Emergency Management Specialist (GS-12)

Summary

You will serve as a Emergency Management Specialist with Bureau of Reclamation. You may be required to work on-call, evenings, weekends, holidays, overtime and shift work during emergencies.

Duties

Regional Emergency Management Program Leadership and Oversight - Leads and coordinates the Region's emergency management program, including emergency preparedness, continuity of operations, emergency response, recovery, and related emergency management activities. - Develops, implements, and evaluates regional emergency management plans, procedures, policies, and program requirements to ensure operational readiness across regional facilities and operations. Compliance, Policy, Program Integration and Interagency Coordination - Ensures regional emergency management activities, plans, and procedures comply with applicable Departmental, Bureau, Federal, and national emergency management requirements and preparedness frameworks. - Coordinates emergency management activities with internal organizations and external Federal, state, local, Tribal, and other emergency management partners and stakeholders. Training, Exercise Development, Evaluation, and Corrective Action - Develops, coordinates, and conducts emergency preparedness training and exercises to evaluate regional readiness, response capabilities, and continuity procedures. - Evaluates exercise and incident performance, identifies deficiencies and lessons learned, and develops and tracks corrective actions to improve emergency management capabilities. Emergency Response, RECC Operations, and Incident Coordination - Coordinates regional response activities during emergencies and incidents affecting Reclamation facilities, personnel, infrastructure, and operations. - Supports and coordinates Regional Emergency Coordination Center (RECC) activation and operations, including situational awareness, incident information, resource coordination, and communication with internal and external response partners.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/30/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, your resume must reflect one year of full time experience equivalent to the GS-11 level performing all of the following: 1) administering or coordinating an emergency management or preparedness program, including developing, implementing, or evaluating emergency preparedness, continuity, response, or recovery plans and procedures; 2) interpreting and applying emergency management policies, regulations, standards, or preparedness requirements and coordinating program activities with internal and external organizations; 3) developing, coordinating, conducting, or evaluating emergency preparedness training and exercises, including identifying deficiencies, lessons learned, or corrective actions; AND 4) coordinating emergency response or incident management activities, such as emergency operations center activities, incident coordination, situational awareness, resource coordination, or communication with response partners. MUST MEET ALL. Volunteer Experience: 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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. Pre-employment and random drug testing is required. You will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.

How you will be evaluated

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Emergency Management Interpersonal Skills Planning and Evaluating Technical Competence To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a structured resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply for and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the 10/30/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement to receive consideration. Note: You will only be marked eligible for those eligibilities that you selected and provided the appropriate supporting documentation. The application process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. To PREVIEW the application questionnaire, select the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13095199 Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their application, associated documents and applicable personal information shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupational series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic location(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive consideration. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement status or your application status, visit https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/application/status.

Other information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. All DOI employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, DOI Ethics Prohibitions | U.S. Department of the Interior. The duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisor approval.