Duties The selectee will serve as an Operations Manager in the Office of Protective Operations. Typical work assignments include: * Serving as a Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) to perform contract administration to include establishing personnel qualifications for contract workers, reviewing contractor's work, and reviewing and approving contractor invoices for payment. * Coordinating the arrival, receipt, storage, and delivery of processing mail and packages. * Collaborating with the Facility Manager to implement facility upgrades and maintenance. * Creating Standard Operating Procedures for maintaining and controlling material inventory, equipment, and supplies. * Coordinating facility and military installation access control, to include preparing and submitting documentation for contractors and delivery truck drivers. Requirements Conditions of Employment If selected for this position, you will be required to: * You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. * One-year probationary period may be required. * Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see http://www.sss.gov/). * Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required * Obtain and maintain a top secret Tier 5 clearance. * Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position. * Financial disclosure report required. Qualifications You qualify for the GS-13 level (starting salary $117,962.00) if you possess one full year of specialized experience comparable in scope and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors) performing the following duties: * Overseeing mail and/or package screening procedures to recommend improvements to program efficiency; * Completing operational duties (i.e. staffing, logistics, procurement, scheduling, maintaining records, inventory management) to support program administration; * Coordinating facility maintenance activities to improve safety and/or security; and * Collaborating with contracting staff to coordinate contractor duties and/or requirements. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. The incumbent is required to attain their Federal Acquisition Certification for Contracting Officer's Representatives (FAC-COR) Level II within 12 months of onboarding. The incumbent will also be required to engage in acquisition continuous learning activities achieving 40 continuous learning points every 24 months. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualification claims will be subject to verification. 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. Veterans' Preference: For more information on veterans' preference see: https://www.opm.gov/fedshirevets/veteran-job-seekers/# Current or Former Political Appointees: 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. Interagency/Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP/CTAP): This program applies to Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed, or employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet eligibility criteria for CTAP or ICTAP; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. Well-Qualified includes those applicants whose knowledge, skills, and abilities clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. For information on eligibility criteria and required documentation, go to: http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition. PLEASE NOTE: The work is considerably strenuous and involves frequent physical exertion such as climbing ladders and lifting heavy objects up to and sometimes exceeding 50 pounds. The incumbent works both in an office and industrial setting. The work requires regular and recurring exposure to operating machines and hazardous materials that may require the incumbent to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and clothing. The incumbent is required to enter "warm areas" of the facility, where protective clothing is required, on a regular and reoccurring basis and must be aware of a wide range of safety and security precautions while enforcing safety regulations in regards to the workforce to include contract employees. Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement. Additional information Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. This position will require a credit check after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. The agency's Telework Policy allows up to 80% telework, which is at the discretion of management and based on roles and responsibilities. Additionally, compressed or flexible work schedules are offered with appropriate approval. More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade and unit occur. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. The Secret Service prohibits employees from having visible body markings (including but not limited to tattoos, body art, and branding) on the head, face, neck, hand and fingers (any area below the wrist bone) (exception: a single conservative and unobtrusive tattoo in the form of a ring is authorized on one finger). How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): * Administration and Management
* Attention to Detail
* Decision Making
* Flexibility
* Integrity/Honesty
* Interpersonal Skills
* Program Management
* Reading Comprehension
* Reasoning
* Self-Management
* Teamwork
* Technical Competence Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. 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 (ORF) 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 SPF's and appropriate ORFs 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. The Category Rating Process does not add veteran's preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10 percent must be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the GS-9 level or higher). This position is not considered scientific/professional. Veteran preference eligibles will receive selection consideration before non-preference eligibles within each quality category. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. An interview may be required for this position. If an interview is r