Program Specialist (EMRS Specialist)

This Program Specialist (EMRS Specialist) position is with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Department of Agriculture) in Phoenix, AZ. If selected for this position, you'll be working with the Emergency Management Response System (EMRS), the information system used in the event of an animal disease outbreak. Your efforts will help support incident management tasks such as dispatch, mobilization, task tracking, surveillance, data analysis and incident status reporting. Key duties: • The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity. • The duties may include, but are not limited to: • Serves as a subject matter expert on EMRS, assuring that the information system is consistently utilized in line with the Agency's objectives • Provides technical advice to the EMRS National Coordinator in formulating short-and long-range plans, based on program and user requirements • Identifies, analyzes, and makes recommendations from the field perspective for development of proposed and current EMRS policy • Provides technical expertise to EMRS users for the implementation and application of EMRS in their assigned area • Assures that data needed to support program decision-making, meaningful analysis and statistical reporting can be efficiently captured • Collaborates with incident command staff to provide support for data and information tracking requirements • Communicates with federal, state, and industry stakeholders to facilitate emergency response activities Qualifications: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. FOR THE GS-09 LEVEL: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-07 grade level) that demonstrates: Entering data into an information system used for emergency response, deployment, mobilization, or related activities Collaborating with incident command staff to provide support for data and information tracking requirements Communicating with federal, state, and industry stakeholders to facilitate emergency response activities OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree in a field of study directly related to the work of this position such as Business Administration, Public Administration, Emergency Management, or other closely related fields. OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for this grade level. TRANSCRIPTS are required if: You are qualifying for the position based on education. You are qualifying for this position based on a combination of experience and education. This education must have been successfully completed and obtained from an accredited school, college, or university. COMBINATION OF EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-09 GRADE LEVEL: Applicants may have combinations of successfully completed education and specialized experience to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level. 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.