Federal Emergency Management Agency Local Hire (Accountable Property Specialist) Baton Rouge, Louisiana Apply Now

Summary: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has an immediate need to employ temporary local hires to assist with disaster response and recovery efforts in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Local hire employees are typically local residents who aid in the recovery of their community and help their fellow citizens in the recovery process. A local hire's term of employment is 120 days, which may be extended in 120-day increments based on the needs of the disaster.

Responsibilities: In the Local Hire Accountable Property Specialist position, you will be managing an accountable property program. Typical assignments include:

Establishing and maintaining formal property records.
Receiving items into the inventory system of record, managing hand receipts, and creating property transfer records.
Conducting inventories, maintaining personal property databases, and performing inventory asset management.
Requesting supplies for equipment, services, or commodities.

This announcement is for a position as a FEMA Local Hire. Local Hire employees help FEMA respond to, recover from, and mitigate hazards by performing a variety of emergency management functions, which include disaster survivor assistance, conducting and verifying damage assessments, and providing administrative, financial, and logistical support.

Requirements: To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. All selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation for Public Trust as a condition of placement into this position. Key requirements include:

You must be a U.S. citizen to be considered for this position.
You must successfully pass a background investigation.
Selective service registration is required for males born after 12/31/59.
All candidates must be a high school graduate or possess a GED.
Minimum age of eighteen years of age is required.

Qualifications: To qualify for this Local Hire (Accountable Property Specialist) position, you must possess experience in:

Performing inventory of assets and maintaining electronic inventory records.
Transferring inventory assets between organizational stakeholders.

Please ensure you meet the qualification requirements described above. Your resume serves as the basis for experience-related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education as it relates to this job opportunity.

Additional Information: Local hire positions are temporary, intermittent (as-needed) positions. Generally, local hires will work a full-time schedule. Local Hire employees are eligible for health insurance, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, paid sick leave, holiday pay, and worker's compensation.

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