This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the National Operations Center (NOC), Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness (OSA). The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the primary National-level hub for situational awareness, common operating picture, executive leadership communications, and information fusion, sharing, and collaboration pertaining to events impacting homeland security. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a NOC Senior Desk Officer, GS-0301-13, your typical work assignments may include: Responsible for understanding, cataloging, recording metrics, and analyzing the data and metrics available from multiple agencies dealing with all matters affecting the homeland security environment focusing particularly on, but not limited to, natural disasters and terrorist attacks or incidents. Must be capable of quickly recognize critical, time sensitive information, and take immediate action to alert appropriate NOC Watch personnel of breaking events impacting Homeland Security. Provide operational expertise on a wide variety of mission areas and ensure the quality of operational reporting from various DHS entities, programs, and managing of teleconferences, reporting data for DHS components, federal, state, local, and tribal interafency partners, and supporting and reporting on day-to-day activities. The incumbent may serve as a Technical Standards Officer (TSO) for their cell, team, or desk. A SDO TSO has the authority to set processes and procedures using their institutional knowledge and sets training base lines for others covering all duties and responsibilities for one or more of the NOC cells and desks within a cell. Acting as a TSO will allow others to apply the same methods, processes, and procedures across the workforce to ensure even and consistent metrics. Develops or interprets existing guidelines based on the situation or need, and uses judgment and discretion to identify intent, goal, and objective. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test.
• You must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• Work may require rotating shifts, including rotating days and weeks of morning, afternoons, evenings, overnights, early mornings, and weekends plus be able to work during holidays and inclement weather events.
• The incumbent is subject to recall either to the National Operations Center (NOC), or an alternate Continuity of Operations (COOP) facility during emergency operational support conditions or training exercises.
• Required deployment to areas outside the National Capital Region Deployment areas may suffer the effects of a natural or man-made incident and may be done under short notice.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience,equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in Federal Service or equivalent private/public sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Responsible for understanding, cataloging, recording metrics, and analyzing the data and metrics available from multiple agencies dealing with all matters affecting the homeland security environment. Recognizing critical, time sensitive information, and take immediate action to alert appropriate personnel. Knowledge and skill in utilizing analytical/statistical techniques to report on emergency management issues. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade (GS-12), or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. National Service 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. Current or Former Political Appointees: 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. Mobility Agreement - This position may require the incumbent to be reassigned to a different geographic location. Accordingly, the incumbent will be required to sign a mobility agreement, which will remain in effect while assigned to this position. Failure to mobilize as needed may result in disciplinary or adverse action in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. (5 U.S.C. 7501-7533 and 5 CFR, Part 752, as applicable).

Education

Not Applicable

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Maria Merlina
• Email: [email protected]