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Local Hire (Environmental Specialist)
FEMA - Columbia, SC
posted about 2 months ago
About the position
The Environmental Specialist position at FEMA is a temporary local hire role focused on assisting with disaster response and recovery efforts in Columbia, South Carolina. The role involves providing expertise in Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) reviews, compliance, and reporting, contributing to the recovery of the community by addressing environmental impacts related to disasters. Local hires are expected to work full-time for a term of 120 days, with the possibility of extensions based on the needs of the disaster.
Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise in Environmental/Historic Preservation (EHP) review, reports, and compliance.
- Collect data on environmental resources and issues related to potential impacts and prepare written reports and documents.
- Identify EHP resource considerations in a Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA).
- Make determinations of effect on EHP resources beyond established agreements/protocols for streamlined review.
- Coordinate the integration of environmental reviews with concurrent historic preservation and floodplain reviews.
- Organize documents and consolidate them into the EHP disaster record.
Requirements
- Experience or a degree in Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Planning, Environmental Policy, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Marine Science, Marine Biology, Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Management, Cultural Resource Management, Resource Management, Environmental Education, Environmental Health, Environmental Law, Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Zoology, Coastal Zone Management, Agricultural Science, Climatology, Environmental Geology, Water Science and Policy, Wildlife Conservation, Energy Studies, Sustainability, Hydrology.
Benefits
- Health insurance for individual or family coverage with a 75% employer contribution.
- Dental and Vision Insurance.
- Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Ability to earn 4 hours of paid Sick Leave per pay period.
- Holiday pay.
- Worker's Compensation Benefits.
