cbp officer

Summary Organizational Location:
This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Container Security Initiative Division in Algeciras, Spain.

Responsibilities It is recommended that you apply as soon as possible in order to receive consideration as this announcement will close on 7/8/2024 at 11:59 p.m.

ET or on the day we receive 100 applicants (whichever comes first.) Joining the Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations will allow you to use your expertise to detect and prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the U.S.

Apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen Homeland Security by performing law enforcement activities such as inspection, intelligence analysis, examination, and interpretation of laws and regulations.

This position starts at a salary of $74, GS-12, Step 1) to$96, GS-12, Step 10) with promotion potential to $ 96,770.00 GS-12Step 10). Salary above excludes COLA. Please see here for specific COLA Rates.

This is a Reassignment Opportunity Bulletin:
You must be currently serving or have previously served as a permanent GS-12 with U.S.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and are currently serving or have served in the 1895 series within the last five years to qualify under this Bulletin.

If you hold or have previously held the GS level or higher and are willing to take a change to lower grade, you will also be considered for this position.

In this position you will become a key member of a team of homeland security professionals responsible for detecting and preventing terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the U.S.

Typical work assignments include:

Performing inspection, intelligence analysis, examinations, including all-bilateral and multilateral discussions, negotiations, policies and operational activities and decisions involving the security of global containerized cargo.

Identifying and targeting high-risk shipments and conveyances for examination. Conducting visual and physical inspection of cargo, using a wide array of non-intrusive technology. Gathering and analyzing information from all available sources to identify threats to U.S. borders. Reviewing and analyzing carriers', importers' and exporters' records for possible violations of laws and threats to national security.

Conduct Responsibilities on Overseas Assignment:

Employee will be subject to the laws of the United States while posted overseas to include those specifically applicable to Federal employees including the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees in the Executive Branch and the DHS Ethics/Standards of Conduct.

While posted overseas, the employee will conduct themselves in a manner that reflects honorably on the United States of America and which is consistent with any applicable diplomatic agreements between the United States and the host country.

This includes, but is not limited to:
Excessive consumption of alcohol, or if the country forbids consumption of alcohol, the consumption of alcohol. Recreational use of controlled substances such as marijuana, whether prescribed or not, even if legal in the geographic location. Using the services of a commercial sex provider, even if legal in the geographic location. Any conduct that could disgrace, embarrass, or discredit the Department of Homeland Security or the United States of America.

Failure to adhere to the above may subject the employee to disciplinary action, up to and including removal, the loss of security clearance, and the immediate expulsion from the host country.

Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.

You may be required to pass a background investigation and/or polygraph CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.

You and your dependents must pass a State Department medical examination. You and your dependents must obtain a valid passport. You must obtain a valid driver's license. You will be required to carry a firearm and maintain firearm proficiency. If selected for this position, you should be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance. You must be proficient and able to communicate in Spanish.

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.

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 E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.

Qualifications GS-12 Experience: You qualify for this position if you are currently serving or have served as a full-time permanent GS-12 with U.S.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This is a reassignment opportunity, which confers no promotion potential beyond the GS-12 level. This is not a promotion opportunity.

Your experience must demonstrate responsibility in:
Performing the full range of CBP Officer duties in the effort to detect and prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering/exiting the United States; to enforce the laws that protect America's homeland through the detection, interdiction and apprehension of those who attempt to illegally enter or smuggle any person or contraband at the POEs; and to facilitate the orderly and efficient flow of legitimate trade and lawful travelers

NOTE:
Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements.

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 must:

Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 07/08/2024 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.

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 (e.g., 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.

For additional information, review the following links:
Background investigation and the e-QIP process

Polygraph Examination:
The CBP OFFICER (CONTAINER SECURITY) position is a polygraph-required position.

If you are not a current CBP employee in a law enforcement position, you may be required to take a polygraph exam and have favorable results in order to continue in the pre-employment process.

Please see Polygraph Examination.

