- Position Title
- BORDER PATROL AGENT (RESIDENT AGENT)
- Agency
- Customs and Border Protection
- Announcement Number
- USBP-IMP(ROB)-12241428-CJH Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, January 16, 2024 to Monday, January 29, 2024
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 located 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.
Do you meet one of the statements below?
- Currently a U.S. Border Patrol GS-1896 employee serving in a permanent CBP GS-1896-12 BPA position with competitive status
Currently a U.S. Border Patrol GS-1896 employee serving in a permanent CBP GS-1896-13 (or higher graded) BPA/SBPA position with competitive status, who is willing to take a voluntary change to lower grade
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
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?
3.
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?
4.
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.
5.
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.
6.
I have read and understand the following statement: You will be considered for the highest grade level for which you qualify for. Eligibility will be verified based on your resume and transcripts. You must have gained the work experience by the closing date of this announcement. Full-time work experience is 35 or more hours worked per week and must be clearly stated on your resume. 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 include the following:
Do you agree to provide a resume that contains the necessary requirements listed in the instructions above?
Your resume must include the following:
- Be 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)
- Series
- Grade level(s)
- Salary
Do you agree to provide a resume that contains the necessary requirements listed in the instructions above?
7.
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?
8.
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?
Assessment 1
1.
Your Hash ID is used to retrieve your score from an external database. Please enter your Hash ID without any additional spaces, punctuation, or letters. Example: CIC1K4L. If you are not a CBP employee, enter NA.
(limit 7 characters)
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.
2.
Which of the following statements best describes your experience for the GS-12 level?
The following questions will be used to rate applicants who meet the minimum eligibility and qualification requirements.
3.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with the public.
4.
Select the choice which best describes your experience in using observation techniques and monitoring behavioral characteristics to assess travelers' risk for terrorism, criminal activity, or status violations.
5.
Indicate the extent of your experience in questioning travelers to obtain information.
6.
Select the response that best describes your knowledge of U.S. visa and travel document requirements.
7.
Indicate your highest level of experience determining the authenticity of documentation (e.g., passport, birth certificate) required of a person to enter/exit the United States.
8.
Select the response that best describes your experience applying personal search policies and procedures.
9.
Select the choice which best describes the extent of your experience in apprehending and detaining individuals suspected of violating applicable laws and regulations.
10.
Indicate the extent of your experience in identifying, apprehending, and prosecuting individuals in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws.
11.
Indicate the extent of your experience in identifying and deterring schemes and methods used to smuggle contraband or aliens.
12.
Indicate the extent of your training and experience interdicting terrorists entering/leaving the United States.
13.
Indicate the extent of your knowledge concerning the transportation and shipping industry's practices, procedures, and carrier modes.
14.
Select the response that best describes your experience evaluating information on a conveyance or shipment to determine the risk or threat level.
15.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to use automated systems (e.g., Treasury Enforcement Communications Systems (TECS), Intelligent Computer Assisted Detection (ICAD), National Crime Information Center (NCIC)) for enforcement operations.
16.
Indicate the extent of your involvement in tactical operations, processes, or projects.
17.
Indicate the extent of your experience handling sensitive information (e.g., classified information, operationally sensitive information, intelligence information, employee information).
18.
Indicate the extent of your experience in handling stressful situations.
19.
Select the choice which best describes your ability to communicate with all levels of employees, and resolve work-related problems as needed.
20.
Indicate the extent of your experience coaching and training lower-graded employees on solving problems.