What will I do in this position if hired?
In this Telecommunications Specialist (Communications Planning Manager) - Reservist position, you will be a member of the Disaster Emergency Communications (DEC) Cadre. Typical assignments include:
- Compiling and maintaining the communications COP using spreadsheets, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or other tools as required.
- Identifying and recording Federal assets, their status, and vulnerabilities including asset owners, radio frequency (RF) transmitter locations, coverage, frequencies, RF cross-banding devices, and bandwidth utilization to include satellite, terrestrial, and wireless.
- Developing required reports including spot reports (SPOTREP), situation reports (SITREP), lifeline reports and Incident Action Plan input.
- Assisting in the development of communications plans by identifying communications related requirements and assets in support of the Operations Section of an Interim Operating Facility or Joint Field Office.
- Briefing personnel on information relevant to their assignments
- Delegating specific authority based on the assigned tasks to assigned Specialists and making appropriate decisions and/or adjustments based on analyzed and validated information.
What else do I need to know?
At FEMA, our mission to help people before, during and after disasters; so, every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. 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.
As a Reservist Employee, your role is to support response or recovery efforts. Reservists are intermittent, on-call employees. Please note that this is not a full-time position, and you only are paid when deployed. Deployment frequency and length varies based on disaster response need. Due to the irregular nature of disasters, Reservist employees are not guaranteed regular recurring hours, deployments, or renewal of employment.
The Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce (CREW) Act protects the job rights of FEMA Reservists while they are deployed to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings by including FEMA Reservists under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployments Rights Act (USERRA). This means that if you hold another job, you are able to deploy as a FEMA reservist and your job will be protected. It also protects you against penalization, discrimination, or loss of employee benefits as a result of your deployments to disasters, emergencies, and critical trainings. For more information, please visit FEMA.gov/careers or review the USERRA Resources from the Department of Labor.
FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflect the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people it serves. To learn about the ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit fema.gov.
Starting at $28.74 Per Hour (IM 2)
