This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, National Maritime Center, in  Mariner Training & Assessment DIV, in Martinsburg, WV.  

Duties

This position is located in the Training and Assessment Division (NMC-2) of the Coast Guard's National Maritime Center (NMC). The National Maritime Center (NMC) is the Coast Guard's focal point for all services involving the nation's merchant marine personnel, including mariner training and assessment, medical certification, security screening, professional evaluation, testing, credentialing, records, and documentation. The incumbent serves as a technical expert in providing advisory services and administration of the regulatory provisions and controls and quality control related to the administration of course and program approvals and examinations in support of the Mariner Credentialing Program (MCP).

Requirements

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

Qualifications

At the GS-11 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the federal service. Specialized experience is the experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Examples of specialized experience include: • Conducting process audits under a quality management system.• Interpreting U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.• Analyzing and or creating performance metrics in support of continual process improvement. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if related 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 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]