In this position you will organize and assist in program implementation under short deadlines. Candidates must thrive in a fast-paced environment, work well on a team, be knowledgeable in quantitative and qualitative methods, and eager to learn and grow within the inter-agency space.
What will I do in this position if hired?
In this Program Analyst position, you will organize and assist in program implementation under short deadlines.
Typical assignments include:
Developing, analyzing, and evaluating established programs, policies, procedures, associated goals, and mission operations.
Coordinating across the enterprise through discussions and meetings with representatives of varying organizations.
Conducting briefings and presentations, including to senior officials, and deals responsibly on important and sensitive matters with agency personnel and other parties outside the agency.
What else do I need to know?
At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.
This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Appointments to CORE positions are typically between two years and four years in duration and may be renewed based upon workload needs and funding availability. Employees are hired under the Robert T. Stafford Act and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.
FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation.? At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.
Conditions of Employment
To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Moderate Risk as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs (please visit: Mythbuster on Federal Hiring Policies for additional information). For more information on background investigations for Federal jobs, please visit OPM Investigations.
Conditions of Employment:
You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
You must successfully pass a background investigation.
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel card.
Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
Travel may be required.
Qualifications
All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
To qualify for this Program Analyst position at the IC-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-09 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the Federal or Private Sector and must demonstrate all of the following:
Drafting correspondence and briefings for distribution to a wide range of stakeholders; and
Developing and revising interagency policy and programmatic documents; and
Editing and modifying shared content on a platform, (i.e. documents, spreadsheets, calendars)
OR
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
OR
LL.M. if related