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Senior Trade Specialist - SME (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees)
Maritime Administration · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
This position is a Senior Trade Specialist in the Office of Cargo and Commercial Sealift. The primary mission of the Office is to create, coordinate, monitor and implement programs and projects designed to increase the overall American-flag merchant marine participation in the carriage of U.S. Ocean foreign and domestic trade.
What You'll Do
- →As a Senior Trade Specialist, you will: Explain the application of the cargo preference laws and regulations for federal agencies' current programs as well as new and changed programs.
- →Address stakeholder questions relating to operational and logistical international ocean transportation.
- →Use appropriate problem-solving methods, techniques, practices, and procedures, to provide viable solutions to stakeholders.
- →Determine the specific information necessary to monitor shipments, availability of source data, type and frequency of reports to be received, and a system for identifying shipments subject to cargo preference laws.
- →Establish personal liaison with division or office level managers of government agencies and other shippers generating preference cargo.
- →The ideal candidate for this position has extensive experience in the commercial maritime sector with exposure to ocean carrier industry, in intermodal operations, project cargo, stevedoring, freight forwarding, vessel operations and customer relations as they relate to capabilities of U.S.-flag carriers.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
- ✓GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD: This position involves travel.
- ✓A government contractor-issued travel card will be issued and must be retained for official business only.
- ✓BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION: A background security investigation is required for all selected individuals.
- ✓Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of the security investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓Failure to meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.
- ✓PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓TIME-IN-GRADE: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F.
- ✓DEU REQUIREMENTS: Applicants selected under delegated examining procedures may be required to successfully complete a one-year probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓DRUG TEST: This position has been determined to be a critical safety/security position as defined in the Department of Transportation (DOT) Order, DOT 3910.ID entitled "Drug and Alcohol-Free Departmental Workplace." Therefore, is selected for this position you will be required to submit to a pre-employment / pre-appointment drug test, you will also be subject to Random Drug Testing.
- ✓No education required for this grade.
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: 06e6f211-990e-4224-999b-36da2d71462b
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