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Duties

Reviewing, analyzing and evaluating proposed legislation to provide advice to senior agency leaders with respect to the potential effect on the agency and its operations and related policy matters;Developing and writing informational materials that are used to support senior agency leaders in congressional hearings, congressional briefings and other official venues; and Providing assistance to the Office of Assistant Commissioner and Staff Members by planning, and coordinating congressional liaison activities and serving to support the link between the Agency and Congress.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position
You must successfully pass a background investigation
Selective Service registration required
You must meet the residency requirements outlined in this job announcement

The qualification requirements listed above must be met by Friday, September 01, 2017 and are subject to verification at any stage of the application process.

Qualifications

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.

You qualify for the GS-12 level if you possess one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 level or equivalent performing duties such as:

Collecting, analyzing, preparing and disseminating information concerning congressional/legislative initiatives;Preparing reports, statistical backup and other information concerning congressional activities; andConducting special briefings for congressional leaders, congressional committees and their staffs and individual congressmen concerning matters, as necessary, in order to promote favorable consideration of legislative needs.

Additional information

Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (i.e., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy) and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution of controlled substances.

Upon selection, candidates will be required to undergo, and must successfully pass, a background investigation for placement into this position. Click here for more information.

Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit

Probationary Period: All employees new to the Federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his / her initial permanent Federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment. Current and former Federal employees may also be required to serve or complete a probationary period.

Promotion Potential: There is no obligation to provide future promotions to you if you are selected. Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and supervisory approval.

Residency: If you are not currently a CBP employee, you must meet one or more of the following primary residency criteria for the last three years prior to applying to this announcement:

1. Resided in the United States or its protectorate or territories (excluding short trips abroad such as vacations); or

2. Worked for the United States government as an employee overseas in a Federal or military capacity; or

3. Have been a dependent of a United States Federal or military employee serving overseas.

Exceptions may be granted to applicants if they can provide complete stateside coverage information required to make a suitability/security determination. Examples include: the stateside addresses of anyone who worked or studied with the applicant while overseas; the company headquarters where the applicant's personnel file is located; professor(s) in charge of the applicant's "Study Abroad" program or; church records for the applicant's overseas church missions. Applicants must provide this information with their application for employment.

DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States.

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 resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, we will use the online assessment to place you in one of three categories based on your experience, education, and training. The competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job are:

Ability to interpret politically sensitive issues for the development of plans, policies, methods and strategies to assist in their resolution
Skill in developing strategies to disseminate information to the appropriate audiences
Knowledge of operations and practices related to congressional hearing process and committees
Skill in effective written communication
Skill in effective oral communication

If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be placed in one of the following categories:

Best-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate high proficiency in all of the critical competencies, including all Selective Placement Factors (SPF) and appropriate Quality Ranking Factors (QRF) as determined by the job analysis.
Well-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrates acceptable proficiency in all of the critical competencies, including all SPFs and appropriate QRFs as determined by the job analysis.
Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate basic proficiency in most of the critical competencies, including all SPFs and appropriate QRFs as determined by the job analysis.

If you are best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview. You may preview the online assessment here: View Assessment Questions.

Veterans: Qualified veterans who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10% are listed in the best-qualified category, except when the position being filled is scientific or professional at the GS-09 grade level, or higher. (This position is not considered scientific/professional.) Other 10-point preference eligibles and veterans with 5-point preference who meet the eligibility and qualification requirements are placed above non-preference eligibles within the category in which they qualify. Click here for more information on veterans preference.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not ICTAP eligible. View information about ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources

website. To be considered eligible under ICTAP, you must score 87 to be placed in the well-qualified category for this position, as described above. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement.

Required Documents

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Resume: A resume describing your job-related qualifications is required and must be in English. It should contain each position, title, grade (if Federal), your duties, accomplishments, the dates you held each position, and your work schedule and salary so we may best assess your qualifications. You may submit more than one resume, however; only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for consideration.
Your responses to the View Occupational Questionnaire
Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcripts. 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. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.
Are you a veteran? Submit Member Copy 4 of your DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) or notice form. Those applying for 10-Point preference may fill out the
SF-15 and/or provide documentation that demonstrates preference eligibility. If applying based on eligibility under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act, you must submit certification from the Armed Forces that you will be discharged or released from active duty within 120 days from the date on the certification. This must indicate your dates of service, your rank, and confirm that you will be separated under honorable conditions. More information regarding veterans preference may be found here.
Are you claiming special priority selection rights under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)? Submit: a copy of your agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance rating, and a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, noting your current position, grade level and duty location.

