Import Specialist at Memphis

JOB SUMMARY:

Customs & Border Protection (CBP):  Securing Americas Borders

Do you desire to protect American interests and secure our Nation while building a meaningful and rewarding career?  If so, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is calling.  DHS components work collectively to prevent terrorism, secure borders, enforce and administer immigration laws, safeguard cyberspace and ensure resiliency to disasters.  The vitality and magnitude of this mission is achieved by a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations.  Make an impact; join DHS.

Discover a challenging and rewarding career in CBP, the sole organization responsible for securing the nations borders.  At U.S. Customs and Border Protection, we:

• Screen passengers, vehicles, and shipments entering our country
• Seize illegal narcotics, vehicles, and agricultural products
• Prevent unauthorized entry into the country
• Rescue individuals who fall into dangerous conditions traversing our border

For more information about CBPs mission, activities, and careers, please see http://www.cbp.gov.

Joining the Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations will allow you to use your technical and administrative expertise to safeguard the U.S. commercial supply chains. This position starts at a salary of $68,809 (GS-12 step 1). Apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen homeland security by enforcing import laws related to international trade agreements, admissibility standards and revenue collection.

Who May Apply: Current U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees with competitive status.

• For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please see http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/careers/gc_1303762131481.shtm.

Organizational Location:  This position is located within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, New Orleans Field Office, Memphis, TN.

One or more selections may be made using this job opportunity announcement. 

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position
• You may be required to pass a background investigation
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service
• Primary U.S. residency for the last three years (see "Other Information")
• You may be required to pass initial and random drug testing

DUTIES:Back to top

In this Import Specialist position, you will become a key member of a team of homeland security professionals responsible for all import requirements. Typical work assignments include:

• Serving as a Senior Import Specialist enforcing statutory, regulatory, and treaty requirements of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other federal and state agencies.
• Determining admissibility of merchandise and making other import-related decisions.
• Coordinating work assignments and advising subordinate Import Specialists on program and administrative matters under the direction of a supervisor.
• Verifying tariff classification and appraising imported articles or products focusing on areas designated as high-risk.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

GS-12:  You qualify at the GS-12 level if you possess one (1) year of specialized experience to include interpreting and applying laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that govern the importation of merchandise; working with merchandise determining correct tariff classification, value, and other import-related decisions on any of the formally entered commercial importations pertaining to an established line of merchandise; reviewing and evaluating incoming entry document packages for the full range of entries pertaining to an established line of merchandise; classifying and making related decisions on classification for admissibility into the U.S. commerce, undervaluation, countervailing duty, anti-dumping duty orders, suspected fraudulent claims by importers and exporters on Trade Agreements for a wide variety of imported articles or products within an established line of merchandise; and administering Customs and other agency requirements to importations assigned.

You must:

• Meet all qualification requirements, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and
• Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current Federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the Federal service) by Thursday, October 10, 2013.

Travel:  You will be required to travel occasionally.

Training:  You may be required to attend and successfully complete seven (7) weeks of Import Specialist training at the Field Office Training Academy in Charleston, SC.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

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 an online self-assessment questionnaire that is based on the competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below. You will receive a score ranging from 70-100 based on your responses.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics (KSAOs):
Candidates who meet the minimum qualification requirements are required to possess certain Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, or Other Characteristics (KSAOs) to successfully perform the functions of this position.  Candidates will be asked to demonstrate their attainment of these KSAOs in their resume. The KSAOs are:

• Expert knowledge of the concepts, principles, laws and regulations that apply to the admissibility, classification and appraisement of imported merchandise.
• Expert knowledge in the areas of Import Specialist duties and responsibilities.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing in order to explain regulatory decisions regarding classification or admissibility within CBP and with members of the importing public.
• Ability to advise and coordinate work performed by subordinate Import Specialists.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze various kinds of data and information in order to identify compliance errors and problems and to recommend corrective action.

If you are best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.  To preview the job questionnaire, see View Occupational Questionnaire.

Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) eligibility:  If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP eligible.  Information about CTAP eligibility is on the OPMs Career Transition Resources website at:  http://www.opm.gov/Reduction_In_Force/employee_resources/ctap/Employee-Guideline_CTAP.asp#3a. To be considered well qualified under CTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position.  In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Country: USA, State: Tennessee, City: Memphis, Company: Customs and Border Protection.