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Emergency Management Specialist (Risk Analyst)
Job at a glance
- Category
- Risk
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Salary range
- $121,785 to $158,322
- Posted
- Sep 2, 2026
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Federal Emergency Management Agency is hiring a Emergency Management Specialist (Risk Analyst) in Washington, District of Columbia. This is a Risk job in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $121,785 to $158,322. Review the full details below and apply directly with Federal Emergency Management Agency.
As a Risk Analyst within FEMA's Engineering and Modeling Division the candidate will provide geospatial expertise to a wide range of highly complex initiatives focused on the application of geospatial sciences for flood risk assessment, while managing complex geospatial projects with numerous stakeholders and varied strategic objectives. Qualifications: The qualification requirements listed below must be met by the closing date of this announcement. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 level, you must possess one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 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: Maintaining data visualization tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, the Python GeoPandas library, or R libraries; AND Applying machine learning, predictive modeling, change detection, or anomaly detection to geospatial data; AND Administering and supporting tools such as ArcGIS Enterprise and Portal for ArcGIS. Please read the following important information to ensure we have everything we need to consider your application: Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. Your resume serves as the basis for experience related qualification determinations, and you must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable), as it relates to this job opportunity. Please use your own words, be clear, and specific when describing your work history. We cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Are you qualifying based on your work experience? Qualifications are based on your ability to demonstrate in your resume that you possess one year of the specialized experience for this announcement at a comparable scope and responsibility. To ensure all of the essential information is in your resume, we encourage you to use the USAJOBS online Resume Builder. If you choose to use your own resume, it must contain the following information organized by experience/position: (1) job title, (2) name of employer, (3) start and end dates of each period of employment (from MM/DD/YY to MM/DD/YY), (4) detailed
Full responsibilities and requirements are on Federal Emergency Management Agency's application page.
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This job is based in Washington, District of Columbia on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Federal Emergency Management Agency's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.
About risk management jobs
Risk jobs own the methodology for identifying, assessing, and escalating enterprise, operational, and technology risk. Second-line teams set risk appetite and challenge the first line. Jobs like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices.
How to position yourself for this risk management job
Strong candidates emphasize risk assessment methodology, appetite and escalation, cross-functional partnership, and clear reporting to senior leadership and the board. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Federal Emergency Management Agency would apply enterprise and operational risk frameworks, NIST AI RMF, and risk-appetite and escalation practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.
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