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This position is located within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Office of Chief Counsel, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Division. In this position you will provide professional conflict prevention and resolution services to FEMA employees during disaster operations. This position starts at a salary of $96,970 (IC-13).
Apply for this exciting opportunity to become a member of the Office of Chief Counsel team within FEMA.
EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: 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 position is being announced under FEMA's Cadre of On-call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) Program. This is a temporary appointment in the Excepted Service, not to exceed 2 years, with the option to extend based on workload and funding availability. Veterans Preference does not apply to the CORE selection process.
03/05/2018 to 03/09/2018
$87,252 - $129,906 per year
IC 13
few vacancies in the following location:
Occasional travel - Occasional non-emergency travel may be required.
No
Term - Temporary - Not to Exceed 2 Years
Full-time - Full Time
13
No
FEMA-18-JDS-216009-CORE
492972200
In this position, you will provide professional conflict prevention and resolution services to FEMA employees at disaster operations. Duties include:
Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described below
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
To determine if you are qualified for this job, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the occupational questionnaire. If you are qualified, you will be referred to a selection panel for consideration.
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