This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Situational Awareness. The primary purpose of this position is to engage in the daily operations, both within and between components, by collecting and analyzing information, coordinating actions, and reporting day-to-day activities. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a NOC Desk/NOC Geospatial Information Systems Desk Officer, GS-0301-9/11/12, your typical work assignments may include the following: Interacting with appropriate desk officers, subordinate DHS elements, other Federal operations centers, and state and local organizations to ensure threat and incident information is properly acquired, displayed, and archived. Determining the daily operational framework, product deliverables and responses to requests for information to assist with the collective efforts and shared responsibilities as it relates to the Homeland Security Enterprise. Enhancing critical tools and institutionalizing arrangements for effective, timely information sharing and analysis. Provide support requirements for NOC through capturing data, viewer functionality, and web-based services. Recognizing critical, time sensitive information from the flow of routine information and taking immediate action to alert appropriate Watch personnel. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret with SCI Security Clearance
• Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test.
• Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• You must be able to work 24/7 rotating shift work which includes: mornings, afternoons, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays within and outside the National Capital Region.

Qualifications

GS-09 Level: You may qualify at this grade level by meeting one (1) of the following below: Specialized Experience: NOC Desk Officer You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service (GS-7) or public or private sector equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as: Working in an operations center, providing support on a wide variety of mission areas. Ensuring quality of operational reporting from various entities and organizations. Collecting and analyzing information. Coordinating actions. Reporting on day-to- day activities. Specialized Experience: NOC GIS Desk Officer Providing support on a wide variety of mission areas and creating visual solutions (graphics, map, and map products). Collecting information. Reporting on day-to-day activities. -OR- Substitution of Education for Experience You may substitute education for experience at this grade level by possessing one of following: Master's or equivalent graduate degree. Two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. LL.B. or J.D., if related. -OR- Combination of Education and Experience You may qualify at this grade level if you have a combination of education and experience (i.e. 6 months specialized experience and over 18 graduate level credits). NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of the first year may be used to qualify for the GS-09 level. GS-11 Level: You may qualify at this grade level by meeting one (1) of the following below: Specialized Experience: NOC Desk Officer You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service (GS-9) or public or private sector equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as: Working in an operations center or other front-line government or equivalent position providing support on a wide variety of homeland security mission areas or other equivalent support (such as state or local law enforcement). Ensuring quality of operational reporting from various entities and organizations. Collecting and analyzing information. Coordinating actions. Reporting on day-to-day activities. Specialized Experience: NOC GIS Desk Officer Providing support on a wide variety of mission areas. Creating visual solutions (graphics, map, and map products) to communicate situational awareness. Collecting and analyzing information. Coordinating actions. Reporting on day-to-day activities. -OR- Substitution of Education for Experience You may substitute education for experience at this grade level by possessing one of following: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree LL.M., if related -OR- Combination of Education and Experience You may qualify at this grade level if you have a combination of education and experience (i.e. 6 months specialized experience and over 36 graduate level credits). NOTE: Only graduate education in excess of the first two years may be used to qualify for the GS-11 level. GS-12 Level: You may qualify at this grade level by meeting one (1) of the following below: Specialized Experience: NOC Desk Officer You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service (GS-11) or public or private sector equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as: Researching, analyzing, and executing classified and unclassified queries within a wide variety of government databases for the purpose of obtaining background information related to suspicious activities or incidents. Providing expertise on a wide variety of mission areas. Ensures the quality of operational reporting to and from various organizational entities, programs, and state and local partners. Specialized Experience: NOC GIS Desk Officer Working in an operations center producing geospatial products to plan, analyze, and create visual solutions to communication situational awareness for the state and local government and inter/intra agency community within a short timeframe. Producing and displaying graphics, maps, map products, graphs, processes and charts from a variety of data points. Ensuring quality of operational reporting from various entities and organizations. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. 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. Current or Former Political Appointees: 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. Essential Personnel Position - This position may be designated as essential personnel. Essential personnel must be able to serve during continuity of operation events without regard to declarations of liberal leave or government closures due to weather, protests, and acts of terrorism or lack of funding. Failure to report for or remain in this position may result in disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. (5 U.S.C. 7501-7533 and 5 CFR, Part 752, as applicable).

Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Lathesia Thomas
• Email: [email protected]