This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, COMMANDANT, VICE COMMANDANT (CG-09), DEPUTY COMDT FOR, OPERATIONS (CG-DCO), NATIONAL MARITIME CENTER in Martinsburg, WV.

Duties

This position is located in Martinsburg, WV, within the USCG National Maritime Center (NMC), External Audit Staff. The incumbent serves as a specialist in the areas of mariner national and international training and mariner credentialing compliance requirements, examination of marine personnel enforcement, and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) audit scheme and ensures continuity between senior leadership and field level auditor activities and mariner training provider (MTP) compliance measures, and is responsible for supervising the External Audit Staff, who conduct compliance audits of mariner training facilities and processes including alternate sites, audits courses, curricula, instructor performance, and mariner training completion certificates.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• This position may require a one-year probationary period.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.

Qualifications

At the GS-13 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 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:     Experience managing, formulating guidelines, implementing new programs, providing policy interpretation for audit, enforcement, and compliance work. Understanding of ISO auditing principles and standards, the risks involved with auditing, and the value to the public derived from regular auditing. Demonstrated experience of professionally preparing correspondence and technical material relating to the audit program. Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting guidance documents and providing instruction in their application to auditors, auditee’s and other personnel. 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

Student Loan Incentive: Job Announcement Verbiage, Selectee(s) for this position who are newly appointed to a permanent or term position may be eligible for student loan repayment up to $10,000 (pre-tax) for one calendar year. More than one loan may be repaid if the combined repayments do not exceed $10,000. Receipt of this incentive will require a three year service agreement.

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]