This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Deputy Commandant for Operations, Assistant Commandant for Response Policy (CG-5R), Director of National Command & Response Centers (CG-5RC), CG National Response Center (CG-NRC), Washington, DC.

Duties

As a Program Specialist (Environmental Response) within the NRC, you will serve as the sole federal point of contact for the reporting of all pollution, railroad, and port security incidents occurring in the United States and its territories.  The work requires extensive operation of telephone systems, landline circuits, in collecting, evaluating, updating and disseminating incident information.  The NRC works to enhance environmental quality by providing stakeholder agencies with timely communication of pollution incidents within their respective jurisdictions.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain NRC Duty Officer Certification within 12 months.
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position requires a rotating shift, 7 days per week, 24 hours per day.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).
• This position is subject to random drug testing.

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-09 You qualify if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal, State, or Local government or equivalent public or private sector experience. Your resume must demonstrate that you meet the specialized experience below: Preparing correspondence (letters, memos, e-mails, etc.) related to a variety of environmental, emergency response and/or maritime incidents; AND Collecting and analyzing data related to environmental pollution, security/suspicious activity, and railroad incidents; AND Dispersing critical information related to environmental threats, maritime security, and railroad incidents to the appropriate agencies. OR    A master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR A combination of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 level in or related to the work of this position AND graduate level education that provided the specific knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position and experience. 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.

Education

This position does 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]