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BORDER PATROL AGENT
Customs and Border Protection · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol, Del Rio Sector, located in Eagle Pass, TX. Additional selections may be made beyond the total number of vacancies specified using this vacancy announcement. Further selections may also be made for additional organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
What You'll Do
- →As a Border Patrol Agent you will perform the full range of Border Patrol Agent duties required in order to prevent the entry of terrorists and their weapons of terrorism; and to enforce the laws that protect America's homeland by the detection, interdiction, and apprehension of those who attempt to illegally enter or smuggle any person or contraband across our Nation's sovereign borders.
- →You will serve as a primary law enforcement officer (under 5 U.S.C. 8331 (6c) 8412 (d)) and therefore are eligible for Law Enforcement Officer Retirement.
- →This position starts at a salary of $65,545.00 (Gl-09, Step 1) to $119,583.00 (Gl-09, Step 10) with promotion potential to $119,583 (GL-12 Step 10).
- →Once onboarded, you'll first be assigned for up to one year to support the D.C.
- →Safe and Beautiful Task Force.
- →The law enforcement component of the D.C.
- →Task Force is a partnership of over 20 federal and local agencies working together to make D.C. the safest city in America.
- →Once the assignment ends, you'll transition back to support the CBP.
- →Visit the D.C.
- →Task Force page for more information.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes.
- ✓Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties.
- ✓Please review further details via the following link.
- ✓Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
- ✓Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application.
- ✓Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments.
- ✓Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis.
- ✓If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision.
- ✓You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement.
- ✓To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9a0fd133-c064-4393-92b1-f6a07a13c73f
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