Emergency Management Specialist

The Office of Emergency Management (A/OEM) is the Department of State organization responsible for fulfilling the Department’s responsibilities mandated by Presidential Policy Directive 40 (PPD-40), National Continuity Policy.

The Department’s Continuity programs cover the full range of threats to national security that derive from natural disasters, military and terrorist attacks, technological emergencies, or other emergencies. The Diplomatic Continuity Programs Division (A/OEM/DCP), Office of Emergency Management is responsible for developing emergency and continuity plans and programs and an appropriate state of readiness that prepare the Secretary and the Department to respond to any national security emergency.

The scope of this requirement encompasses obtaining Planning/Operations support, Facility Management, Facility Operations, and Administrative support for continuity planning services necessary for assistance in the design, development, implementation, deployment, operations, and maintenance for the Bureau’s continuity specific facility management and oversight, continuity policy preparations, continuity planning and operations, and executive administrative support. The services acquired will also include logistical program management and administrative support necessary for the preparation and update of systems and facility management documentation and related services.

The tasks described below will be performed as a part of a development team including other contract and government personnel.

The objective of this requirement is to provide A/OEM/DCP with real time services for the operations, maintenance, testing, and development of facility management;
Security/COMSEC program support for continuity communications operations, and program operations support for continuity operational planning that enables the Bureau of Administration and A/OEM/DCP to conduct the Department of State’s domestic emergency continuity mission.

• Develop, prepare, or evaluate emergency management policies, plans, procedures, and capabilities related to the Department’s domestic emergency notification system(s), life‑saving personnel accountability initiation and follow‑up actions, incident monitoring activities, and other A/DOES/RP/OEM programs, as required.
• Provide technical advice on mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery activities associated with natural, technological, and/or terrorist or accidental Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) disasters.
• Provide expert policy oversight and program management assistance for the domestic emergency notification system(s), personnel accountability, and incident management programs, and as needed to the Department’s overseas emergency notification system program officials
• Leverage the Department’s domestic emergency notification system(s) and emergency messaging capabilities to provide rapid notification to customers and stakeholders, as required.
• Design and/or support webinar‑based trainings, one‑on‑one improvement critiques, discussion‑based sessions, tabletop exercises (TTX), and practical exercises for A/DOES/RP/OEM Duty Officers and Department of State emergency notification system elevated users throughout the continental United States. Analyze exercise results and provide input to After Action Reports (AAR).
• Provides support to the OEM 24/7 Duty Officer program to include natural, technological, and man‑made events and crisis monitoring, reporting, response, senior leadership briefs, and after‑action reviews.
• Assist program officials with outreach, planning, and coordination activities before, during, and after an event or incident
• Provide surge support to program officials managing crisis situations, including support to domestic incidents, task forces, and continuity activations.
• Participate in various meetings, trainings, exercises, and briefings; prepare presentations, talking points, meeting summaries, and other forms of correspondence, as required.
• Participate in drafting of papers, memos, plans, presentations, and other forms of Department correspondence to support the domestic emergency management program…