This vacancy is for a GS-0963-7, Legal Instruments Examiner located in the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, NMC MARINER COURSE APPROVALS BRANCH. Duty station is located in Martinsburg, WV. Promotion Potential: If this position is filled at a level below the full performance level, the selectee may be promoted without further competition. This implies no promise or guarantee of a promotion.
To qualify at the GS-07 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 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: Experience interpreting and applying complex regulatory and policy guidance in support of determining compliance of applications with requirements. Experience using office automation software such as Office 365 and complex databases in support of mission requirements. Experience composing and editing correspondence with minimal supervisory control and oversight to explain complex mission topics. 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 cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. 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.
You will serve as a Legal Instruments Examiner and be responsible for a specialist in the MCP, providing technical expertise, guidance, and customer support for the missions of the Training and Assessment Division. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: Managing all aspects of NMC's course documentation processes, including receiving and reviewing applications for courses, programs, designated examiners, qualified assessors, and instructors by researching the credentials of the applicants, entering the applications into the data system, and preparing certification requests. Maintaining a comprehensive and effective records management system, including curricula, qualified assessor, designated examiner, and instructor files. Maintains the Coast Guard's electronic course completion and curriculum submission System by ensuring information for each mariner is attributed to the correct mariner record. Reconciles data errors and approval language across three separate data systems. Reconciling contradictions, conflicts, and inconsistencies in certification request documentation and examination challenges. Communicating in writing via email and formal correspondence and telephonically with maritime academies, maritime training providers, other professional maritime organizations, other Coast Guard units, and the general public to advise on processes related to certification requests and examinations, including requests for reconsideration and appeals. Utilizing the Mission Management System (MMS) to ensure standardization and consistency of work. Recommends process improvement to the MMS in order to continually improve the Mariner Credentialing Program. Uses various standard and nonstandard computer software programs to accomplish the mission.