Border Patrol Agent (Reemployed Annuitant)
About the role
This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, throughout all USBP Sectors listed in the announcement.
Salary: Salary listed reflects the rest of U.S. scale and, if applicable, will be adjusted to meet the locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection. There is no recruitment incentive associated with this job announcement.
Responsibilities
- Detecting and questioning persons suspected of violating immigration and customs laws and inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations.
- Preventing, and apprehending undocumented noncitizens and smugglers of noncitizens at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions to include using infrared scopes during night operations.
- Interpreting and following tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry of persons or contraband.
- Patrolling the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of Government assets such as vehicles, horses, vessels, watercrafts, off-road vehicles, ATVs, snowmobiles, and motorcycles for the accomplishment of the USBP Mission.
Requirements
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
- All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
- CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
- Law enforcement positions in the GS-1800 occupational groups are covered by mandatory separation provisions at 5 U.S.C. 8335(b)(1), which requires automatic separation, without exception, for individuals age 60 or older.
Qualifications
- You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess the following:
- One year of specialized work experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level that shows you have the skills necessary to interpret and enforce immigration or comparable laws, rules, and regulations, and to perform intelligence, prosecutions, investigations, and anti-smuggling, to identify operational problems, to devise solutions, to ensure compliance of enforcement and operational practices and to apprise management of deficiencies or noted problems.
Skills
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.
Benefits
Benefits of returning to USBP as a reemployed annuitant may include: The availability of a salary offset waiver, allowing you to retain your full retirement annuity and full salary while re-employed. An expedited pre-employment process. Accelerated re-entry training conducted at the sector.
Pay
This position starts at a salary of $91,985.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $119,583.00 (GS-12, Step 10).
Schedule
This position requires regular and recurring shift work. You must be willing and available to work rotating shifts. You could be required to work overtime on a daily basis and will be compensated up to an additional 25% of your base pay in accordance with the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014.
Location Preference
You may select only two (2) locations where you would be willing to work.
Uniform/Grooming Standards
This position requires wearing an officially approved uniform and complying with established grooming standards found here, as established by the Border Patrol's Uniform and Grooming Standards Policy #IOP-5320-02A-UGSBPA. Please note that in accordance with these standards, tattoos and/or brandings on the head and face are not permitted. Obscene, racially/ethnically derogatory and/or gang tattoos or brandings shall not be visible.
Motor Vehicle Operation
You must possess the ability to operate a Government Owned Vehicle. A valid, non-restricted driver's license is required.