This position is located in DHS/USCG, COMMANDANT, VICE COMMANDANT (CG-09), DEPUTY COMDT FOR OPERATIONS (CG-DCO), MARINER EVAL DIV in Martinsburg, WV.

Duties

These positions are located within the Safety & Suitability Evaluation Branch, Mariner Evaluation Division of the Coast Guard’s National Maritime Center (NMC), Martinsburg, WV. Incumbents serve and provide technical assistance to the Safety and Suitability Evaluations Branch at the NMC.  Plays a key role in the review of the safety and suitability of merchant mariner credential applications, applicants, and the management of merchant mariner records and performing mariner outreach in the form of correspondence, to include but not limited to, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); Criminal Conviction Statements, Proof of Citizenship/Nationality, Proof of Permanent U.S. Residence Congressional Inquiries, Appeals and/or Reconsiderations in the MCP program.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• A one-year probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

At the GS-06 grade level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to this line of work.  Examples of specialized experience include: Ability to select merchant mariner credentialing guidelines to include S. Code; U.S. Regulation, National Maritime Center (NMC) policies, and apply them to applications for a MMC and/or endorsements. Understanding of interpreting and applying regulatory and policy guidance to evaluate qualification of applicants. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Teams. Willingness to use multiple complex databases including proprietary programs specific to the Mariner Credentialing Program. At the GS-07 grade level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to this line of work.  Examples of specialized experience include:  Ability to select, analyze and interpret merchant mariner credentialing guidelines to include S. Code; U.S. Regulation, National Maritime Center (NMC) policies, and apply them to applications for a MMC and/or endorsements. Experience interpreting and applying regulatory and policy guidance to evaluate qualification of applicants. Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Teams. Ability to use multiple complex databases including proprietary programs specific to the Mariner Credentialing Program. 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 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]