What will I do in this position if hired?
In this position, the incumbent will:
- Coordinate with agency/ESF representatives from federal, state, local, and tribal departments as well as nongovernmental organizations in the Air Operations Branch to develop a common operating picture.
- Coordinate with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the primary state aviation regulatory agency regarding airport status.
- Assign operational aviation missions, allocate aircraft and other resources, track mission results, provide briefings, collect cost information, and identify and coordinate the resolution of flight safety issues in accordance with UCG priorities.
- Establish a plan for meeting immediate air response needs based on state requests or federal
operational support.
When deployed, reports to the Operations Section Chief and coordinates federal support for response and recovery to disasters that result in considerable levels of damage or disruption that severely impacts the affected population and infrastructure requiring sustained federal recovery support. Typical responsibilities include:
- Develops and implements operational response strategies during an emergencies or major disasters to stabilize incidents and coordinate emergency response.
- Develops, maintains, and executes operational plans supporting Air operations response efforts.
- Collects, analyzes, and disseminates critical Air Operations information in partnership with Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners.
- Builds partnerships with governmental and private sector incident or emergency response teams to foster collaboration and unified response.
- Participates in the incident action planning process. Ensures all relevant information is exchanged during briefings and debriefings related to infrastructure systems.
When not deployed, typical responsibilities for the incumbent include:
- Participates in exercises at the national, regional and state level and all required training with states, territories and other federal agencies.
- Provides input for development of and participate in the execution and documentation of functions and plans affecting critical aspects of FEMA's mission, operational responses and programs
- Provides basic instruction on disaster-related topics to regions, states and local authorities
- Participates in the development of regional catastrophic planning for all-hazard responses
- Assists in the development of plans, goals, and objectives for new initiatives and programs
- Evaluates and provides recommendations for improving effectiveness of existing programs and activities
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 an IMAT CORE (Incident Management Assist Team, Cadre of Response/Recovery Employee). IMAT CORE employees are full time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. IMATs are the first FEMA personnel deployed to an incident and manage the field-level federal response and early recovery with a primary focus on critical infrastructure stabilization, especially life-saving and life-sustaining efforts. Appointments to IMAT CORE positions are 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 3 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.
