This position is located in the United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, District Thirteen, Sector Columbia River, Portland, OR

Duties

In this position, you will serve as the Senior Watch Officer Command Duty Officer maintaining command and control as a watch leader over all Coast Guard operations in the Sector Command Center (SCC) area of responsibility.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Applicant is required to meet the physical requirements of the position.
• Stand watch up to 12 consecutive hours to include nights and weekends
• Occasional 24 hour watches may be required
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Subject to pre-appointment and random drug and alcohol testing

Qualifications

To Qualify for the GS-12 Grade Level:  Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service. 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.   Examples of specialized  experience include: Standing watch as a command duty officer, monitoring search and rescue cases, monitoring law enforcement cases, coordinating responses to marine environmental incidents, maintaining cognizance of security zone enforcement patrols, monitoring response to marine casualties, interfacing with federal agencies regarding Agency operations, utilizing automated information systems to track and collect operational information relevant to a mission, and providing leadership and training to other watch-standers.      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 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

Student Loan Incentive:  Selectee(s) for this position who are newly appointed to a permanent or term position may be eligible for student loan repayment up to $10,000 (pre-tax) for one calendar year. More than one loan may be repaid if the combined repayments do not exceed $10,000. Receipt of this incentive will require a three-year service agreement.

Contacts

• Address United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE STOP 7120 Washington, District of Columbia 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]