Polygraph Reciprocity:
CBP may accept the results of a prior federal polygraph exam in lieu of a CBP polygraph exam. You will receive information to request reciprocity in your Background Investigation Package.

Polygraph Waiver:
Certain veterans may be eligible to obtain a polygraph waiver. You will receive information to request a waiver in your Background Investigation Package.

Probationary Period:
Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period

Tour of Duty:

The employee will serve a two (2) year initial tour, with an opportunity for the employee to apply for two (2), two (2) year extensions.

As an exception to this general rule, tour duration is subject to the host country and the Department of State.

At the end of the reassignment, you will be returned to a position at the same level as this Container Security position.

At the discretion of management, the assignment may be extended for additional periods, up to a maximum of six years in a single foreign duty location.

You may be returned at any time to your former position or to a different position of equivalent grade as this Container Security position.

Employees who have not served 4 years at a domestic duty station, subsequent to their initial overseas tour of duty, should not be considered for a second tour of duty in any foreign assignment.

Applicants approaching the maximum tour duration in a foreign duty location may be considered for appointments outside their current duty location.

Return Rights:

No later than (180) days prior to the completion of your tour of duty at a foreign duty station, you will submit a prioritized list of up to five (5) duty locations to which you prefer to be reassigned to the Country Team Manager, Operations Branch, Container Security Initiative Division, Washington, DC This list may contain Ports/Areas, Field Operations Offices or a combination of both.

If no vacancies are available in the preferred locations you have requested, you will be returned to your original homeport or field office that was held prior to this assignment.

Annual Leave Accumulation:

When you are selected for a Container Security Initiative (CSI) position, you will earn annual leave at the same rate as stateside.

The maximum accumulation of annual leave at a CSI station increases to 45 days (360 hours)

Living Quarters Allowances (not payable if claiming temporary lodging allowance):
You will receive payment of an annual tax-free quarters allowance for housing while in a CSI station.

This allowance is intended to cover the cost of suitable, adequate living quarters for you and your family plus the cost of heat, light, gas, fuel, electricity and water.

However, at some duty stations government subsidized housing is provided.

Home Leave:

In addition to annual leave, you will earn five, ten, or fifteen days home leave per year on each two year assignment depending on your foreign post assignment and the post differential rate.

This leave is granted to you when you have your CSI assignment extended for another tour and is to be used between tours.

The government pays your per diem and transportation expenses from your post of duty in a CSI station to your former official residence in the United States.

In addition, it also pays for the transportation expenses of your dependents that accompany you on home leave to your residence to the United States.

Physical and Environmental Conditions:
The work environment includes marine docks and terminals. Periods of outdoor work may be required in snow, rain, or extreme heat. Occasional periods of outdoor work may be required in remote areas with no modern comfort facilities. The work may involve the use of toxic chemicals, pesticides and fumigants. Protective clothing may be required such as hard hats, gloves, goggles, hearing protection and respirators. Education Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position. Foreign Transfer Allowance - The foreign transfer allowance is divided into two separate allowances.

These allowances are payable as follows:
A.

Miscellaneous Expense Allowance - This allowance is intended to assist you with certain extraordinary costs in connection with establishing residence quarters at the foreign post.

An amount of $650 for a single employee and $1300 for an employee with family may be granted without any receipt or itemizing required.

This allowance is not paid to employees who are returning to the United States for separation. B.

Subsistence Expenses Allowance - A subsistence expense allowance applicable to lodging, meals (including tips), laundry, cleaning and pressing expenses in temporary quarters for you and each member of your family for up to 10 days before final departure from a post in the United States to a post in a foreign area.

