Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist; Operations Function Coordinator

Summary

You will serve as Chief for the Operations Section of the Emergency Management Branch. You will work under the general administrative direction of the Emergency Management Branch Chief who makes assignments of a broad and general nature covering long-range program priorities, policies, and objectives. You are responsible for providing advice and guidance to the Emergency Management Branch Chief on emergency requirements in collaboration with other federal departments, agencies, and programs.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

Responsible for the coordination, operationalization, and management of APHIS Operations Centers, information and support requests, significant event reporting, and emergency notification.

Conducts functional assessments and analysis, prepare staff papers, make oral presentations, and submit written reports of directorate operations to the Branch Chief and Director.

Provides recommendations to leadership on EOC activation levels and coordinates appropriate staffing to support real-world and training events.

Notifies leadership of significant challenges and unsatisfied customers in a timely manner and escalates requests to the appropriate level.

Provides research and technical analysis for all-hazards vulnerabilities and prepares reports for senior leadership.

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

You will be evaluated based on your qualifications for this position as evidenced by your experience, education, training, responses to the application questionnaire and the responses to all assessments required for this position demonstrated in your application package to determine the degree to which you possess the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies listed below:
Accountability Customer Service Decisiveness Flexibility Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving Resilience Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Your application, including the online Assessment Questionnaire, will be reviewed to determine if you meet (a) minimum qualification requirements and (b) the resume supports the answers provided to the job-specific questions.

Your resume must clearly support your responses to all the questions addressing experience and education relevant to this position.

Note:

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score may be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities, or you may be found ineligible. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating. Providing inaccurate information on Federal documents could be grounds for non-selection or disciplinary action up to including removal from the Federal service.

Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Additional Information - USA Hire Online Assessment All applicants are required to complete the online USA Hire assessment to be considered for the position for this vacancy. Applicants will not be given the opportunity to complete the online USA Hire assessment outside of the assigned assessment window for this vacancy.

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