Seized Property Specialist

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Location:

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, New Orleans Field Office, located in New Orleans LA.

Additional selections may be made for other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above. back into this sections

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.

You qualify for the GS-09 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

• Assisting supervisor and/or senior Seized Property Specialist (SPS) with the reviews and updates of CBP automated systems for data completeness and accuracy.
• Assisting with the reviews of seized property documentation for accuracy and completeness and as necessary, requesting additional information from the appropriate seizing officer.
• Assisting in the timely and accurate updating of the CBP automated property tracking system within the established time frames and maintaining a current and complete seized property file.
• Assisting with plans, preparations and participates in seized property destruction operations.
• Assisting with monitoring the turnover of seized property to ensure compliance with established time frames set by national policy and procedures.

You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

• Utilizing automated systems to identify and account for all seizures within the area of responsibility and updating tracking systems.
• Ensuring the timely and accurate update of the CBP automated property tracking system within the established time frames and maintaining a current and complete seized property file.
• Making recommendations to the supervisor and/or senior SPS on storage requirements and storage locations for all types of seized property to include controlled substances, currency, and firearms.
• Assisting with determining special handling requirements for hazardous materials, biohazardous, and any other property requiring special transportation and/or unique handling.
• Assisting with the operation of the certified OFO permanent seizure vault under the supervision of supervisor and/or senior SPS

A Master's degree, two full years of graduate education, a J.D. or an LL.B. degree from an accredited college or university may substitute for experience required at this level. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise two years of graduate education. If that information is not available, use 36 semester or 54 quarter hours.

Successful completion of a Ph.D. or an equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in any field, or L.L.M for the experience required at the GS-11 grade level. Such education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise three years of graduate study.

If that information is not available, use 54 semester or 81 quarter hours. You are required to submit proof of your claim.

Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade level and may be computed by first determining your total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining your education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11. More information on this qualification standard is located here.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical…