Logistics Management Specialist

Department of Homeland Security

This position is located in the Region Eight Office, Response Division. The ideal candidate for this position is a logistics management expert with the ability to coordinate complex resources and stakeholders to strengthen disaster readiness, response, and recovery efforts.

• What will I do in this position if hired? In this position, you will serve as a senior logistics subject matter expert. Typical assignments include: Supporting FEMA's mission to save and sustain lives by planning, coordinating, and evaluating complex regional logistics operations supporting disaster preparedness, response, and recovery program objectives. Integrating logistics requirements involving supply, transportation, property, facilities, fleet, warehousing, telecommunications, and other support functions to ensure resources are available where and when needed. Analyzing logistics programs, processes, data, and requirements to identify operational challenges, improve efficiency, strengthen readiness, and recommend solutions to senior FEMA officials. Coordinating across FEMA headquarters, regional organizations, IMATs, Federal partners, State, Local, Tribal, Territorial, nonprofit, and private-sector stakeholders to develop and implement effective logistics solutions. Providing technical advice, developing plans and procedures, supporting contracts and property accountability, and helping FEMA anticipate and respond to evolving disaster and operational requirements. What else do I need to know? At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and 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.

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