Command Center Watchstander

This vacancy is for a GS – 0301 – 11, Command Center Watchstander located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, D7 COMMAND CENTER -DRMC.

. This position does not have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail.

College Transcript: If you are qualifying based on education, submit a copy of your college transcript that lists college courses detailing each course by the number and department (i.e., bio 101, math 210, etc.), course title, number of credit hours and grade earned. You must submit evidence that any education completed in a foreign institution is equivalent to U.S. education standards with your resume. You may submit an unofficial copy of the transcript at the initial phase of the application process. If course content cannot be easily identified from the title of the course as listed on your transcript, you must submit an official course description from the college/university that reflects the content at the time the course was taken.

Transcripts–If this position requires specific educational course work to qualify, or you are qualifying based in whole or part on education, you are required to provide all unofficial transcripts (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) by the closing date of this announcement or you will be disqualified from further consideration. Please ensure that all documentation is legible.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: 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. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here

Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.

You will serve as a Command Center Watchstander and be responsible for standing duty in the SCC serving as the direct representative of the Sector Commander, and provides mentoring and traning to other SCC watchstandards.

Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include:

• Overseeing and monitoring the Sector’s response to Search and Rescue (SAR) cases in order to minimize loss of life and property at sea.
• Developing search action plans while investigating and coordinating ongoing activities and operations within the Area of Responsibility (AOR).
• Providing command and control over Coast Guard assets in all maritime law enforcement operations within the Sector AOR.
• Maintaining command and control of response operations for oil discharges and hazardous substance releases within Sector AOR.
• Analyzing and disseminating a variety of nautical data such as current, tides and weather.
• Interacting with federal, state, and local government agencies while coordinating response to SAR, Law Enforcement, PWCS, MER, and other Coast Guard missions.

Mandatory training is required which must be successfully completed and other training may occur as necessary for success in the position.

• Within one-year of arrival the incumbent will be required to complete Maritime Search and Rescue Planning School (TRACEN Yorktown), and Command Center School. After 5 years, the incumbent may be required to attend both schools at the discretion of the SCC Chief for refresher training.

To qualify at the GS-11 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the federal sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Specialized experience must include the following:

• Collecting initial information to classify search and rescue (SAR) cases and begin case documentation
• Providing tracking and other sensor information to support missions
• Providing course and speed information to response assets to coordinate arrivals at a particular point
• Writing final situation reports about search and rescue (SAR) cases

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

NOTE: Education can be substituted for experience at this grade level.
NOTE: Transcripts must be submitted with your application.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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.

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.