Duties

As the Emergency Management Specialist, you will:

• Provides technical guidance in formulating, drafting, and reviewing emergency plans, policies, processes, and procedures related to crisis management, emergency/disaster plans, COOP plans and other related contingency programs.
• Performs and, when necessary, oversees tasks that facilitate the National Gallery's interface with Federal, state, civilian, military and local emergency operations.
• Collaborates with other agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, Federal law enforcement agencies, and local fire and police departments to ensure complete interoperability with emergency staff and systems.
• Responds to disasters as a leader, with responsibility for ensuring successful accomplishment of duties by team members, even if of higher grade.
• Acts as liaison for internal National Gallery customers and business lines to support interagency programs and initiatives. Leads, provides training in areas of expertise, or otherwise participates in training programs for emergency preparedness, damage assessment and disaster support and coordinates the provision of intra and interagency training in emergency programs.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a United States Citizen.
• This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
• Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements
• See "Other Information" section regarding Selective Service requirements.

Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national service programs such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, and other organizations such as professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, and social organizations. Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to E.O. 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine.

Qualifications

Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements for the GS-0089-13.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Candidates must meet the Qualification Standards Handbook requirements for GS-0089-13 . Specialized experience is at least one year of experience, equivalent in responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service, creating comprehensive agency wide crisis management, emergency/disaster management, and continuity of operations policies and plans.

Your application and resume must demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must show in your résumé how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. If asked to do so, cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application!

Those applicants who meet the minimum qualification requirements will be evaluated against these factors to determine the best-qualified candidates.

• Mastery of interagency contingency systems, regulations, executive orders, and relevant legal precedent sufficient to serve as the principal agency authority on all aspects of emergency capability and asset readiness.
• Knowledge of emergency response and recovery practices and procedures required to address broad program issues, where plans and proposals involve substantial National Gallery resources and may conflict with the preferences of influential curatorial decision makers.

"Experience" refers to paid and unpaid experience. Examples of qualifying unpaid experience may include volunteer work completed through national service programs such as Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, and work for other community-based philanthropic and social organizations. Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Time-in-Grade: Current Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement to receive consideration under merit promotion procedures.

CTAP/ICTAP candidates: To be considered "well qualified" you must meet all of the requirements as described in this section.

You must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Your application and resume must demonstrate that you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). Do not provide a separate narrative written statement. Rather, you must show in your résumé how your past work experience demonstrates that you possess the KSAs identified below. If asked to do so, cite specific examples of employment or experience contained in your resume and describe how this experience has prepared you to successfully perform the duties of this position. DO NOT write "see resume" in your application!

Education

Emergency Management Series, 0089

Individual Occupational Requirements

There are no Individual Occupational Requirements for this series

Although this position does not have a positive education requirement, you may submit copies of your transcripts or a course listing. You must provide documentation supporting your education claims.

Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website .

Additional information

• The National Gallery of Art fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• More than one selection may be made from this vacancy announcement.

• Some positions may require completion of a probationary period of up to 1 (one) year.

• AN EXTERNAL SELECTED CANDIDATE MUST BE FINGERPRINTED AND RECEIVE A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, RESULTING IN A SATISFACTORY SUITABILITY DETERMINATION BEFORE BEING HIRED FOR THIS POSITION.

• All males born after December 31st 1959 must abide by laws regarding Selective Service registration. To learn more about this law, visit the Selective Service web page, Who Must Register . If you are not registered and don't have an approved exemption, you will not be eligible for employment with the Federal government.

EEO Policy: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/EEO_Policy_Statement

Reasonable Accommodation Policy: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Reasonable_Accommodation_Policy_Statement

Veterans Information: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Veterans_Information

Selective Service Registration: http://www.sss.gov/