- Position Title
- Border Patrol Processing Coordinator
- Agency
- Customs and Border Protection
- Announcement Number
- BPPC 23-2 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, March 13, 2023 to Monday, March 27, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
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.
3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency? If yes, confirm:
- you occupy (or have been separated from) a position located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy;
- 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
- 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.
4.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
Preferences
1.
The following duty locations are most likely to have Border Patrol Processing Coordinator vacancies at the time of your final offer. Offers are made based on operational needs and requirements, and are determined by the U.S. Border Patrol. Although the duty location listed below will most likely be available, the duty location offered in your final offer letter may include any geographic location within the United States that meets agency mission critical needs.
Select your preferred duty location from the list below. A detailed map of Border Patrol Sectors can be found at: Border Patrol Sectors
Select your preferred duty location from the list below. A detailed map of Border Patrol Sectors can be found at: Border Patrol Sectors
2.
Do you have or will you obtain a valid State driver's license at the time of appointment?
3.
Are you willing to undergo a background investigation for this position?
FIREARM REQUIREMENT: This position requires that the incumbent meet initial and continuing qualifications in the use of firearms as outlined in the Gun Control Act of 1968, amended by the Lautenberg Amendment of 1996. An applicant whose background includes any of the following will be ineligible for consideration:
1) convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year;
2) has any outstanding warrants or is a fugitive from justice;
3) unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
4) adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution;
5) illegally or unlawfully in the United States;
6) renounced U. S. citizenship;
7) subject to a court-ordered restraining (protection) order from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner (spouse, former spouse, parent of applicant's child, individual who cohabitates or has cohabitated with the applicant), or child; or
8) convicted under Federal, State, or Tribal Court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against an intimate partner or child.
1) convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year;
2) has any outstanding warrants or is a fugitive from justice;
3) unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
4) adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution;
5) illegally or unlawfully in the United States;
6) renounced U. S. citizenship;
7) subject to a court-ordered restraining (protection) order from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner (spouse, former spouse, parent of applicant's child, individual who cohabitates or has cohabitated with the applicant), or child; or
8) convicted under Federal, State, or Tribal Court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against an intimate partner or child.
4.
Conviction under Federal, State, or Tribal Court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against an intimate partner or child is disqualifying. An intimate partner means, with respect to a person, the spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, an individual who is a parent of a child of the person, an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with the person. Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against an intimate partner or a child?
5.
Are you the subject of any Federal, State, or Tribal court-ordered restraining (protection) order?
6.
Are you the subject of any Federal, State, or Tribal court-ordered restraining (protection) order for domestic abuse, including harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or a child?
7.
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?
8.
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?
9.
Have you used (including injecting, snorting, inhaling, swallowing, etc.), experimented with, received, purchased, transferred, or distributed THC (i.e., marijuana, weed, pot, hashish, etc.), synthetic marijuana (i.e., K2, Spice, etc.), medicinal marijuana, illegal steroids (i.e., the clear, juice, etc.), ever taken your prescription medication(s) recreationally (e.g., Adderall, Ritalin, Vicodin, etc.), or have you ever used inhalants (e.g., toluene, amyl nitrate, whippets, etc.)? Drug usage information will be taken into consideration during the background investigation.
10.
Have you used (including injecting, snorting, inhaling, swallowing, etc.), experimented with, received, purchased, transferred, or distributed other Schedule I-V controlled substance (those not listed in previous question)? Examples of controlled substances include: cocaine or crack cocaine (i.e., rock, freebase, etc.), hallucinogenics (i.e., LSD, PCP, mushrooms, peyote, mescaline, etc.), ketamine (i.e., special K, jet, etc.), narcotics (i.e., opium, heroin, etc.) or stimulants (i.e., speed, crystal meth, ecstasy, etc.). Drug usage information will be taken into consideration during the background investigation.
11.
This position requires wearing an officially approved uniform and complying with established grooming standards found here (https://www.cbp.gov/ careers/car/bpa-grooming); as established by the Border Patrol's Uniform and Grooming Standards Policy #07-09126. Please note that in accordance with these standards, tattoos and/or brandings on the head, face, neck or hands are not permitted. Obscene, racially/ethnically derogatory and/or gang tattoos or brandings shall not be visible.
Will you comply with these requirements?
Will you comply with these requirements?
12.
