Tribal Affairs Liaision at Washington

JOB SUMMARY:

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 resilience to disasters. The vitality and magnitude of this mission is achieved by a diverse workforce spanning hundreds of occupations. Make an impact; join DHS.

The primary purpose of this position is to perform outreach functions with various, assigned components on Tribal issues by maintaining close working relationship and provide them with information, research, and technical support to assist their efforts in securing the homeland. 

This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA).

NOTE:  This position is also being announced as competitive DEU under announcement GV-912504-NH-13.

Who May Apply:
Status Candidates within the Washington DC commuting area which include:

• Current federal employees serving under a career or career-conditional appointment
• Former federal employees with reinstatement eligibility
• Persons eligible for non-competitive appointment under special hiring authorities (click here for a list of authorities)
• Persons eligible under an Interchange Agreement (click here to view a list of covered agreements)
• Veterans preference eligibles or veterans who have been separated from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions after substantially completing at least three consecutive years of active duty (click here for information on veterans)
• For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
• You must able to obtain/maintain Secret security clearance.

DUTIES:Back to top

As a Tribal Liaison, the incumbent will be responsible for the following:

• Serves as an advisor on outreach and department activities that relate to the engagement of Tribal officials and the associations/organizations that represent them, and as the Departments day-to-day Tribal liaison.
• Supports the overall mission of an organization to serve as a liaison behalf of the agency with Tribal communities and national tribal associations.
• Prepares briefing and other materials for an organization and Departmental leadership in assigned component areas and Tribal issues, and responsible for input on policies relating to Tribal consultation and coordination.
• Identifies and resolve policy and legal issues that might impede Tribal response to
   

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

Specialized Experience:
To qualify for the GS-13, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through federal service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as providing day-to-day advisory services on Tribal policy and consultation issues to Tribal officials regarding issues, programs, policies, requirements, and conflicts. Such experience may include:

• Identifying and resolving policy and Legal issues that might impede Tribal response to an organization initiatives and programs.
• Identifying and sharing initiatives and programs with appropriate Tribal officials; identifying and resolving requirements of Tribal officials; and coordinating departments activities and initiatives that support Tribal interests.

To qualify for the GS-14, you must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service, or comparable experience not gained through federal service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as researching administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents that have bearing on the operations of Tribal governments and their relationship with the Federal government. Such experience may include:

• Supporting the overall mission of an organization to serve as a liaison on behalf of the agency with Tribal communities and tribal associations.
• Performing outreach functions, assigned components on Tribal issues by providing information, research, and technical support to an organization.

Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for the grade levels.
The qualifications requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service. The Time-In-Grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Background Investigation: To ensure the accomplishment of its mission, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requires each and every employee to be reliable and trustworthy. To meet those standards, all selected applicants must undergo and successfully complete a background investigation for Secret clearance as a condition of placement in this Non-Critical Sensitive position. This review includes financial issues such as delinquency in the payment of debts, child support and/or tax obligations, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, we will use a job questionnaire to place you in one of the three categories based on your experience, education and training. The knowledge, skills and abilities needed to perform this job are:

Knowledge of administrative law, policies, regulations and precedents relating to Tribal audiences or government.

Knowledge of the interface and complexities of the Executive Branch, and interface with Tribal audience as well as interaction with State and local audience.

Knowledge of Tribal government to prepare and present comprehensive oral briefings and prepare cogent, written materials.

Knowledge of Tribal affairs that has a bearing on the operations of Tribal government and their relation with the federal government.

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, click here View Assessment Questions.

Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the Federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. Information about ICTAP or CTAP eligibility can be found by clicking here to access OPMs Career Transition Resources website. To be considered well qualified under CTAP/ ICTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement.

Veterans: Certain veterans are eligible to apply as a status candidate under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA). For more information, please click here.

On November 21, 2011, The President signed the VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-56). The VOW Act amended chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code (U.S.C.) by adding section 2108a, “Treatment of certain individuals as veterans, disabled veterans, and preference eligibles.”

This job opportunity announcement (JOA) includes Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-56). Active duty service members who have begun their civilian job search prior to discharge or release from active duty will know how their application will be considered.

• Applicants who are active duty service members and apply for federal employment shall be considered for competitive service positions and granted tentative veteran’s preference status when they submit a certification, in lieu of a DD-214, when applying to a federal job.
• A certification is any written document from the armed forces that certifies that the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no later than 120 days from the date of certification is signed.

Country: USA, State: Dist of Columbia, City: Washington, Company: DHS Headquarters.