This position is located in the Drug Enforcement Administrator (DEA), New York Division Office This position's primary purpose is to provide expanded investigative support; utilizing a thorough knowledge of communication techniques and equipment assigned to the communications center to administer a perpetual communications function 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Duties

As an Operations and Communications Specialist your typical work assignments may include: Maintaining and supporting automated law enforcement data systems to conduct preventive maintenance, traffic analysis, and systems administration. Extracting and compiling relevant data to locate and identify criminal records. Answering incoming calls, viewing, and monitoring a closed circuit security system to provide real-time responses to inquiries concerned with criminal activity and reports results to various law enforcement agencies and personnel. Overseeing COMSEC holdings of all subordinate office elements during shift operations based on COMSEC and Information Security guidelines. Uses a number of public safety computer networks and NCIC/NLETS (Federal Bureau of Investigations) to provide dispatch support to operational personnel.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• Incumbent is subject to random drug testing.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit: http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/.
• Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/).
• Selectee may be required to serve a probationary period.
• May be required to work variable shifts to cover a 24-hour, seven day a week operational cycle.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all of the required qualification requirements described below by the closing of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education or if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. Applicants applying for the GS 09 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-07 grade level. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Conduct queries in and maintaining automated law enforcement databases; 2) Researching and gathering information from a wide variety of law enforcement sources; and 3) Evaluating established procedures and protocols to make recommendations. OR B. Have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree; two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B. or J.D., if related. OR C. Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. You must demonstrate in your resume at least one (1) year of qualifying specialized experience. Applicants applying for the GS 11 must meet one of the following requirements: A. Have at least one full year of qualifying specialized experience that is at least equivalent in difficulty and complexity to work performed at the GS-09 grade level. Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Conduct queries in and maintaining automated law enforcement databases; 2) Researching and gathering information from a wide variety of law enforcement sources; 3) Evaluating established procedures and protocols to make recommendations; and 4) Preparing a variety of written documents and interacting with DEA Agents, state and local law enforcement and other federal agencies conducting investigations. OR B. Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR C. Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. You must demonstrate in your resume at least one (1) year of qualifying specialized experience. Specialized 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. Additional information on the position qualification requirements are located in the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) Qualifications Standards Handbook.

Education

See the qualification section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements.

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For a list of accredited organizations recognized as specializing in interpretation of foreign education credentials, visit: www.naces.org/members.php.

If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.

Contacts

• Address Drug Enforcement Administration Do Not Send Postal Mail Springfield, VA 21310 US
• Name: Carolyn Kohr
• Phone: 00000000
• Email: [email protected]