Clerk - Houston, United States - US Customs and Border Protection

US Customs and Border Protection

Verified Company

Houston, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:

This position will allow you to use your experience to perform a variety of recordkeeping, reporting, and informational duties. This position starts at a salary of $40, GS-04, Step 1) to $59, GS-05, Step 10).

GS Salary:
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In this position you will become a key team member of Homeland Security administrative professionals

Typical work assignments include:

Performing a variety of recordkeeping, reporting and data maintenance, and updates.
Updating manuals on policies, directives and memorandums.
Opening, sorting and routing correspondence.
Performing miscellaneous duties such as making travel plans and maintaining time and attendance reports.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service
Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below)
You may be required to pass a background investigation
CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures
DHS uses E-Verify, an internetbased system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about
E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities.

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Bargaining Unit: This is a bargaining unit covered position, represented under the National Treasury Employees Unions

NTEU. For local chapter contact information see Chapter Websites
National Treasury Employees Union
NTEU

Qualifications:

Experience:
You qualify for the GS-04 grade level if you possess 1 year of progressively responsible experience, performing duties such as:

Filing
Answering phones
Assisting with projects
Assisting with record keeping

Experience:
You qualify for the GS-05 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:

Maintaining office files and records
Referring office calls and visitors to appropriate sources
Receiving and distributing mail
Preparing simple documents

NOTE:
Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements.
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Education Substitution:

GS-04: Successful completion of 2 years above high school, or the completion of an Associate's degree, or higher degree in any field from an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise a year of undergraduate education. If that information is not available, use 30 semester or 45 quarter hours.
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GS-05: Successful completion of a bachelor's degree, or completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree in any field from an accredited business, secretarial, or technical school, junior college, college, or university may substitute for the experience required at this level. Check with your school to determine how many credit hours comprise a year of undergraduate education. If that information is not available, use 30 semester or 45 quarter hours.

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Combining Education and Experience:

GS-04:To combine your education and experience, convert each to a percentage and then add the percentages. If your education is described in quarter hours, multiply by the fraction 2/3 to convert into semester hours, then divide the semester hours by 18. To determine your percentage of qualifying experience, divide your total months of experience by the required number of months of experience. Add your percentages together. The total must equal at least 100% in order to qualify.
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GS-05: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements at the GS-5 grade level. Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience. More information on this qualification standard is located here.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly