Emergency Management Specialist

Overview

WHAT IS Chief Risk and Control Officer (CRCO)? A description of the business units can be found at: https://www.jobs.irs.gov/about/who/business-divisions Position(s) are to be filled in following area(s): CRCO - Office of Continuity Operations Remain in POD - The vacancy will be filled at the selectee's official permanent position of record, post-of-duty (POD). REVIEW THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS

Major Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position. Develops, coordinates, and manages IRS Emergency Management Programs (Continuity/COOP and Incident Management) and administrative support functions. Participates with the organization's management in the formulation of the overall short and long-range plans, goals, objectives, and work plans, budget requirements, and policies governing IRS Emergency Management Programs. Develops, updates, and maintains a program budget. Monitors expenditures and sources of funds to assure that funds are available when needed. Reviews requests for unplanned expenditures. Prepares and/or approves requests to higher levels for additional funding, assuring adequate justifications. Prepares and/or oversees the preparation of periodic budget status reports. Develops budgetary projections, scenarios, and recommendations for review and approval by senior management levels, which may result in major shifts in policy, procedures. Maintains the diverse aspects of the Service's emergency management program, including development of policy, procedures and guidance, plans and procedures, tests and exercises, training, and corrective action programs related to mission essential functions and the coordination of mission critical information technology systems required to support them. Designs, develops, supports and maintains the plans, continuity facilities, equipment, training programs and sessions, and staff necessary to ensure the Services' aggressive and full compliance with National Continuity Policy and Federal Continuity Directives, Presidential Decision Directives (PDDs) and Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPDs), as well as its Service specific needs. Maintains appropriate equipment inventory; coordinates all secure communication equipment updates, and maintenance in accordance with communication standards. Maintains the Service's Continuity/Continuity of Operations Plans (COOP), and Incident Management Plan. Manages nationwide projects for IRS; responsible for ensuring the efficient and effective execution of all phases of assigned projects. Serves as a point of contact for assigned projects. Prepares or reviews scopes of work. Monitors schedules, deadlines, and benchmarks; assuring that work is completed on schedule. Monitors, oversees, and evaluates work performed by outside experts working under contractual agreements. STANDARD POSITION DESCRIPTIONS (SPD): PD99060 Visit the IRS SPD Library to access the position descriptions.

Qualifications

Federal experience is not required. Experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or through Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. GS-14 SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Experience that demonstrates accomplishment of assignments in Emergency Management Program concepts, practices, standards, policies, procedures, and the interrelationship of various emergency plans; Experience planning, developing, coordinating, and/or implementing projects: Experience interpreting and resolving conflicting, complex and/or controversial policy and program requirements; Experience with analytical and evaluative qualitative and quantitative, techniques, to develop new or modified work methods and approaches; Experience researching and preparing materials and conducting training and/or presentations on project or program objectives. Examples of qualifying experience includes: advising top management on the most complex and critical emergency management policy matters; evaluate emergency management program operations and make recommendations for improvement; resolve major conflicts in emergency management policy and program objectives; represent the organization in top liaison assignments; and plan and organize studies and recommend methods for enhancing the efficiency of emergency management systems. AND You must also meet the following requirement(s): TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT (TACA): By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens" TIME IN GRADE (TIG): For positions above the GS-05, applicants must meet applicable time-in-­grade requirements to be considered eligible. One year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the grade you are applying for. For positions at the GS-05, you cannot advance to the GS-05 if you have held a GS-02 in the past 52 weeks. There is no TIG restriction for GS-02, 03 or 04 positions. For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.

Education

A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to Department of Education Accreditation page. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click here (Section 3, Explanation of Terms) or here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions. We recommend choosing an evaluator from a member organization of one of the following national associations of credential evaluation services: National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE).

Benefits

As a current employee, you know the great benefits we offer. Should you have any questions about benefits, please contact the Employee Resource Center (ERC) at 1-866-743-5748 option #1 for ERC.

Probationary Period - If you are currently serving a probationary period and accept a promotion, demotion, transfer, or reassignment, you will carry over your remaining probationary time and must complete it in your new position. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN QUALIFICATIONS SECTION