Summary

This vacancy is for a GS-0301-13, Maritime Threat Response Coordinator located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordinator Center (GMCC) in Washington, District of Columbia.

Duties

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You will serve as a Maritime Threat Response Coordinator and be responsible for serving as a facilitator, ensuring coordination among the various U.S. departments, agencies, or international partner nations when a response to maritime threats or incidents is warranted. Maritime threats can include, but are not limited to, terrorism, piracy, cyber, counterdrug, irregular migration, and international fisheries operations.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Facilitating the interagency coordination of desired national outcomes and preferred course of actions for all Maritime Operational Response (MOTR) Plan activities involving Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components or having DHS equities, consistent with national policy.
• Assisting with the development of time-sensitive interagency responses to threats in the maritime environment involving or impacting the United States.
• Overseeing communication responsibilities (internal and external to DHS), including facilitating real-time senior leadership collaboration in support of the maritime alerts/warnings system, and other information mechanisms, as appropriate.
• Providing oversight of threat and incident information, de-conflicting areas of duplication and prioritizing tasking and efforts, to ensure situational awareness of all significant maritime threat reporting or incidents is maintained.
• Interacting with various U.S and foreign officials before, during and after a maritime threat response, to produce a rapid and coordinated result, and seeking additional information on unfolding threats or events from U.S. and foreign partners, as needed.
• Assisting with the development of time-sensitive interagency responses to threats in the maritime environment involving or impacting the United States or citizens of the United States, in accordance with procedures and protocols.
• Notifying Coast Guard, DHS and/or other agency leadership of significant maritime threat information or incidents.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Do NOT include the following types of information in your resume:

• Social Security Number (SSN)
• Date of Birth (DOB)
• Photos of yourself (if included on your resume you will not be considered for this position)
• Personal information: such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.

Key Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• To ensure the accomplishment of our mission, DHS requires every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully pass a background investigation. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance.
• This is not a Bargaining Unit position.
• Time-in-Grade requirement must be met by the closing date of the vacancy.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.
• his position requires the selectee to pass a pre-employment drug test.

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.

Qualifications

To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the 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 performing the following types of tasks on a regular basis.

• Maritime Law Enforcement - Expert knowledge of federal maritime law enforcement processes and procedures, and maritime operations to facilitate interagency decision processes during the response to critical maritime threats and incidents; including, but not limited to, terrorism, piracy, counterdrug, irregular migration, cybersecurity, and international fisheries operations.
• Intelligence Community Engagement - In-depth knowledge of the Intelligence Community, and federal law enforcement
  organizations, their databases, cultures, and standard practices, as well as private sector and opensource information portals, to interpret policy and regulatory guidance.
• Stakeholder Engagement - Expert ability to work with U.S. and foreign stakeholders before, during and after a maritime threat, to produce a rapid and coordinated result, consistent with national-level policy direction.
• Interpersonal Skills - Interpersonal skills enabling the facilitation of timely and accurate information flow between client and partner agencies as well as other entities.
• Expert Briefing Skills - Expert briefing and editing skills to ensure products are well written, accurate, and effective.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or related applicable assessment) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

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.

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.

Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcript (unofficial is acceptable) from an accredited institution. Once selected & prior to appointment, applicants must provide an official college transcript. 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 U.S. (see FOREIGN EDUCATION below).

College Transcript: If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Transcripts should be legible and detailed, showing course number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours, and grade earned. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

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. To receive this credit, you must submit evidence of equivalency as provided by a credentialling evaluation service. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

Additional information

Due Weight

Due weight will be given to performance appraisals and incentive awards in merit promotion selection decisions in accordance with 5 CFR 335.103(b)(3).

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

DHS offers competitive salaries and an attractive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, life, and long-term care insurance; retirement plan; Thrift Savings Plan [similar to a 401(k)]; Flexible Spending Account; Employee Assistance Program; personal leave days; and paid federal holidays.

Other benefits may include flexible work schedules; tuition reimbursement; transportation subsidies; uniform allowance; health and wellness programs; and fitness centers. DHS is committed to employee development and offers a variety of employee training and developmental opportunities. For more information, go to the DHS Careers website and select "Benefits." Disabled veteran leave will be available to any federal employee hired on or after November 5, 2016, who is a veteran with a service- connected disability rating of 30 percent or more.

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