Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Human Resources Management, National Programs Division, located in Washington DC, Seattle WA, Dallas, TX or San Diego CA.

Duties

As a Drug-Free Workplace Program Specialist, you will be responsible for performing a wide variety of administrative, technical, and regulatory duties and activities to support US Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Drug-Free Workplace Program (DFWP). Your work will be performed in compliance with the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) mandatory guidelines for the Federal Workplace Drug Program, the DHS Model Plan, and the CBP Drug-Free Workplace Plan and procedures. This position starts at a salary of $82,830.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $107,680.00 (GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $107,680 (GS-12 Step 10). Salary: Salary listed reflects the rest of U.S. scale and, if applicable, will be adjusted to meet the locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection. GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Typical duties include: Monitoring, updating, and cataloging regulatory publications to the program resource electronic site. Preparing and writing correspondence and presentations (using various types of software) with a high level of accuracy for senior management. Performing administrative reviews and compiling of all "Memorandum for Record" requests from the Medical Review Officer (MRO). Collaborating with clinics and collection contractors to confirm clinic locations and hours of operation, and to verify travel distances from duty stations to clinic locations. Supporting employee drug awareness efforts at on-site testing and virtual means. Assisting in Drug-Free Workplace training activities and campaigns; including preparing material for health fairs and other promotions. Providing training sessions for HRM specialists; coordinating requests for information from the field; maintaining a library file of books, pamphlets and other materials for outreach opportunities. Conducting research into drug testing results, testing locations, and collection errors to identify trends and patterns; training new staff in the HHS collection process. Conducting random site inspections of HHS certified clinics. Serving as site coordinator as required and collects specimens as required; monitoring contractor site coordinators and specimen collectors to ensure compliance with all federal requirements; traveling to CBP field locations to administer random drug testing and reports deficiencies to the DPC or other designated official. Ordering and monitoring supplies needed to implement the National program. Making requests for refilling par levels of supplies in a timely manner. Coordinating with the contractor to ensure timely delivery of drug testing supplies to various clinics and collection sites as specified; ships monthly paperwork to the site coordinators; orders supplies for the DFWP program. Ordering litigation packages for all reported positive drug test results; maintaining records and confidentiality of drug testing information; developing and maintaining Excel spreadsheets that compile all drug-testing activities.

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirement: You must provide supporting documentation in your application to show you meet the basic requirement below. Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. You qualify for this position if you possess one year of specialized experience or substitution of education, if applicable, as described above and meet the specialized experience listed below. Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Serving as a specimen collector for on-site drug testing; researching and evaluating project problems and issues to identify trends and patterns. Reporting flaws and errors in the collection process and recommending solutions. Observation of contracted staff in administration of the Drug-Free Workplace Plan. Planning, managing, and administering random drug testing and registering deficiencies. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. 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. You must meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process by 08/21/2023. In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. The assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. 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. Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution of controlled substances. For additional information, review the following links: Background investigation and the e-QIP process. Residency: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years. If you do not meet the residency requirement and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two of the last five years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency waiver by meeting one or more of the following conditions: Working for the U.S. Government as a federal civilian or as a member of the military A dependent who was authorized to accompany a federal civilian or member of the military who was working for the U.S. government Participation in a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. affiliated college or university Working as a contractor, intern, consultant or volunteer supporting the U.S. government Probationary Period: All employees new to the federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his/her initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment. Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period. Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. View information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibilityon OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered eligible under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be placed in the Well-Qualified category for this position, as described above. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the Required Documents section of this job announcement.

Education

Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.

Contacts

• Address Office of Human Resources Management Please read entire announcement Please apply online Washington, DC 20229 US
• Name: CBP Hiring Center
• Phone: 952-857-2932
• Email: [email protected]