Qualifications based on work experience will be determined by what is listed on your resume. Work experience refers to both paid and unpaid experience, such as volunteer work.
Your resume must:
- Be written in English
- Include full legal name
- Address
- Phone number
- Complete work history (which includes job titles)
- Detailed description of your duties (including tasks performed)
- The dates you performed those duties (MM/DD/YY - MM/DD/YY)
- Hours worked per week for any position you worked that was not full time (less than 35 hours per week)
- Current or former Federal employees please include your salary, pay scale and pay grade
Do you agree to provide a resume that contains the necessary requirements listed above?
Your resume must:
- Be written in English
- Include full legal name
- Address
- Phone number
- Complete work history (which includes job titles)
- Detailed description of your duties (including tasks performed)
- The dates you performed those duties (MM/DD/YY - MM/DD/YY)
- Hours worked per week for any position you worked that was not full time (less than 35 hours per week)
- Current or former Federal employees please include your salary, pay scale and pay grade
Do you agree to provide a resume that contains the necessary requirements listed above?
13.
Are you proficient and able to communicate in the Spanish language?
14.
This weapon-carrying, physically demanding position involves working with the public and protecting our national security. Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would affect your ability to safely and efficiently perform all of the job tasks including the ability to defend self and others?
15.
Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would impact your ability to: lift and carry without assistance individuals weighing over 90 lbs, reach above the shoulder, stand, walk, run, sit, bend, kneel, stoop, push, pull/drag, climb, crawl and jump?
16.
Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would impact your ability to escalate quickly from performing sedentary work to moving quickly to respond to an emergency?
17.
16. Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would impact your ability for fine motor control and manual dexterity that involves the use of dominate, less dominate, and both sets of fingers and hands?
18.
Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would impact your ability to drive a transport vehicle?
19.
Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would impact your ability for split second decision making?
20.
Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would impact your ability to qualify with a firearm and the use of less lethal devices (e.g., batons, oleoresin capsicum "OC" spray)?
21.
Do you have any problems with color vision or visual acuity?
22.
Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would prevent you from hearing over background noise and to localize and detect sound?
23.
Do you have any medical or physical conditions that would prevent you from working in an environment that involves potential exposure to communicable disease, illness, or infection and bodily fluids?
24.
Do you have any medical or physical issues that would prevent you from performing your job tasks in work environments that may include: indoor/outdoor settings with temperatures above 90 degrees or below 32 degrees, in high humidity (e.g., above 60%), on slippery surfaces, unstable or moving surfaces (e.g., transport vehicles), or on uneven surfaces (e.g., rocky terrain or sand)?
25.
Do you have any medical or physical issues that would prevent your ability to wear personal protective equipment, such as: masks, gloves, gowns, safety goggles, and hearing protection?
26.
As indicated in the job announcement, CBP operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is critical to our mission of protecting our nation's borders and citizenry that Border Patrol Processing Coordinators be available for work at any time their presence and skills are required. Therefore, it is a condition of employment that all Border Patrol Processing Coordinators comply with this requirement, to be available as part of their regular work schedule on weekends, evenings and nights, holidays and unscheduled overtime as CBP determines necessary.
Note: In accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, CBP does not make hiring decisions based on an individual's religion. If you are offered a position, you may make a request for a religious accommodation through your immediate supervisor, following your entrance on duty, which will be evaluated in accordance with Federal law. As it pertains to you, if you are willing to make such a request, please indicate "Yes" to the following question.
Would you be able to work a schedule that could include changing your days off within the seven calendar days of Sunday through Saturday?
Note: In accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, CBP does not make hiring decisions based on an individual's religion. If you are offered a position, you may make a request for a religious accommodation through your immediate supervisor, following your entrance on duty, which will be evaluated in accordance with Federal law. As it pertains to you, if you are willing to make such a request, please indicate "Yes" to the following question.
Would you be able to work a schedule that could include changing your days off within the seven calendar days of Sunday through Saturday?
27.
I have reviewed the job requirements and certify that I have no medical or physical condition that will impact my ability to safely and efficiently perform the position as displayed in the Job Opportunity Announcement.
28.