It is your responsibility to verify that all information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume, veterans documentation, online assessment, and SF-50's) is received and accurate. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your application. If a document is not in a legible format, you will not be able to view it in Application Manager and you must again upload or fax the documentation by the closing date of the announcement.

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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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.

Help

Your application must be received by 11:59PM EST on Friday, September 01, 2017. To begin your online application, click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register or sign into USAJOBS, take the online questionnaire, and submit the required documents. See Required Documents section for more detail.

We strongly encourage you to apply online. If you cannot apply online, you may FAX your resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documents to (478) 757-3144. You must submit a copy of OPM Form 1203-FX to document your responses to the View Occupational Questionnaire.

You are not required to submit official documentation as part of your application package. However, if selected, you must provide the required official documentation prior to appointment.

Agency contact information

CBP Hiring Center

Phone: (317)715-3000
Email: CUSTOMERRESPONSE@CBP.DHS.GOV

Address: CBP Indianapolis Hiring Center
6650 Telecom Drive
Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46278

Next steps

Once you submit your application, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the hiring manager for further consideration and interviews. We will notify you by e-mail after each of these steps has been completed. Your status will also be updated on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your status, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Application Status", and then click "More Information". We expect to make a final job offer within 90 days after the deadline for application.

For more information on applying for Federal employment, please click here.

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Required Documents

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Resume: A resume describing your job-related qualifications is required and must be in English. It should contain each position, title, grade (if Federal), your duties, accomplishments, the dates you held each position, and your work schedule and salary so we may best assess your qualifications. You may submit more than one resume, however; only the last resume submitted will be reviewed for consideration.
Your responses to the View Occupational Questionnaire
Are you qualifying based on education? Submit a copy of your college transcripts. 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. For example, specific courses accepted for college-level credit by an accredited U.S. college or university, or foreign education evaluated by an organization recognized for accreditation by the Department of Education as education equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. college or university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications for more information.
Are you a veteran? Submit Member Copy 4 of your DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) or notice form. Those applying for 10-Point preference may fill out the
SF-15 and/or provide documentation that demonstrates preference eligibility. If applying based on eligibility under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act, you must submit certification from the Armed Forces that you will be discharged or released from active duty within 120 days from the date on the certification. This must indicate your dates of service, your rank, and confirm that you will be separated under honorable conditions. More information regarding veterans preference may be found here.
Are you claiming special priority selection rights under the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP)? Submit: a copy of your agency notice, a copy of your most recent performance rating, and a copy of your most recent SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, noting your current position, grade level and duty location.

It is your responsibility to verify that all information entered, uploaded, or faxed (i.e., resume, veterans documentation, online assessment, and SF-50's) is received and accurate. Human Resources will not modify or change any part of your application. If a document is not in a legible format, you will not be able to view it in Application Manager and you must again upload or fax the documentation by the closing date of the announcement.

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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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.

How to Apply

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Your application must be received by 11:59PM EST on Friday, September 01, 2017. To begin your online application, click the Apply Online button and follow the prompts to register or sign into USAJOBS, take the online questionnaire, and submit the required documents. See Required Documents section for more detail.

We strongly encourage you to apply online. If you cannot apply online, you may FAX your resume, assessment questionnaire, and supporting documents to (478) 757-3144. You must submit a copy of OPM Form 1203-FX to document your responses to the View Occupational Questionnaire.

You are not required to submit official documentation as part of your application package. However, if selected, you must provide the required official documentation prior to appointment.

Agency contact information

CBP Hiring Center

Phone: (317)715-3000
Email: CUSTOMERRESPONSE@CBP.DHS.GOV

Address: CBP Indianapolis Hiring Center
6650 Telecom Drive
Suite 100
Indianapolis, IN 46278

Next steps

Once you submit your application, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the hiring manager for further consideration and interviews. We will notify you by e-mail after each of these steps has been completed. Your status will also be updated on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your status, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Application Status", and then click "More Information". We expect to make a final job offer within 90 days after the deadline for application.

For more information on applying for Federal employment, please click here.

Follow U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Twitter @CustomsBorder