This position is located in Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Coast Guard, Eighth Coast Guard District, Planning and Force Readiness Division, Contingency Planning Branch in New Orleans, LA.

Duties

This position is responsible for the Port Security Grant Program and reviewing Area Maritime Security (AMS) plans to ensure they meet the intent of governing regulations and are adequate for port security preparedness and operations.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

To Qualify at the GS-13 Grade Level:  Applicants must have at least 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 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: Coordinating Marine Transportation Safety Act (MTSA) passenger vessel and facility security compliance and program issues. Assisting in drafting, evaluating and implementing policy for the security of vessels and facilities. Administering a maritime grant program. Coordinating activities, addressing issues, and resolving major conflicts in policy and program objectives. Performing key decision-making and policy-developing responsibilities in very difficult assignments such as exercise training planning. Utilizing other security specialties in order to coordinate activities, address issues, and resolve major conflicts in policy and program objectives. 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

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]