This position is located in Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Fifth Coast Guard District, Planning and Force Readiness Division, Contingency Planning Branch, in Portsmouth, VA.

Duties

In this position, you will serves as the link between the District and the regional intergovernmental response community, a deployable response resource coordinator, and a technical advisor to the District Commander. The incumbent is responsible for integrating Coast Guard plans into and with the regional intergovernmental operating plans in accordance with appropriate guidance.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• This is an Emergency Essential Position subject to 24 hr on call & recall.
• The incumbent may be deployed to alternate worksites for 30 days or more.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• This position requires a Secret clearance.

Qualifications

At the GS-14 grade level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level (in the Federal sector). Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of experience include: experience in Marine environments and maritime response is vital.  Developing strategies for the acquisition, movement and tracking of resources for pollution response. Leading Incident Management teams in disaster response efforts. Coordinating disaster response efforts with multiple operations and contacts while complying with numerous laws and guidelines; establishing/coordinating/monitoring a major Marine Safety incident or operation. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]