<p>Summary</p> <p>This position is being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. This is a 2-year temporary appointment in the Excepted service. This position is located on a Type II IMAT team and has a starting salary range of $49.43 per hour to $54.92 per hour; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $69.01 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay.</p> <p>Summary</p> <p>This position is being announced under FEMA's Incident Management Assistant Team (IMAT) Program. This is a 2-year temporary appointment in the Excepted service. This position is located on a Type II IMAT team and has a starting salary range of $49.43 per hour to $54.92 per hour; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $69.01 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay.</p> <p>Overview</p> <p>Help</p> <p>Accepting applications</p> <p>Open & closing dates</p> <p>08/05/2025 to 08/12/2025</p> <p>This job will close when we have received 100 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more</p> <p>Salary $49.43 to - $69.01 per hour Pay scale & grade IT 2</p> <p>Location</p> <p>1 vacancy in the following location:</p> <p>Oakland, CA</p> <p>Remote job No Telework eligible Yes-as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 75% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. IMAT members will deploy to emergency sites. IMAT members will travel to disasters, offices, trainings, meetings, or for other job-related reasons. Non-emergency travel may be required. Relocation expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Temporary - Not to Exceed 2 years Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted</p> <p>Promotion potential</p> <p>None</p> <p>Job family (Series)</p> <ul> <li>0089 Emergency Management Specialist </li></ul> <p>Supervisory status Yes Security clearance Not Required Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Moderate Risk (MR)</p> <p>Trust determination process</p> <ul> <li>Suitability/Fitness </li></ul> <p>Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit status No</p> <p>Announcement number MVS-12777812-IMAT Control number 842591000</p> <p>This job is open to</p> <p>Help</p> <p>Internal to an agency</p> <p>Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.</p> <p>Clarification from the agency</p> <p>This position is announced under FEMA's Excepted Service, Stafford Act Hiring Authority for a full-time Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) appointment. After three years of continuous service, CORE employees earn competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA. Veterans Preference does not apply to the CORE selection process.</p> <p>Duties</p> <p>Help</p> <p>What will I do in this position if hired?</p> <p>In this position, you will serve as an Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response) Operations Task Force Leader (OPTL) on the Region 9 IMAT team.</p> <p>When deployed, the Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response) Operations Task Force Leader (OPTL)</p> <p>Typical assignments include:</p> <ul> <li>Supporting the Operations Section Chief (OSC) with development, coordination, and implementation of providing employee services to leadership and other stakeholders during deployments. </li><li>Facilitating communication, coordination, and collaboration across aspects of response by serving as a liaison to Field Operations. </li><li>Communicating any new policies, guidelines, or instructions to managers, supervisors, and or employees regarding personnel administrative requirements. </li><li>Submitting items for the Remedial Action Management Program (RAMP) to immediate supervisor. Hold personnel accountable for execution of assigned tasks. </li><li>Supporting and collaborating with Public Assistance (PA) staff, </li><li>Maintain an accurate map of the completed areas of responsibility. </li><li>Ensuring accurate operational information is included on the ICS 215 task assignment worksheets. </li><li>Ensuring task descriptions provide clear, concise direction, and performance expectations that support the incident objectives. </li><li>Coordinating / assisting with the Operations Section's development of the Incident Action Plan (IAP). </li><li>Explaining each subordinate's assignments in the context of the bigger picture. </li><li>Keeping subordinates informed of decisions, actions, and changes that affect them. </li><li>Establish work assignments, provide feedback to FEMA program and Emergency Support Function (ESF) leads on performance appraisals for personnel assigned to the Division. </li><li>Coordinating / assisting with the sharing of information between the local government, the Operations Staff, and the state/tribe. </li><li>Coordinating with geographic branch/division task force/crew leaders, single resources and ESFs/RSFs to prepare for the Operations Tactics Meeting, and other duties as assigned by the Operations Section Chief. </li></ul> <p>When not deployed, the Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response) Operations Task Force Leader (OPTL)</p> <p>Typical assignments include:</p> <ul> <li>Advising on the development and documentation of business administrative functions and planning, that affect critical aspects of the IMAT mission as designated by the Operations Section Chief. </li><li>Providing and informing leadership of critical shortfalls on operational requirements and recommending resource adjudication. </li></ul> <p>What else do I need to know?</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>This position will be hired into a temporary 2-year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.</p> <p>Requirements</p> <p>Help</p> <p>Conditions of employment</p> <p>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 Public Trust - 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.</p> <p>Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below and that you clearly describe how your experience meets these requirements within your resume.</p> <p>Conditions of Employment</p> <ul> <li>You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position. </li><li>You must successfully pass a background investigation. </li><li>Selective Service registration required. </li><li>You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government travel card </li><li>Travel will be required. </li><li>You may be required to be on a 24 hour on-call work schedule during emergency response periods. </li><li>Please review the Additional Information section for additional key requirements. </li></ul> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.