Historic Preservation Specialist

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Historic Preservation Specialist position,

Typical assignments include:

• Receives proposed federal actions in the applicable system (EMIS, GM) and triages to determine NHPA review actions required.
• Reviews FEMA or Applicant actions for compliance with NHPA Section 106 during the Response to and/or Recovery from disasters; and for Mitigation, and other Non-disaster actions.
• Works independently or as part of a team to support multiple and varied collective efforts (sometimes simultaneously) while adhering to set schedules and priorities.
• Conducts analysis to document impacts to the cultural and historic resources; drafts consultations, writes reports, documents findings and determinations, and Records of Environmental Consideration (RECs).

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.

This announcement is for a position as a CORE (Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee). CORE employees are full-time employees hired to directly support the response and recovery efforts related to disasters. Employees are hired under the and are excluded from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing jobs in the competitive service. They can be hired under a streamlined process instead of a competitive process. After three years of continuous service, Stafford Act employees may be granted competitive eligibility to apply for permanent full-time positions at FEMA.

This position will be hired into a temporary 4 Year, excepted service appointment. Appointments may be renewed based on workload, funding, and supervisory approval.

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