This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U. S. Coast Guard (USCG), Deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS), Assistant Commandant for Health, Safety and Work Life (CG-1K), Family Services Division (CG-1K12), Washington, DC.  

Duties

You will serve as the lead Early Childhood Education Program Specialist for the Commandant of the Coast Guard (CG). In this role, you will serve as the subject matter expert on all Early Childhood Education and Childcare Policy development, representing the CG on a variety of internal and external working groups, resource planning, and program management and evaluation of CG-wide Early Childhood Education and Childcare Programs.  

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI).

Qualifications

All applicants must possess: Basic Requirements:  Degree: that included or was supplemented by major study in education or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position. OR Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major in education, or in a subject-matter field appropriate to the position, plus appropriate experience or additional course work that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study described above. To qualify for the GS-14, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level performing such as: planning and executing a childcare program; managing or providing work life/family support programs; developing or managing child development programs including policy development, program administration, and training activities; providing instructional methods and curriculum development for children. 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. 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 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, Delaware 20593 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]