</p> <p>To qualify for thisSupervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Response) Operations Task Force Leader (OPTL) position at the IT-02 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IT-01 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 government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:</p> <ul> <li>Leading a team of emergency response staff in all phases of disaster operations; </li><li>Coordinating emergency readiness operations at the Operations and/or Incident Command level; and </li><li>Conducting critical analysis of data, making recommendations, and developing operational readiness reports. </li></ul> <p>OR Education</p> <p>Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree</p> <p>or</p> <p>3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree</p> <p>or</p> <p>LL.M., if related</p> <p>OR Combination of education and experience.</p> <p>Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:</p> <ul> <li>Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. </li><li>Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. </li><li>Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. </li></ul> <p>Are you qualifying based on your work experience?</p> <ul> <li>Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the occupational series, grade level, and dates in which you held each grade level. </li><li>Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. </li><li>Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified." </li><li>Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. </li><li>For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards </li></ul> <p>Education</p> <p>Education substitution: This position permits applicants to qualify based on education (or a combination of education and experience), as outlined in the "requirements" section. If you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application. Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts.</p> <p>Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. Visit the Department of Education's Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.</p> <p>Additional information</p> <ul> <li>STAFFORD ACT EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENTS: Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) 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. </li><li>If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. </li><li>The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to FEMA-Misconduct@fema.dhs.gov. </li><li>DHS uses E-verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities. </li><li>Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. </li><li>During the application process you will have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. </li><li>The salary range indicated in this announcement reflects the minimum locality pay up to maximum locality pay for all duty locations listed. The range will be adjusted for selected duty location. General Schedule locality pay tables may be found under Salaries & Wages. Please note: first time hires to the Federal Government are typically hired at the Step 01. </li><li>Deployment travel may be required, based upon agency needs. Deployment expectations can vary and will be discussed with candidates during the selection process. </li><li>This is a Non-Bargaining Unit position. </li></ul> <p>Expand Hide additional information</p> <p>Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.</p> <p>Benefits</p> <p>Help</p> <p>A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.</p> <p>Review our benefits</p> <p>Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.</p> <p>How you will be evaluated</p> <p>You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.</p> <p>We will review your resume, supporting documentation, and your responses to the occupational questionnaire to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements listed in the announcement. If you are qualified, you may be referred to a hiring manager for consideration.</p> <p>Interview Requirement. Interviews may be required for this position. Failure to complete the interview may result in removal from further consideration.</p> <p>We recommend that you preview the online questions for this announcement before you start the application process. To preview, please review: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12777812.</p> <p>Benefits</p> <p>Help</p> <p>A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.</p> <p>Review our benefits</p> <p>Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.</p> <p>Required documents</p> <p>Required Documents</p> <p>Help</p> <p>Do not include photos, personally identifying information (PII) (including birthday and social security numbers), or personal information such as age, sex, medical history, etc. Resumes that include any of this information will be ineligible for further review.</p> <ul> <li>Your resume. Please limit your resume to five pages. If more than five pages are submitted, only the first five pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility and qualifications. For resume writing guidance, please review the requirements section of this announcement or visit the USAJobs Resource Center. </li><li>Your responses to the job questionnaire. You will be directed to the online job questionnaire once you begin the application process for this position. </li><li>Are you a current or former federal employee? This position does not have any competitive eligibility requirements. However, you will need to submit a Standard Form (SF)-50, Notification of Personnel Action, which demonstrates your current/highest grade level. Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, within-grade increases and accessions. Award SF-50's will not be accepted. </li><li>Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) from accredited institutions. Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts. </li></ul> <p>It is your responsibility to verify that any information entered or uploaded is received and is accurate. Determining your eligibility and qualifications is dependent on the supporting documentation and information provided, which may impact your referral for further consideration. If a document is not legible, Human Resources will not be able to view it in your application. All application materials, including transcripts, must be in English.</p> <p>If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:</p> <p>Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.</p> <p>Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.</p>