It is the policy of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) that all students scheduled to participate in training-related physical activity, be sufficiently physically qualified so as not to present an undue risk to the health and safety of themselves and others. Furthermore, it is the policy of the FLETC that all students scheduled to participate in, or participating in training-related physical activity shall receive medical screening prior to engaging in such activity and as necessary during the course of training, this normally occurs during the first day of the training program. Students who, as a result of medical screening, are found to have medical conditions that might create a health or safety risk to themselves or others will be referred to the FLETC Medical Officer for consultation. Medical conditions which call for a referral to the Medical Officer include, but are not limited to those indicated on the Health Questionnaire. They include epilepsy, diabetes, asthma, emphysema, multiple sclerosis, hypertension, pregnancy, joint injuries/problems, colitis, heart disease, etc., and are conditions which are generally indicative of an inability to (1) satisfy the Physical Performance Requirements and/or (2) participate safely in unrestricted physical, weapons, and other training.
Do you understand the requirements and conditions of the position as outlined above and acknowledge that you will undergo a medical screening and further evaluation with a Medical Officer if indicated?
Do you understand the requirements and conditions of the position as outlined above and acknowledge that you will undergo a medical screening and further evaluation with a Medical Officer if indicated?
29.
How did you first hear about this position?
Assessment 1
1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has a residency requirement that applies to 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 (3) of the last five (5) years, before completing an application for CBP employment. Primary residence is defined as the place where an individual physically resides and the place from which he or she commutes to an official duty station. An individual may have more than one residence (including but not limited to a second home, a vacation home, or an investment property), but can establish only one primary residence. If hired for this position, you will be required to maintain your primary residence in the United States.
If you do not meet the residency requirement as stated above and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two (2) of the last five (5) years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency wavier by meeting one or more of the following conditions:
1. Working for the U.S. Government as a federal civilian or as a member of the military
2. A dependent of a federal civilian or member of the military who was working for the U.S. Government
3. Working as a contractor employee, a volunteer, consultant or an intern for the U.S. Government
4. Participation in a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. affiliated college or university
If selected for a position, you must provide documentation to support a request for an exception to the residency requirement.
Do you meet the U.S. Customs and Border Protection residency requirement?
If you do not meet the residency requirement as stated above and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two (2) of the last five (5) years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency wavier by meeting one or more of the following conditions:
1. Working for the U.S. Government as a federal civilian or as a member of the military
2. A dependent of a federal civilian or member of the military who was working for the U.S. Government
3. Working as a contractor employee, a volunteer, consultant or an intern for the U.S. Government
4. Participation in a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. affiliated college or university
If selected for a position, you must provide documentation to support a request for an exception to the residency requirement.
Do you meet the U.S. Customs and Border Protection residency requirement?
2.
All CBP applicants are required to successfully complete a background investigation. You may be given an opportunity to start your career with CBP earlier, if you elect to enter on duty (EOD) with a provisional clear. A provisional clear is based on the successful completion of certain pre-employment investigation checks. The decision to enter on duty with a provisional clear, if made available, is your decision to make. Should you choose not to enter on duty in a provisional clear status, your application and eligibility for this position will not be negatively affected; however, your EOD date may be delayed. For more information, please click here. If you EOD with a provisional clear and your full background investigation is not successfully completed, you will be removed from the position with CBP.
If offered a position, do you elect to enter on duty (EOD) under a provisional clear status?
If offered a position, do you elect to enter on duty (EOD) under a provisional clear status?
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.
3.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience and/or education for the GS-05 grade level?
4.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience for the GS-06 grade level?
The following questions will be used to rate applicants who meet the minimum eligibility and qualification requirements.
5.
Select the choice that best describes your ability to deal with individuals who are uncooperative, hostile, combative, or dangerous.
6.
Select the choice that best describes your ability to handle stressful situations.
7.
Select the choice that best describes your ability to make sound well-informed decisions and maintain situational awareness.
8.
Select the choice that best describes the extent of your experience ensuring the security of information, records, and other documents.
9.
Select the choice that best describes your ability to express facts and ideas in writing in a clear, convincing, and organized manner.
10.
Select the choice that best describes your ability to present information to all levels of employees and management.
11.
Indicate the extent to which you have read, interpreted, and applied written information to perform work-related tasks.
12.
Indicate the extent to which you have developed and maintained effective relationships with individuals internal and external to your work group, office, and organization.
13.
Indicate the extent of your experience working in teams.
14.
Indicate the extent of your experience utilizing computers and computer applications.
15.
Select the choice that best describes your ability to train others.