FEMA-Disaster Recovery Specialists (Administrative Personnel)

FEMA-Administrative Personnel (Nationwide)

Join the Dewberry Team!  Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity to help our country with disaster recovery work?  Dewberry has administrative and clerical opportunities for those wanting more than a job.  We are currently searching for executive and general assistants to perform a variety of administrative functions in support of our Direct Housing Management team?  This is an excellent opportunity for those who want to contribute to a meaningful experience and can work onsite at a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) facility within the United States.  

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more 50 locations and 2,500 professions nationwide.   What sets us apart from our competitors is our outstanding employees and more than 30 years of experience supporting FEMA. Our proven experience gives us unique insight into how national disaster events are prepared for, managed, and applied to communities.  At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients.  Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from our defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Selected Administrative Staff will travel to locations across the United States to support the FEMA Direct Housing Management team with contract oversight activities.  Responsibilities could include but not limited to: 

• Scheduling meetings and maintain correspondence in Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Zoom  
• Documenting performance
• Assisting with change requests and contract modifications
• Provide field support such as permit coordination and monitoring
• Document management
• Technical writing
• Other administrative and clerical activities related to the direct housing mission
• Provide administrative support to all logistics programs
• Executive Assistants must have advanced skills with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Visio and Sharepoint); Power BI is a plus  

• High School diploma required; Associates degree or equivalent experience preferred from an accredited university
• A minimum of two (2) years of experience in a professional environment
• Must be forward thinking, proactive and take initiative
• Strong interpersonal skills surrounding customer relations and supporting others are required
• Proficiency with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Power BI, Outlook and Teams)    
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Position requires flexiblity in order to respond to various tasks and changing demands
• Successful candidates will possess a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and desire to help others
• Must be able to travel and work onsite at a FEMA facility
• Ability to work a minimum 90-day assignment; working 8-12 hours per day, 5-7 days a week
• Must have a clean driving record and able to maintain a valid driver's license in order to operate a company, personal or rental car
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to successfully pass a Federal background investigation, to include financial and criminal history