Vessel Traffic Management Specialist

This position is located in Department of Homeland Security, District 13, Seattle, Prevention Department, Vessel Traffic Service Branch, Seattle, WA.

Overview

• Accepting applications

• Open & closing dates

  10/18/2024 to 10/28/2024

• Salary

  $81,242 – $105,612 per year

  
  
• Pay scale & grade
  

  GS 11

• Location

  1 vacancy in the following location:

  
  
• Remote job
  

  No

• Telework eligible
  

  No

• Travel Required

  Occasional travel – You may be expected to travel for this position.

• Relocation expenses reimbursed

  Yes-You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.

  
  
• Appointment type

  Permanent – This is a permanent appointment.

• Work schedule

  Full-time – This is a Full-time position.

  
  
• Service
  

  Competitive

• Promotion potential
  

  11

• Job family (Series)
• Supervisory status
  

  No

• Security clearance
• Drug test
  

  Yes

• Position sensitivity and risk
• Trust determination process
• Financial disclosure
  

  No

• Bargaining unit status
• Announcement number

  20240921-91691-048168-M

  
  
• Control number
  

  814640500

This job is open to

Clarification from the agency

Duties

In this position, the incumbent will be providing direct vessel traffic management services as a Vessel Traffic Control Specialist in a Coast Guard Traffic Center. Incumbent is also responsible for promoting the safe and efficient movement of maritime traffic in assigned geographic area.

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

• Monitoring, informing, advising and directing the movement of vessel traffic in the assigned sector.
• Gathering, analyzing and disseminating nautical data and navigational safety information.
• Coordinating advisory information between participating and non-participating vessels and small craft, many of which may be involved in activities such as regattas, fishing or other marine events.
• Providing radar tracking or other sensor information in support of other Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, law enforcement, and military missions.
• Operating a variety of surveillance sensors, communications, and data processing equipment.
• Participating in training exercises to prepare for maritime accidents or natural disasters.

The incumbent of this position must be able to communicate clearly orally, accurately listen, and have clear vision with the ability to decipher certain colors.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

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.

Key Requirements:

1. U.S. Citizenship is required.
2. The applicant is subject to pre-appointment and random drug testing.
3. The position requires a valid state driver’s license.
4. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
5. This position requires a Secret clearance.
6. This position has physical requirements.
7. Rotating shift work is required.

Key Requirements:

1. Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
2. Must be registered or exempt from the Selective Service. See www.sss.gov
3. The applicant is subject to pre-appointment and random drug testing.
4. A one-year probationary period may be required.
5. Suitable for Federal employment determined by background investigation.
6. This position requires a Secret clearance.
7. Selectee must provide a valid state driver’s license and safe driving record.
8. Selectee subject to successful completion of pre-employment medical exam.
9. Time in Grade requirement must be met by the closing date of the vacancy.

Qualifications

To Qualify for the GS-11 Grade Level: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 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 must include the following:

• Working in a commercial transportation facility or terminal utilizing Federal, State, and municipal regulations governing the use of maritime vessels to perform duties.
• Assisting in promoting the safe and efficient movement of maritime traffic in assigned geographic areas.
• Ensuring that vessel traffic is properly informed, advised, or directed in order to reduce the probability of collisions, rammings, groundings, and ensuing environmental damage.
• Assisting in monitoring the progress of vessels, and informing, advising, or directing vessel operators in assigned areas.
• Maintaining a readiness posture to ensure traffic can be brought under positive control to avoid a catastrophic incident.
• Employing computer and communications technology to provide critical information and guidance to a master, pilot, or person in charge of vessels.

OR

Have successfully completed 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 related.

OR

A combination of specialized experience and graduate level education that meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position.

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

Additional information

Any Offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change.

E-Verify
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 , including your rights and responsibilities.

Fair Chance Act: The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and its Components from requesting an applicant’s criminal history record before that individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with and certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violation of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to tony.ozuna@uscg.mil.

Suitability Statement: If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an , 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, fine, or imprisonment.

Special Employment Consideration: 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. , , , and 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.

