SECURITY SPECIALIST, GS-0080-13 WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE

Duties The incumbent will serve as a Security Specialist, responsible for preparing and validating plans for the effective and efficient response to all port safety and security contingencies for which the Coast Guard and community will respond. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: * Developing and managing port, vessel, and facility security contingency plans and appropriate annexes. * Interpreting agency guidelines and develops and issues facility policy and instructions on for implementation of port safety and security program initiatives. * Coordinating with the Area Maritime Security Committee or subcommittees thereof, and District and Area Planning agents to establish the proper level of participation in port security plan development and exercises. * Overseeing and managing developing, maintaining, and supporting military deployments, outloads, and retrograde shipments when PWCS support is provided through the local Port Readiness Subcommittee. * Developing, coordinating, and participating in port, vessel, facility, and security exercises. Requirements Conditions of Employment * U.S. Citizenship is required. * The position requires a valid state driver's license. * Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. * This position requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI). * This position may require a one year probationary period. * OPEN TO US COAST GUARD EMPLOYEES ON A COMPETITIVE STATUS POSITION. * You will be required to undergo random drug testing. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. This includes Time-In-Grade requirements for current status employees applying through merit promotion procedures. Status applicants applying for a promotion must have 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade. Qualifications GS-13: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the federal service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, or abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. Specialized experience includes: updating security directives, regulations, manuals, guidelines or procedures; establishing security measures; measuring effectiveness of existing security practices; coordinating, planning, and developing assessment of maritime security exercises. 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 Additional information Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment. DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here Recruitment incentives may be authorized. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. Veterans , Peace Corps / VISTA volunteers , and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued. If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 240-376-7093. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. We will review your résumé and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, your experience, education and training will be rated using the on-line self assessment questions that are based on the following competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job: * Knowledge and skill in Coast Guard contingency planning and exercise processes and doctrine to develop plans and exercises and originate, maintain, and disseminate the service's policy and guidance on the plans and exercises, through local planning and exercise guidance documents. * Knowledge of the National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) Incident Command System (ICS), to effectively integrate port community organizations/ agencies into the NIIMS ICS, which has become the Coast Guard's standard contingency response organization. * Knowledge of a wide range of safety and security planning concepts, principles, and practices to analyze and resolve difficult and complex port safety and security problems. * Knowledge of the Coast Guard, Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agency plans (e.g., Federal Response Plan, National Contingency Plan, various Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) plans and directives) and port, facility, and vessel plans described in planning guidance (e.g., Navigation and Inspection Circulars). * Ability to provide authoritative interpretations and guidance to management officials and other contingency planners at the same and lower levels, and to resolving issues involving conflicting safety and security requirements. Your resume and responses to the self-assessment questions are an integral part of the process for determining your qualifications for the position. Therefore, you must support your responses to the self-assessment questions by providing examples of past and present experience in your resume. If you are best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview. Consideration will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards as an indicator of quality of prior experience; no points will be assigned. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Required Documents 1. Resume 2. Completed online questionnaire 3. Current or former federal employees, submit a copy of most recent SF-50, Notice of Personnel Action, which demonstrates your eligibility for consideration, e.g., length of time you have been in your current/highest grade. Examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, with-in grade increases, NOT performance awards. 4. If qualifying based on education, submit a legible copy of your unofficial college transcript from an accredited college/university. The transcript must reflect the college/university name and/or logo. Applicants are highly encouraged to proactively order a copy of their official transcripts to be delivered to their home address so transcripts will be readily available if selected. If selected, official transcripts are required prior to establishing your start date. Foreign education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that it is comparable to education received in U.S. accredited institutions. Provide proof with your application. Please see click here. 5. If claiming special priority selection rights under the Interagency Career Transition Assistanc