FEMA is seeking candidates with experience in Photography and Videography.
What will I do in this position if hired?
In this Local Hire (Visual Imaging Specialist) position, you will provide visual imaging for use by FEMA.
Typical assignments include:
- Capturing video and photos before, during and after disasters.
- Documenting through video and photography the agency's mission.
- Developing disaster-related content that educations the public, local, state, territorial and tribal governments.
- Creating still imagery and video clips/sound bites to support press releases and interviews.
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 $21.80 Per Hour (IH 00)