SummaryOrganizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Technology Management Group, location negotiable in the locations listed in the Duties Section.
Additional selections may be made to include other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
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This position serves as OPR's Team Lead Local Accountable Officer (LAO), providing executive leadership and expert analytical recommendations relating to major personal property program activities while also operating as a team lead over local and non-co-located property management personnel in the field.
This position starts at a salary of $125,776.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $163,514.00 (GS-14, Step 10).
Salary: Salary listed reflects the rest of U.S. scale and, if applicable, will be adjusted to meet the locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection.
Location Negotiable for the following locations:Tucson, AZ; Yuma, AZ; El Centro, CA; Laguna Nigel, CA; Long Beach, CA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Sierra Vista, CA; Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Orlando, FL; Glynco, GA; Detroit, MI; Newark, NJ; Buffalo, NY; New York, NY; Brownsville, TX; Dallas, TX; Del Rio, TX; El Paso, TX; Houston, TX; Laredo, TX; McAllen, TX; San Antonio, TX; Bellingham, WA. Seattle, WA
Typical Major Duties of this position but not limited:
- Overseeing and managing OPR's personal property management program and asset portfolio across headquarters and field locations, ensuring compliance with applicable CBP, DHS, and federal requirements.
- Serving as the Team Lead Local Accountable Officer and subject matter expert, providing guidance, oversight, training, and technical assistance to Local Property Officers and junior property management personnel.
- Using property accountability systems and related tools to execute reports, analyze asset data, audit transactions, monitor program indicators, and support accurate property records and reporting.
- Coordinating, reviewing, auditing, and certifying annual and semi-annual inventories, ensuring inventory documentation, asset updates, and required submissions are complete, accurate, and timely.
- Leading property-related projects, plans, workload coordination, and process improvement efforts, including identifying program issues, recommending solutions, tracking deadlines, and reporting progress to management.
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QualificationsExperience: You qualify for the GS-14 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:
- Managing a personal property or asset management program, including accountable and non-accountable property, in accordance with federal, departmental, and agency policies, regulations, and internal controls.
- Using property accountability systems of record, such as SAP, FACTS, or comparable systems, to create, review, manipulate, audit, and report asset data across multiple cost centers or organizational codes.
- Providing technical guidance, training, and oversight to property management personnel, Local Property Officers, asset users, inventory takers, or other stakeholders on property acquisition, management, transfer, inventory, reporting, and disposal processes.
- Conducting audits, quality control reviews, or compliance assessments of property records, transactions, inventories, documentation, and program indicators to identify errors, recommend corrective actions, and improve program performance.
- Developing, implementing, interpreting, or evaluating policies, procedures, guidance, reports, or management processes for a property, logistics, acquisition support, or administrative program affecting headquarters and field operations.
NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements.
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.
You must:
- Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and
- Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 10/15/2026.
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.
Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution of controlled substances. For additional information on the preemployment process, review the following link: Applicant Resources | CBP Careers
Residency: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years. If you do not meet the residency requirement and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two of the last five years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency waiver by meeting one or more of the following conditions:
- Working for the U.S. Government as a federal civilian or as a member of the military
- A dependent who was authorized to accompany a federal civilian or member of the military who was working for the U.S. government
- Participation in a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. affiliated college or university
- Working as a contractor, intern, consultant or volunteer supporting the U.S. government
Probationary Period: All employees new to the federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his/her initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment. Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period.
Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP eligible. View information about
CTAP eligibilityon OPM's Career Transition Resources website. You must submit the supporting documents listed under the Required Documents section of this announcement. To be considered well qualified under CTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position.
EducationPlease see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
Additional informationCBP employees demonstrate the highest level of commitment to protect and serve the United States of America and to exemplify the CBP Core Values of Vigilance, Service to Country and Integrity. Learn more about CBP's mission, core values and careers at https://www.cbp.gov/about
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