Job Description
- * Diplomatic Courier**
- ***
This position is located in the Office of Diplomatic Courier Services, Countermeasures Directorate, Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
The incumbent serves as a Diplomatic Courier assigned to one of the Regional Diplomatic Courier Offices with responsibility for safeguarding and escorting the movement of diplomatic pouches containing sensitive and classified information, equipment, and materials between the Department and U.S. diplomatic missions overseas.
**Location**
+ **Duties**
- Safeguards sensitive and classified information, equipment, and material between the Department of State and overseas posts, including material for Executive Branch and intelligence agencies.
- Ensures absolute inviolability of the pouch from the time it is removed from the vault of the originating location until it reaches the secure area of its assigned destination.
- Conducts pre-travel analyses regarding the physical security of the information, equipment, and materials being escorted, including changes in airport screening practices, schedule changes, and the current global security situation.
- Prepares accurate and timely trip reports detailing the day-to-day tasks and any variations, exceptions, or peculiarities regarding the route traveled.
- Maintains liaison with key officials of other federal agencies , international organizations, and foreign governments in order to improve efficiency and safety of deliveries.
- *Requirements**
- * Conditions of Employment**
- Verification of employment eligibility in the United States is required.
- Incumbent will be subject to random drug testing.
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
- One year probationary period, unless excepted by regulation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
- * Qualifications**
Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below by the closing date of this announcement. If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application. **NOTE:** Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. **Time-In-Grade Requirements:** Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.
- *Applicants applying for the GS-11 grade level must meet one of the following requirements:** **A.** Have at least 1 full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service which provided you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position. **Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:**
- *-Experience with international transportation factors and conditions, and policies of sovereign nations concerning the movement of diplomatic pouches across their borders.
-Experience providing advice and assistance on the logistical movement of sensitive and classified information, equipment, and materials.**
- *-Experience establishing and maintaining liaison with key officials of other federal agencies, international organizations, and foreign governments in order to improve efficiency and safety of deliveries.**
- *OR** **B.** Have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M. from an accredited college or university. **OR**
- *C.** Have a combination of graduate level education and specialized experience (as described above), which is equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal Service. This experience and education together meets 100% of the qualification requirements for this position. **Combination of Experience and Education:** When an applicant has less than one year of specialized experience as described in the announcement, he or she may combine successfully completed graduate-level education with experience to meet the total qualification requirements. Generally, 18 graduate semester hours is equivalent to 1 full-time year of graduate study (your school and department determine what constitutes 1 full time year of graduate study). The percentage of specialized work experience and the percentage of graduate study must total at least 100%. **Note: All applicants WILL BE required to submit transcripts as verification of educational requirement. If you fail to provide requested information, or the information you submit is insufficient to verify your eligibility, you may lose consideration for this position.**
- *Education**
See the qualifications section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements, if applicable.
**Additional information**
For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or ReasonableAccommodations@state.gov.
If eligible, telework and remote work agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Please note that any approved remote work arrangement is subject to the locality pay area of the alternative telework worksite.
If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department that may require a higher security clearance.
- *EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PROGRAM (E-Verify)** U.S. law requires organizations to employ only individuals who may legally work in the United States - either U.S. citizens, or foreign citizens who have the necessary authorization. This agency utilizes E-Verify to compare information from the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Social Security Administration (SSA) records to confirm employment eligibility. If the employees information does not match DHS and/or SSA records, the employee is given an opportunity to resolve the problem. If eligibility cannot be verified, employment will be terminated.
- A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs) and other characteristics that are relevant to the duties of this position and must be fully supported by information in your resume:
- Knowledge of requirements for transporting diplomatic pouches across international borders.
- Knowledge of security regulations regarding the transporting and safeguarding of diplomatic pouches.
- Ability to analyze complex issues and identify appropriate solutions.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. 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). Your resume should include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week. For assistance with creating a resume, please click .
Qualified candidates are assigned a score between 70 and 100. Agency Career Transition Assistance P
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