Logistics Management Specialist (Logistics Section Chief Type 1)

Summary 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 1, National IMAT Team and has a starting salary of $65.51 per hour ; however, the maximum salary possible in this position is $94.48 per hour. Salary listed includes locality pay. Learn more about this agency This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarification from the agency 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. Duties What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as a Logistics Management Specialist (Logistics Section Chief Type 1) to provide oversight and coordination of Federal support for facilities, services, and materials to meet the emerging needs of a disaster. When deployed , the Logistics Management Specialist (Logistics Section Chief Type 1) is responsible for providing facilities, services, and material in support of the incident. Incumbent will coordinate federal support for response and recovery to natural and man-made incidents that result in considerable levels of damage or disruption severely impacting the affected population and infrastructure requiring sustained federal recovery support. Typical assignments include: Participates in the development and implementation of the Incident Action Plan (IAP) and activates and supervises the branches and units in the Logistics Section. Determines appropriate organizational structure based on the supervisor's direction and ensures the structure and staffing are Incident Command System (ICS) compliant. Serves as principal advisor on all logistics issues related to incident; providing guidance regulations and policy concerns. When not deployed , the Logistics Management Specialist (Logistics Section Chief Type 1) is responsible for managing and providing oversight to the Logistics Section of the National IMAT Typical assignments include: Ensures team's readiness to support policy, guidance and plans; testing, training and exercising; facilites, equipment, communications, network, and resources. Logistics coordination with FEMA Headquarters and detachments, Regions, and interagency partners. Provides technical expertise in the development of plans, goals and objectives, and leads implementation for new initiatives and programs. Evaluates logistics policies, practices, and performance in the light of requirements; recommends additions, deletions, and modifications. 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. IMAT…

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