This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Atlantic Area, USCG Fifth District, External Affairs in Portsmouth, VA.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position is to keep local and district elected officials informed on Fifth District and Coast Guard matters. Additionally, this position provides advice and recommendations to commanders, staff officers and other collateral-duty governmental affairs officers assigned throughout the district.

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 Secret clearance.
• The position requires a valid state driver's license.

Qualifications

To qualify for the GS-11 grade level:  Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal sector. 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: Working with district subject matter experts to track, respond and address formal and informal Congressional and state-level governmental related inquiries, Government Accountability Office Audits and District relevant Federal Notices; Providing guidance, coordination and facilitation of requested site visits to achieve external affairs program goals; Conducting monthly telephonic conference with DHS counterpart. 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 20593-7120 United States
• Name: USCG Applicant Support
• Phone: 866-656-6830
• Email: [email protected]