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) has adopted the comprehensive Emergency Management Program Workforce modernization Plan for Emergency Preparedness and response responsibilities for emergency management activities within VHA to all levels of department and with other departments and agencies and established consistency of functions and streamlines hiring process.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 07/31/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation - but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year — it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade — as required by the announcement. In this instance — you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note:

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
To qualify for the GS-0089-11 based on specialized experience:
You must have one (1) year of specialized experience at the GS-09 level or equivalent for this position. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge — skills — and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position — and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

To be creditable — specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. At the GS-11 full performance level — the incumbent demonstrates:
Knowledge of the pertinent laws — objectives — precedents — guidelines — and procedures governing various emergency management programs and operations enough to assist with development and execution of a comprehensive emergency management program. Knowledge of analytical and evaluation methods and thorough understanding of how regulatory programs are administered to select and apply program evaluation and management techniques (data gathering methodologies) in determining compliance with emergency preparedness — management rules and regulations.

Ability to respond quickly to emergency situations where degree of hazard could be of a high nature. Knowledge of a variety of emergency contingency — and operations plans — policies and directives enough to provide advice and assistance. Knowledge of the Microsoft office suite (Word — Excel — and Power point). Skill in applying basic data gathering methodologies to collect various types of information and knowledge of database entry programs and management.

To qualify for the GS-0089-11 based on education:
Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. — if related. To qualify for the GS-0089-11 based on combination:
Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Combinations of successfully completed post‑high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level;

and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at…