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SEIZED PROPERTY SPECIALIST
Customs and Border Protection · Posted today
On-site Newark, NJ $59K – $95K Apply by Jun 24, 2026 General Inspection, Investigation, Enforcement, And Compliance Series ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Operations
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Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, New York Field Office, Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures Division, located in Queens, New York or Newark, New Jersey. This position will also cover the Dayton Centralized Storage Facility as part of the area of responsibility for the Port of New York/Newark.
What You'll Do
- →Joining the Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations will allow you to use your expertise to provide for the inventory and safe storage of seized illegal narcotics and prohibited goods that have not met the requirements for entry into the U.S..
- →Apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen Homeland Security by providing expert technical direction on complex issues pertaining to seized property activities.
- →This position starts at a salary of $59,465.00 (GS-07, Step 1) to $94,563.00 (GS-09, Step 10) with promotion potential to $137,128 (GS-12 Step 10).
- →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.
- →The open period for this job opportunity announcement may be extended to allow for a sufficient applicant pool.
- →GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area.
- →If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table.
- →Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position.
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- →As a Seized Property Specialist, you will become a key team member of Homeland Security professionals overseeing the inventory and safe storage of seized illegal narcotics and prohibited goods.
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.
- ✓DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based 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.
- ✓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 Probationary Period: All employees new to the federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his/her initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment.
- ✓Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period.
- ✓Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position.
- ✓Physical and Environmental Conditions: The work environment includes offices, vaults, warehouses, destruction sites, and courtroom settings.
- ✓The work setting can be open, confined, or restricted areas with unstable, uneven, or slippery surfaces, around moving vehicles or equipment, and can include exposure to loud noises from machinery.
- ✓Periods of outdoor work may be required in snow, rain, or extreme heat.
- ✓There is potential exposure to significant allergens, hazardous materials, gases, and dust specifically affiliated with destruction operations; and in different lighting conditions to include daylight to night time.
Personality Fit
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