- Position Title
- Aviation Enforcement Agent
- Agency
- Customs and Border Protection
- Announcement Number
- AMO-IMP-10305402-JF Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, September 13, 2018 to Wednesday, October 10, 2018
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you a current federal employee who has received notice that you will be displaced from the Department of Homeland Security? If yes, confirm:
- you occupy a position in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you will be separated; AND
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
- Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice, AND
- Copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
2.
Are you a current U.S. Customs and Border Protection employee in a permanent competitive service position?
To verify eligibility, CBP employees are strongly encouraged to provide a copy of their most recent SF-50.
To verify eligibility, CBP employees are strongly encouraged to provide a copy of their most recent SF-50.
3.
Do you hold or have you previously held a permanent position in the competitive service (or in another merit system with which OPM has an interchange agreement) with a Full Performance Level (FPL) equivalent to or higher than the FPL of the position being announced?
Applicants who currently hold or have previously held a position with the same FPL have already competed for a position with the same FPL as the position being announced and may be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures. The position held must be a permanent position; details and temporary promotions do not count. For GS 15 positions, applicants who have successfully completed the CBP Leadership Institute may be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures if their certificate is valid and they are otherwise qualified. Please provide your certificate to verify eligibility.
To verify your eligibility as a current or former Federal civilian employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form that reflects:
Applicants who currently hold or have previously held a position with the same FPL have already competed for a position with the same FPL as the position being announced and may be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures. The position held must be a permanent position; details and temporary promotions do not count. For GS 15 positions, applicants who have successfully completed the CBP Leadership Institute may be referred for selection without competition under our agency merit promotion procedures if their certificate is valid and they are otherwise qualified. Please provide your certificate to verify eligibility.
To verify your eligibility as a current or former Federal civilian employee, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form that reflects:
- career or career-conditional (Tenure field is 1 or 2); AND
- status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field is 1); or if with another merit system which OPM has an interchange (Position Occupied field is 2); AND
- Full Performance Level equivalent to or higher than the grade level being announced.
Preferences
1.
Select the locations you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
There is a time-in-grade (TIG) requirement for promotion into this position. Have you completed 52 weeks in a position at or above the GS-12 grade level?
3.
Do you have a current valid State driver's license or will you be able to obtain a valid license at the time of appointment?
4.
Conviction of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, as outlined in the vacancy announcement, is disqualifying. A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence is any offense involving the use of physical force, or the threatened use of a deadly weapon, committed by a current or former domestic partner, parent, or guardian of the victim.
Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?
Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence?
5.
Have you engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, holding facility, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institution as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1997?
6.
Have you been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or where the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse, or have you been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in such activity?
7.
This position meets the eligibility criteria for law enforcement retirement under both the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS). To meet this requirement, you MUST HAVE served in a Federal civilian (not military) law enforcement position covered by Title 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C. 8412(d).
Have you served in a primary covered position under Title 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C. 8412(d) for at least 3 years?
Have you served in a primary covered position under Title 5 U.S.C. 8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C. 8412(d) for at least 3 years?
8.
If you are a CBP employee, please enter your CBP email address in this format without any extra spaces or characters: john.a.smith@cbp.dhs.gov. If you are not a CBP employee, enter N/A.
9.
If you are a CBP Employee, please enter your Hash ID without any additional spaces, punctuation, or letters. Example: CIC1K4L. If you are not a CBP employee, enter NA.
10.
I have read and understand the following statement: A resume describing my job-related qualifications is required and will be used for the purpose of reviewing my qualifications and determining what training, if any, would be required when placed. My resume must be in English and must include my job titles and a detailed description of my duties and the dates I performed them (MM/YY). My resume should also contain my full name, address, phone number, email address, and my work schedule and salary. If I do not provide a resume that includes the required information, I may lose further consideration under this announcement.
11.
