This position is located in DHS/USCG, National Maritime Center, Mariner Evaluation Services Division (NMC 5), in Martinsburg, WV.

Duties

The incumbent serves as the senior specialist in the MCP and provides technical expertise, guidance, and customer support to Professional Qualification Evaluations (PQE), Safety and Suitability Evaluations (SSE), Customer Service Operations, Course Oversight Auditing (COA), and Credential Production to staff members or other supporting roles at the NMC.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

At the GS-09 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 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: Practical experience in the application of numerous laws, statutes and policy related to merchant mariner credentials. 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: Extensive practical experience in the application of numerous laws, statutes and policy related to merchant mariner credentials. Proven ability to resolve discrepancies and irregularities in the evaluation of applications for merchant mariner credentials/endorsements and supporting documentation. ORCompleted a Ph.D., or at least 54 semester hours toward a Ph.D., in a field that is directly related to the duties of this positionORCombination of directly related work experience and graduate level education. An applicant who has less than one year of specialized experience as described above may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements. GS-11 applicants must have completed more than 2 full years of graduate level education in order to use this option to qualify. 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]