What will I do in this position if hired?
In this position, the incumbent will answer phones, set multiple appointments, set up and organize files, manage electronic equipment, work with confidential files and answer questions as needed.
Typical assignments include:
- Ordering and maintaining office supplies.
- Setting up files and producing file folder labels.
- Making copies, filing, and scanning documents.
- Producing reports using established formats on required forms.
- Entering information into excel spreadsheets.
- Using Microsoft Office computer software to support administrative assignments.
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 $16.20 Per Hour (IH 00)
