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This assignment is a 1-year non-reimbursable assignment.
This assignment is within Office of Strategy, Policy, & Plans.
We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.
Position Title: Director, Contraband and Illicit Finance
This is not a Virtual/Remote JDA.
Series: Requested: 0301
Security Clearance: Secret
Request Start Date: February 2024
01/03/2024 to 06/26/2024
$163,964 - $191,900 per year
GS 15
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Not required
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Detail
Full-time
Competitive
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JDP-12264042-24-KJ
768664900
Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.
Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.
This detail opportunity is for current competitive and excepted service employees only. If you are not a current federal civilian employee you will not be eligible for this position. DHS Joint Duty Assignments do not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.
This position is located in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters, Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans (PLCY), Counter Terrorism, Threat Prevention, and Law Enforcement Policy (CTTPLE), Counter Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) team. DHS PLCY provides policy development and coordination, strategy, planning, and analysis to the DHS Secretary and other Departmental leaders to facilitate decision-making and other critical matters that may arise in a dynamic homeland security environment. PLCY is responsible for strengthening our Nation's homeland security by developing DHS-wide policies, programs, and plans to promote and ensure quality, consistency, and integration across all homeland security missions. Within PLCY, the CTTPLE/CTOC section is responsible for developing, coordinating and prioritizing DHS policies, programs, and resources to address illicit activities of transnational criminal organizations, including the illegal movement of weapons and drugs, human smuggling, human trafficking, wildlife trafficking, and child sexual exploitation and abuse, while aligning these efforts with DHS and broader federal government strategies.
The Director, Contraband and Illicit Finance (CIF) will report directly to the CTOC Principal Director (PD). The DCIF will be responsible for assisting with the development, coordination, and integration of DHS strategies, programs, and policies in all CTOC mission areas assigned to DHS by law or executive order. This may include efforts to combat the illegal movement of weapons, drugs, and contraband, and human smuggling and trafficking and supporting efforts to align these activities within DHS and broader federal government strategies.
The DCIF will primarily be responsible for strategies, programs, and policies related to weapons trafficking and illicit finance, but may support or assist other lines of effort within the CTOC mission areas. The DCIF will be responsible for assisting in coordination with interagency stakeholders, State, Local, Territorial, Tribal, and foreign partners to resolve exploitative crime program issues concerning policy, operational, legal, legislative, budgetary, privacy, public and international affairs.
The DCIF will evaluate existing policies and assess new recommendations while taking into account the nationwide impact of the policies and all related and resulting programs. The DCIF will support the PD and Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) in developing proposals on matters within the scope of CTOC responsibilities and may represent the DAS at high-level meetings, conferences, and symposia, ascertaining issues and concerns of stakeholders and building support for policy proposals on transnational organized crime issues, with an emphasis on those involving contraband, illicit finance and weapons trafficking.
The DCIF will be responsible for planning and defining duties and responsibilities of subordinate work groups. Working with the PD and Deputy Assistant Secretary to set priorities, prepare work schedules, make assignments and review work completed. The DCIF may be asked to perform other duties as assigned.
EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educational substitution for this position.
**DHS does not offer any additional benefits beyond that which the Federal employee is already receiving.
If the position requires a security clearance, employees must have a SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance to placement AND must maintain that level of clearance while performing in the position.
Selected applicants for a JDA are requested to fulfill the items below during the JDA:
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, your experience, education, and training will be rated using a job questionnaire based on the competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this Joint Duty Assignment.
If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview. After reviewing your resume and supporting documentation, a determination will be made. You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement.
Note: DHS continues to take necessary steps to keep our workforce safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. If you receive a final Joint Duty Assignment offer to onboard, please complete the onboarding requirements and/or forms and submit them electronically in an expeditious manner. Your start date may be delayed if the action above is not completed.
1. Resume: Do not include any personally identifiable information (PII) i.e., home address, social security number, or date of birth. Your resume must clearly demonstrate you have experience which meets the requirements of this position as outlined in the "Qualifications" section.
2. SF-50: Submit a copy of your official SF-50 (no text version) or other official "Notification of Personnel Action" document which shows the following information:
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/26/2024 to receive consideration.
Once you submit your application, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the selecting official for further consideration and a possible interview. We will notify you by email at various stages in the process. Your status will also be updated on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your status, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Application Status," and then click "More Information." We expect to make a final JDA offer within 90 days after the deadline for applications. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation.
Telework: Telework eligibility is based on the needs of the office and is subject to change.
Additional information pertaining to your interest and availability for this position may be needed after the closing date of the Joint Duty Assignment vacancy announcement; therefore, a timely response to these requests must be adhered to in order to remain in consideration.
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/768664900. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
