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IMCORE EHP Environmental Floodplain Specialist

DUTY LOCATIONS: Many locations
WHO MAY APPLY: All United States Citizens
APPLICATION PERIOD: Until Filled
SERIES & GRADE: IT-0028-1, T2
BASE PAY RANGE: $21.65 - $25.25
POSITION INFORMATION: Multiple Positions - Term - Temporary - Not to Exceed 2 Years
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Public Trust - Background Investigation
 When disaster strikes, America looks to FEMA. Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to support Americans in their times of greatest need. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares the nation for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well skilled, knowledgeable, high performance workforce.
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.
The Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Cadre (EHP) announces the hiring of EHP Environmental Specialist (ENSP) position under FEMA's Core Program.
 Key Requirements:
This position requires a Public Trust background investigation.
You must be a U.S. citizen or National to be considered for this position.
This position is 100% travel, and you will be required to travel up to, but not limited to 320+ days a year. When not deployed, your duty station will be your residence of record (ROR).
You must have completed a BA or Master’s degree program in related subject.
You must be able to walk, stand, and sit, for extended periods.
You must be able to work in austere conditions and in undesirable locations.
You must be able to stay in temporary housing when deployed if necessary.
You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
 
Special Physical Requirements:
Work is performed at a desk, walking, standing, bending, carrying light to medium objects, and in austere conditions.
Work may take place in undesirable conditions that include exposure to excessive heat, unhealthy environments, and extended hours.
Housing accommodations may be limited and require stays in temporary structures without electricity.
Duties:
• The Environmental Specialist provides support for the Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (EHP) Cadre review, reports, and compliance at JFOs during incident management responses.
• Reviews a wide range of environmental, scientific, technical, management, engineering, socio-economic, and legal issues for all FEMA's programs.
• Serves as project or technical monitor for FEMA task orders and Interagency Agreements addressing environmental/historic preservation compliance issues
• Preparation and/or review of studies, written reports, charts, graphs, maps, and other documentation that describes the technical methods and results of surveys of properties identified for environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, survey reports, and design memoranda. The preparation of documentation may concern items of archaeological, geological, and historical significance in relation to other environmental factors that are considered in selecting and recommending the most desirable plan of development.
• Makes recommendations to the JFO EHP Manager on environmental and historic preservation policy and procedures, and program guidance and training information on environmental/historic preservation compliance issues.
How You Will be Evaluated:
Resume
Your resume must show that you meet requirements for this position. You may be found "not qualified" if you do not possess minimum competencies required for the position. To accurately credit your experience, please make sure to list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment and/or employment.
 To qualify for this position at the IT-01, T2 (starting at $21.65 per hour) level, your resume must demonstrate at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (IT-01, T1) level in federal service. This experience may have been gained in the federal government, a state or local government, a non-profit organization, the private sector, or as a volunteer; however, your resume must clearly describe at least one year of the following specialized experience:
1. Reviewing projects or programs to ensure compliance with environmental laws or regulations (i.e., National Environmental Policy Act, 13690 (Federal Flood Risk Management Standard), 44 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 9 – Floodplain Management, and Executive Orders 11988 (Floodplains)
2. Developing environmental documentation, reports, or plans,
3. Conveying environmental policy and program concepts to stakeholders
4. Conveying environmental policy and program concepts to stakeholders and providing advice or guidance
5. Evaluating the impact of environmental projects
Other Information:
• All candidates must be able to deploy with little or no notice to anywhere in the United States and its territories for an extended period of time. Deployments may include working more than eight hours a day, or more than 40 hours in a given week, including weekends and holidays, and under stressful, physically demanding, and austere conditions. When activated and deployed, you serve in a federal travel status and are entitled to lodging, transportation and per diem reimbursements for authorized expenses in accordance with federal travel regulations.
• All candidates MUST be willing to travel up to, but not limited to 320 plus days a year during the term of this appointment unless leave is authorized.
• To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, FEMA requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation for Public Trust as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a review of financial issues, such as delinquency, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.
• All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, lawful political affiliation, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, protected genetic information, parental status, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factors.
How to Apply:
Submit your resume to EHPJobs@fema.dhs.gov. “In Subject line, please put ENSP Core Position”
What to Expect Next:
A selection panel will review resumes of all eligible applicants. A review of resumes will be on-going. We will inform you when you are being reviewed and/or selected for an interview.