This position is located in the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS), UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG), DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MISSION SUPPORT (DCMS), ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR ACQUISITION (CG-9), DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITION SERVICES (CG-92), OFFICE OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVALUATION (RDT&E) (CG-926), Washington, DC.

Duties

You will serve as Program Manager, Office Chief, and senior supervisory civilian within the RDT&E Program Office, and provide guidance, oversight, coordination, and management to staffs involved in RDT&E for USCG wide and stakeholders, as well as major and non-major acquisition programs, which are used by USCG operational forces to execute their missions. This includes responding to maritime emergencies, protecting life and property, providing for national defense and homeland security, intelligence data coordination and dissemination, supporting maritime commerce, preservation of natural resources, and conducting law enforcement activities in the maritime environment.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Employment and Financial Interest Statement is required.

Qualifications

To be considered at the GS-15 level: Applicant must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-14 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience includes: conducting and/or directing and managing research and/or analysis of problems, issues, or program requirements, applying advanced techniques to interpret meaning, evaluating findings; and reconciling conflicts between basic policies and programs goals; initiating, directing, managing and/or leading complex assignments of a unique or first-time basis, involving the most difficult problems and complex issues related to acquisition programs; planning and organizing special projects and leading multi-disciplines teams in conducting complex acquisition management studies and technical reviews; using advanced qualitative and/or quantitative methodologies; and preparing and contributing to reports and other presentations to high level audiences on acquisition program planning and evaluation 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 7120 Washington, District of Columbia 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]