Expenses of local transportation are not allowable. Temporary Lodging Allowance (not payable if claiming living quarters allowance): A temporary lodging allowance is a tax-free quarters allowance that is granted to you for the reasonable cost of temporary quarters, which are incurred by you and your family for a period not to exceed days after first arrival at a new post in a foreign area, or a period ending with the occupation of permanent quarters, if earlier; and days immediately preceding final departure from the post subsequent to the necessary vacating of residence quarters

Education Allowance:
Payment for most actual costs of education for each dependent are determined by the Department of State and are subject to change

Additional Information:

Applicants should be aware that certain international locations may require additional out of pocket expenses that may or may not be reimbursable at a later time.

Transportation of Household Effects and Related Expenses:
A.

Maximum weight of household goods and personal effects, which may be transported or stored at Government expense, shall not exceed 18,000 pounds net weight for all employees.

B. The transportation of household goods must be accomplished through the use of Government Bill of Lading. This includes transfers either to or from a foreign post of duty. C.

Allowance for Transportation and Accessories Service - The actual cost of transportation of household goods and personal effects, including the packing and crating of materials, lift vans, or other temporary containers with the weights prescribed in the previous paragraph, will be allowed at Government expense.

D.

Temporary Storage of Household Goods - Temporary storage incident to transportation of household goods is allowable for a period of up to 90 days.

Age Requirement:

Pursuant to Public Law , this position is covered under enhanced retirement provisions for Customs and Border Protection Officers which allows for the imposition of a maximum age requirement.

In accordance with Department of Homeland Security Directive 252-08, the day before an individual's 37th birthday is the maximum age for original appointment to a position as a Customs and Border Protection Officer.

The age requirement is also necessary to ensure that you are able to complete the 20 years of applicable service for retirement.

Unless the below criteria applies, you must meet this age requirement by the closing date of this announcement AND enter-on-duty no later than the day prior to your 37th birthday in order to achieve the required 20 years of service for retirement.

**NOTE: The Executive Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations has approved a temporary increase in the maximum allowable age for original placement into a CBPO position; therefore, candidates must enter their original appointment before reaching their 40th birthday.

Creditable law enforcement officer service covered by Title 5 U.S.C.

8336(c) or Title 5 U.S.C 8412(d), or Customs and Border Protection Officer service under Public Law may be applied toward the maximum age requirement.

This age restriction may not apply if you are currently serving as a CBPO covered by Public Law To ensure compliance with statutes pertaining to the appointment of preference eligible veterans as determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board in its recent decision of Isabella v.

Dept.

of State, the maximum age for original appointment articulated above shall not apply to the hiring of individuals entitled to veterans preference eligibility under 5 U.S.

C If you are not a current GS-1895, and you are selected, you will have to meet the following medical/physical standards: Physical and

Medical Requirements:

Because the duties of the position are of a strenuous nature and require a high degree of interaction and responsibility to the public, you must undergo and successfully pass our medical screening process.

We will schedule, provide and pay for the required basic medical examination.

For more information, go to Physical Fitness Requirement:
You will be required to successfully pass the Pre-employment Fitness Test-1. Please see the Pre-employment Fitness Test-1 Readiness Program for additional information.

This is a 6 week program designed to assist you in achieving a level of physical fitness that will help you successfully pass the CBP fitness tests.

Additional Information Language Requirement:
You must be proficient and able to communicate in Spanish

Security Clearance:
This position requires a security clearance. If selected for this position, you should be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Firearms Requirement:
You will be required to carry a firearm and maintain firearm proficiency.

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.

Motor Vehicle Operation:
You must possess a current valid State driver's license at the time of appointment

Shift Work/Overtime:
You may be required to work on a shift and rotational basis and may perform substantial amounts of overtime

Rotation of Assignments/Duty Locations:
Applicants may be required to rotate assignments and duty locations

Data Systems:
Applicants must maintain ability to access all data systems

CBP Training:
You will be required to attend CSI-related training

Passports:
You will be required to obtain diplomatic passports for yourself and your dependents as a condition of selection

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

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 E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities. Please view the video "Protecting America 24/7" to learn more about CBP's Office of Field Operations. 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 § u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § Veterans, Peace Corps/VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities 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.

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