Supply Management Specialist (Supply Unit Leader)

Summary

The ideal candidate will have experience as a Supply Management Specialist with extensive knowledge of managing materials and supplies, developing plans to manage material and supply requests, and knowledge of principles, practices, and techniques of managing large supply units to include inventory, ordering, receiving, storing, and transporting goods and assets.

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Duties

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this Supply Management Specialist (Supply Unit Leader) position, you will manage the implementation of materials and supply requirements. Typical assignments include:

1. Analyzing and adjusting inventory/restock levels.
2. Ensuring that subordinates receive materials and supplies in accordance with established procedures while communicating stocking levels and inventories to subordinates.
3. Function as the supervisor for the Supply Unit and report up to the Support Branch Director as appropriate.

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.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo, successfully pass, and maintain a background investigation for Moderate Risk as a condition of placement into this position. This may include a credit check after initial job qualifications are determined, a review of financial issues, such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.

• You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Travel will be required.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government credit card.
• Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.

Qualifications

All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. To qualify for this Supply Management Specialist (Supply Unit Leader) position at the IT-02 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the IT-01 level in the Federal government, which has equipped you with the skills needed to successfully perform the duties of the position. Experience may be obtained in the federal government, a state or local government, or private sector, and must demonstrate the following:

• Creating inventory processes to track supply levels and/or future supply needs.
• Monitoring the delivery of materials and/or supplies to customers.
• Resolving customer complaints and/or internal issues.

OR Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level education leading to such a degree or LLB. or J.D., if related OR Combination of education and experience.

Education

Education substitution: This position permits applicants to qualify based on education (or a combination of education and experience), as outlined in the "requirements" section. If you are using education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts (unofficial are acceptable) with your online application. Once selected and prior to appointment, applicants must provide official college transcripts.

Additional information

• STAFFORD ACT EXCEPTED SERVICE APPOINTMENTS: Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employee (CORE) is an appointment type granted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Section 306 (b), which authorizes FEMA to appoint such temporary employees as necessary to accomplish work authorized under the Act.
• If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment.
• The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment.
• DHS uses E-verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.