Emergency Management Specialist

Full Job Description

As a global leader in public health & health promotion, CDC is the agency Americans trust with their lives.

In addition to our everyday work, each CDC employee has a role in supporting public health emergency management, whether through temporary assignments to emergency responses or sustaining other CDC programs and activities while colleagues respond.

Join our team to use your talent, training, & passion to help CDC continue as the world's premier public health organization.

Visit www.cdc.gov All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Minimum Qualifications: To qualify at the GS-9 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-7 grade level, which must include the following experience: managing emergency operational communications to assess urgency and impact; documenting and classifying calls in accordance with standard operating procedures to ensure accuracy in time-sensitive situations; coordinating with internal and external partners to sustain continuous coverage for operations.

OR Have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.B. or J.D.

if related from an accredited college or university. OR Have a combination of education and specialized experience that together meets 100% of the qualification requirement for this position.

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 can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

As an Emergency Management Specialist, you will: Handle, triage, and manage call volumes that are received by the CDC EOC in response to the daily mission requirements.

Assist with monitoring electronic media including official email traffic and responds to daily and event specific Critical Information Requirements (CIRs) and notifies supervisory leadership when CIRs are triggered.

Assist with clearance level and communication channel requirements for public health incidents of concern, including biological, chemical, and radiological/nuclear emergencies and natural disasters, may emerge and pose an imminent threat to locations or specific populations at any time.

Assist higher graded staff in the development of effective plans, procedures, protocols, and templates which permit CDC and its programs to respond to emergencies in a coordinated and proactive manner.

Maintain individual readiness to perform in an emergency response environment that requires on-call duty, weekend work may involve extensive overtime for extended periods of time during responses to public health events.