This vacancy is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Office of Military Personnel Policy, Compensation Division located in Washington, D.C. This position may be filled through means other than the competitive promotion process. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other similar positions within the Coast Guard in the same geographic location within the same qualifications and specialized experience. 

Duties

As a Military Allowance Specialist within the Compensation Division, you will be developing recommendations for Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) Secretarial Process determinations; coordination of Coast Guard participation in the annual Military Housing Office (MHO) data survey; liaison with the Office of Secretary of Defense, Compensation Directorate; and providing Coast Guard representation on Department of Defense (DoD) advisory councils for housing allowance and subsistence allowance (BAS) policy review groups.Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Some of the typical work assignments include:

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov
• Time-in-grade requirements must be met by closing date.
• A one year probationary period maybe required.
• Suitable for Federal employment determined by background investigation.

Qualifications

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. GS-12 - You qualify if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal, State, or Local government or equivalent public or private sector experience. Specialized experience includes: advising on matters relating to policy development for military allowances; reviewing and assisting with preparing legislative, policy, or regulatory proposals/changes in an organization; drafting strategic written communications for Agency-wide distribution; assisting with data analyses related to military compensation; AND drafting Agency Headquarters-level interpretations and determinations of policy. Education can/cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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]