Summary This position is located in Sector New York, Waterways Management Division, Richmond, NY. Responsibilities The purpose of this position is to promote the safe and efficient movement of maritime traffic. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: * Gathering, analyzing and disseminating a variety of nautical data, such as current; tide; weather, including wind and storm alerts; visibility; and water depth. * Coordinating advisory information between participating and non-participating vessels and small craft. * Assisting other Federal agencies in carrying out operational activities. * Operating a variety of surveillance sensors, communications, data processing, keyboard, and other electronic equipment. * Participating in training exercises to prepare for maritime accidents or natural disasters. Requirements Conditions of Employment The applicant is subject to pre-appointment and random drug testing. U.S. Citizenship is required. The position requires a valid state driver's license. This position requires a Secret clearance. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. 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 Qualifications for GS-11: Applicants must possess at least one year of specialized experience directly related to the occupation equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level; OR a 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 it is a related field of study. 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 include: Working in a transportation facility or terminal which involved utilizing Federal, State, and municipal regulations governing the use of maritime vessels to perform duties, promoting the safe and efficient movements of maritime traffic; ensuring that vessel traffic is properly informed, advised, or directed in order to reduce the probability of collisions, rammings, groundings, and ensuing environmental damage and gathering, validating, and analyzing navigational safety information. The following examples of professional maritime experience are desirable: The use and skill in applying nautical charts, tide and current tables; knowledge of a variety of classes of ships and application navigation rules and regulations. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are may also be used to meet qualification requirements. 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. 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 571-607-2499. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation