The incumbents will be responsible for supporting disaster financial management and all associated components aligned within the division including overseeing the quarterly progress reporting, spend plan processes, financial compliance, and Operations Support Specialist/Task Force Leader program functions in the Disaster Grants Financial Management and Compliance Unit.
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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 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.
Conditions of Employment:
All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position at the IC-07 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-05 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:
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1 full year of graduate level education;
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Superior academic achievement
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Combination of education and experience.
To qualify for this Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) position at the IC-09 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-07 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:
Master's or equivalent graduate degree;
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2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree;
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LL.B. or J.D.
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Combination of education and experience.
To qualify for this position at the IC-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IC-09 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 or Private Sector and must demonstrate all of the following:
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Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degreeOR
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
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LL.M.
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Combination of education and experience.
Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application:
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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.
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.