Job Summary

In this position you will work as Watch Analyst of the Emergency Management Specialist team, RRCC Watch Office, Response Division, Region 3, Regional Office. The ideal candidate for this position has the ability to collect, analyze, and disseminate information to key personnel, ensuring immediate notification and warnings. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to lead process and product improvement within the organization.

Job Description

The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-11 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 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: Experience in at least 2 of the following aspects of operational support during a disaster or contingency response emergency communications, mass notification, executive briefings, intelligence analysis, hazard analysis, risk assessment, continuity of operations, inter-agency coordination; and Experience working in an Operation/Watch/Command Center; and Providing assistance in gathering, analyzing, and disseminating information that supports decision making; and Draft reports with limited supervision that are generally error free and properly formatted. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related OR Combination of education and experience In addition to the minimum qualifications described above, you must meet the following selective factor to be considered qualified for the position: Rotating 12-hour shift work is required (including days/nights, weekends and holidays). To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 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: Experience in at least 2 of the following aspects of operational support during a disaster or contingency response emergency communications, mass notification, executive briefings, intelligence analysis, hazard analysis, risk assessment, continuity of operations, inter-agency coordination; and Experience working in an Operation/Watch/Command Center; and Providing assistance in gathering, analyzing, and disseminating information that supports leadership decision making; and Prioritizing assignments to meet established goals or deadlines. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience? Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed description of duties performed, accomplishments, and related skills, and (5) hours worked per week (part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience). Federal experience/positions must also include the grade level, occupational series and dates in which you held each grade level. Are you a current or former FEMA Reservist/Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE)? To accurately credit your experience from intermittent positions and Reservist Deployments, you must list the dates (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY) of deployments that are relevant to your qualifying experience, along with the job title and specific duties you were responsible for during each deployment. Determining length of General or Specialized Experience is dependent on the above information. Failure to provide the above information in your resume may result in your application being found "not qualified. 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 provides valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. For additional information on crediting experience and/or education, please reference the OPM General Schedule Qualification Standards.