This vacancy is for a Physical Security Specialist located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, Office of Security Policy and Management, Mission Assurance Division in Washington, DC.  

Duties

You will serve as the Physical Security Specialist for the organization, assisting the USCG Police and Security Forces Program manager with the development of law enforcement and physical security policy and evaluating its effectiveness. The primary reason for the existence of this position is to review, evaluate, and assist the USCG Police and Security Forces Program manager with writing, planning, organizing, establishing, publishing, disseminating, and implementing law enforcement and security policy and guidance applicable to the USCG Police and Security Forces Program.Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. 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.
• A final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.
• Testing designated Position (TDP) for the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Program.

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-13 - You qualify if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal, State, or Local government or equivalent public or private sector experience. Your resume must demonstrate that you meet the following specialized experience: Serving as an agency technical authority with respect to policy and regulatory impact upon the agency's shore side law enforcement program; developing agency-wide recommendations on the modifications and corrections needed to bring proposed or existing agency police program directives into compliance with legal or precedent guidelines; identifying key policy issues and priorities, designs analyses, evaluates alternative strategies, and makes recommendations to senior agency management officials; evaluating the effectiveness of the newly developed policies in order to ensure that the security of personnel, facilities, installations, or other sensitive materials, resources, or processes against criminal, terrorist, or hostile intelligence activities is achieved; and ensuring that Agency personnel are adhering to established policies and practices, recommending appropriate actions to correct deficiencies. NOTE: Education 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.

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]