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact tony.ozuna@uscg.mil. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit

“This position has been identified as a drug testing designated position (TDP) for purposes of the DHS Drug Free Workplace program. All applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to a drug test to screen for illegal drug use prior to receiving a final offer of employment. A final offer of employment is contingent upon a negative drug test result.”

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.

• Benefits
  

  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. .

  
  
  

  Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

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:

1. Knowledge of marine navigation and ship handling principles, procedures, and terminology, including an in-depth knowledge of the applicable Navigation Rules and Regulation.
2. Knowledge of international, federal and local laws, regulations, conventions, notices, and traffic center directives and publications to ensure assigned functions are properly and consistently carried out.
3. Skill in the applied use of nautical charts, tide and current tables, U.S. Coast Pilots, Fleet Guides and U.S. Coast Guard Light Lists to collect, verify and complement information obtained from other sources.
4. Skill in the operation of radiotelephone systems, land-line circuits, computers and other keyboard equipment in collecting, evaluating, updating and disseminating vessel traffic and navigation safety information.
5. Ability to communicate clearly and authoritatively and project information professionally and competently.

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.
To preview the announcement questionnaire, click here:

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.

• Benefits
  

  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. .

  Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

  
  
  
• Required Documents

  As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies.

  Resume showing relevant work/volunteer experience, education, and training. Include the start and end dates (from month/date/year to month/date/year) and the number of hours per week worked/volunteered.

  
  
  

  SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action (if applicable for Time in Grade and/or Eligibility):

  • Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee
  • An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.
  • Award 50’s do not provide sufficient information. Examples of appropriate SF-50’s include:
    • Within grade increases at the highest grade held; Promotions with an effective date more than one year old; or
    • SF-50’s at the highest grade held with an effective date more than one year old.
    
    
  
  
  

  Veterans’ preference documentation (Member Copy 4 of DD-214, Revised October 2013 SF-15 and VA letter, if applicable. NOTE: The revised October 2013 SF-15 is the latest copy and all others are not usable. Please see

  
  
  
  • Veterans claiming 5 point veterans’ preference must submit legible Member 4 Copy DD214(s) indicating Character of Service.
  • 30% Disabled Veterans must submit their Member Copy 4 DD-214(s), which includes Character of Service, and VA Disability Letter with percentage of disability OR documentation of disability determination from a branch of the Armed Forces which reflects a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more.
  • Other 10 point Preference Eligibles must submit applicable Member Copy 4 DD-214(s), which includes Character of Service, and provide documentation of 10 point preference described on the back of the SF-15.
  • If you are a current active duty military member who does not have a DD214 and is claiming eligibility under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act, you must submit certification from the Armed Forces indicating you will be discharged/released under honorable conditions from active duty within 120 days from the date you submit your certification as part of your application for this announcement. See the “How to Apply” section of this announcement for information on specific requirements for VOW certifications.
  
  

  CTAP/ICTAP documentation, if applicable.

  Schedule A documentation, if applicable. Note: Coast Guard welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities. Qualified applicants with disabilities may be eligible for special hire, non-competitive appointment under Schedule A eligibility.

  
  
  

  Military Spouses (if applicable) – You MUST submit verification of the marriage to the service member (i.e., a marriage license or other legal documentation verifying marriage) AND: (1) a copy of your spouse’s active military orders; OR (2) verification of your spouse’s 100% service-connected disability (VA Letter and/or DD-214); OR (3) verification of the service member’s death while on active duty (DD-1300/Death Certificate). You are not eligible if you were not married to the veteran at the time of death or have since remarried.

  Interchange Agreement with Other Merit Systems Eligible: Documentation of eligibility as listed in each individual interchange agreement.

  
  
  

  Other noncompetitive or special appointing authorities (e.g., Peace Corps, VISTA, Public Land Corp, Military Spouse, VRA, 30% Disabled Veterans, Certain Former Overseas Employees, Foreign Service, etc.) must provide substantiating documentation as required.

  Any other supporting documentation required for verification as described in the announcement.

  
  

  Political Appointees: OPM must authorize employment offers for former or current Political Appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non-Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information.

  If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

  
  
  

  Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .

  Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

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