Are you a current political Schedule A or Schedule C Executive Branch employee or a former political Schedule A or Schedule C Executive Branch employee who held the position within the last five years applying to a competitive or non-political excepted service position under Title 5 of the United States Code or are you a current non-career Senior Executive Service (SES) Executive Branch employee or a former non-career SES Executive Branch employee who held the position within the last five years applying to a competitive or non-political excepted service position under Title 5 of the United States Code?
To verify, please submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form (SF-50) or other relevant documentation reflecting your status as a Political Appointee.
To verify, please submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form (SF-50) or other relevant documentation reflecting your status as a Political Appointee.
12.
I possess a current FAA Class I or Class II Medical Certificate and I understand that I must upload a copy of my FAA Medical Certificate with this application package, otherwise I will be found ineligible for this vacancy(s). Minimum requirement is a FAA Class II Medical Certificate
Assessment 1
The following questions will only be used to determine whether or not you meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position. You may wish to consult the vacancy announcement for a description of those requirements.
1.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience?
The following questions will be used to rate applicants who meet the minimum eligibility and qualification requirements.
2.
Have you had experience serving as a primary law enforcement officer with enforcement team leader responsibilities on an Office of Air and Marine (OAM) or other law enforcement agency operated aircraft?
3.
Select the choice that best represents the extent of your knowledge and experience in law enforcement methods to properly interview, apprehend, search, seize, arrest, exercise self-defense, and serve warrants.
4.
Indicate the extent of your knowledge of air and marine law enforcement missions and goals.
5.
Indicate the extent of your ability to communicate effectively orally.
6.
Indicate the extent of your ability to communicate effectively in writing.
7.
Indicate the extent of your knowledge of Federal laws, statutes, legal precedents, and judicial and administrative policies relating to the smuggling of contraband and human trafficking into the United States.
8.
Indicate the extent of your experience operating airborne and ground-based sensors, infrared detection systems, data downlink systems, recording devices, and aerial/ground communications equipment.
9.
Indicate the extent of your knowledge of performance characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of a large variety of aviation and maritime conveyances commonly used in criminal activity.
10.
Indicate the extent of your experience directing other law enforcement or military aircraft, vessels, or vehicles to intercept aircraft, vessels, or vehicles suspected of terrorist activity or smuggling contraband or persons into or out of the United States.
11.
Indicate the extent of your experience collecting, refining, or analyzing strategic and tactical intelligence to execute aviation enforcement operations.
12.
Indicate the extent of your experience developing training and evaluation materials to provide training for multiple law enforcement agencies and military personnel in weapons, tactics, and law enforcement techniques unique to the OAM or other law enforcement agency mission.
13.
Select the choice that best represents the extent of your knowledge of law enforcement and interdiction techniques to detect, interdict, apprehend, detain, and arrest suspected smugglers, potential terrorists, illegal contraband, and immigrants.
14.
Indicate the extent of your experience producing/coordinating finished intelligence reports and presenting findings to senior leadership.
15.
Indicate the extent of your experience composing recommendations regarding tactical and strategic deployment of personnel and assets in response to the trends and patterns developed relative to anti-terrorism, smuggling of illegal immigrants, narcotics, contraband, and weapons of mass destruction.
16.
Have you had experience coordinating intelligence driven targeting and interdiction operations?
17.
Indicate the extent of your experience operating technologically advanced systems such as data display systems, data transfer systems, communications interception systems, electro-optical systems, infrared detectors, laser systems, night vision goggles, and radars.
18.
Indicate the extent of your experience conducting airborne, waterborne, and ground-based surveillance.
19.
Indicate the extent of your experience developing and disseminating information to forecast smuggling trends.
20.
Have you had experience providing direct oversight of both training and operational working groups and the coordination of complex OAM or other agency interdiction missions involving multi-agency, multi-national assets, units, and organizations.
21.
Indicate the extent of your experience maintaining contacts in order to complete information exchanges and to obtain support in the course of interdiction events with the law enforcement and military communities in the United States and foreign countries.