This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Ninth District, Sector Lake Michigan, in  Willowbrook, IL. 

Duties

You will serve as a Security Specialist (Port). The primary responsibilities of this position is to prepare and validate plans for the effective and efficient response to all port safety and security contingencies for which the Coast Guard and community will respond. The incumbent is an action officer responsible for Port Safety and Security Planning.  Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team. Typical work assignments include:

Requirements

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

Qualifications

At the GS-12:Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level (in the Federal sector). Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and ability to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line work. Examples of specialized experience include: coordinating and assisting in preparation and implementation of plans, protocols, and procedures to deter Transportation Security Incidents (TSis) and mitigate the effect of those that occur; maintaining the functionality of the Marine Transportation System and theflow of maritime commerce, assessment, documentation, and reporting of risk, port and waterway navigation system components, maritime CIKR (Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources), cargo flow and priorities, maritime security capability and availability, security and functional implications to maritime commerce and maritime CIKR, incident planning and management needs, and related issues. provide solutions to security problems and develop alternatives and options to meet requirements of physical and environmental circumstances. 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 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 7912 Washington, District of Columbia 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]