What will I do in this position if hired?
In this Local Hire (Planning Support Unit Leader) position, you will be responsible for preparing and developing plans for an incident; including Incident Action Plans (IAP), Incident Strategic Plans, Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plans, Contingency Plans, Transition Plans and other supporting plans.
Typical assignments include:
- Coordinating and supporting the implementation of disaster response services and programs.
- Analyzing resource requirements and capabilities to enable program delivery and performance.
- Compiling and updating information to support plan developments for: Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan; Strategic Plan and Timeline; Transition Plan; Closeout Plan; Demobilization Plan when assigned to the Demobilization Unit; and other plans.
- Providing planning guidance and training to other functional elements in the development of incident plans when requested or directed.
- Supervising Planning Specialist and overseeing activities to include: gathering and analyzing information for accuracy, redundancy and relevance.
What else do I need to know?
This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees help FEMA respond to, recover from and mitigate hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions which are not limited to disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial and logistical support.
Local Hires are Temporary Positions. The Local Hire Program is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act. Appointments under this authority within FEMA are made to the excepted service and are nonpermanent in nature. A local hire's term of employment is 120 days. Local Hire appointments may be extended, in 120-day increments, based on the needs of the disaster.
FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.
Starting at $41.86 Per Hour (IH 00)