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Duties

As a Traffic Management Specialist, you will: Review, approves and sign documents/actions that obligate government funds incident to receipt, classification routing, dispatch, and processing of package and freight traffic. Includes demurrage charges, drayage, and other accessorial services not directly related to line-haul transportation. Establish internal policies, plans, organization and procedures for accomplishment of assigned functions. Develop and publish instructions and directives to implement higher headquarters traffic management and commercial transportation regulations and policies. Provide transportation, logistical information and technical guidance to all programs, field officers, and team members. Conduct continuous traffic studies and analysis of traffic patterns and planning pertinent to the movement of packages and related items from origin to destination to ensure the most economical transportation cost consistent with CDC requirements. Responsible for traffic management advice, assistance and technical guidance on transportation matters- relative to procurement and contacts, over ocean cargo forecasting, tracer actions, shipment expedite, diversions, freight classifications, materiel positioning, transportability of overweight, oversize, and hazardous items/shipments, import/export, CONUS and International Logistics.

Requirements

Qualifications

Required Continued: In accordance with Executive Order 12564 of September 14, 1986, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is A Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The Federal government, as the largest employer in the Nation, can and should show the way towards achieving drug-free workplaces through programs designed to offer drug users a helping hand, and at the same time demonstrating to drug users and potential drug users that drugs will not be tolerated in the Federal workplace. The use of illegal drugs, on or off duty, by Federal employees is inconsistent not only with the law-abiding behavior expected of all citizens, but also with the special trust placed in such employees as servants of the public. Applicants tentatively selected for this position may be required to submit to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and be subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing upon hiring. If required to submit to urinalysis, the appointment to the position will be contingent upon a negative applicant drug test result. In order to demonstrate commitment to the HHS goal of a drug-free workplace and to set an example for other Federal employees, employees not in a testing designated position may volunteer for unannounced random testing by notifying their Drug-free Federal Workplace Program Point of Contact upon hiring. Current or Former Political Appointees: Agencies must seek prior approval from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Current or Former Political Appointees: Submit SF-50. Minimum Education/Qualifications Requirements:GS-11 Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a Major study of accounting, business administration, business or commercial law, commerce, economics, engineering, finance, industrial management, statistics, traffic management, transportation, motor mechanics, or other fields related to the position. or LL.M., if related None 1 year equivalent to at least GS-9 or Have a combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described. To combine education and experience, determine the total acquired qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level. Then determine the completed education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level. Finally, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Specialized Experience Minimum Qualifications: To qualify at the GS-11 grade level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower grade level, which must include the following experience: developing transportation programs and policies; and reviewing various methods of transportation practices of an organization. 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.

Education

Education completed in colleges or universities outside the United States may be used to meet the education requirements. You must provide acceptable documentation that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit:https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.

Contacts

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• Name: CDC HELPDESK
• Phone: (770) 488-1725
• Email: [email protected]