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Supervisory Trade Specialist (Open to both U.S. Citizens and Federal Employees)
Maritime Administration · Posted 13 days ago
Hybrid Full-time Washington, DC $144K – $187K Apply by Sep 16, 2026 Trade Specialist ISTP Operations
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This position is in the Office of Cargo and Commercial Sealift (OCCS), Office of the Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Sealift, Office of the Associate Administrator for Strategic Sealift, Maritime Administration (MARAD).The OCCS coordinates and implements programs and projects pursuant to laws and regulations to increase the overall U. S. flag Merchant Marine participation in the carriage of U. S. waterborne foreign and domestic trade.
What You'll Do
- →As a Supervisory Trade Specialist, you will: Administer the cargo preference laws and regulations, and their application to agencies' current programs as well as future and modified programs, including addressing federal agencies and public inquiries regarding operational and logistical issues with international ocean transportation.
- →Establish and maintain monitoring systems that ensure each shipper reports bill of lading information for each ocean shipment subject to cargo preference laws and cargo preference cargo reports detailing these ocean shipments.
- →Determine compliance of cargo preference programs and promotes the use of U.S. flag vessels beyond the legal minimum.
- →Exercise delegated responsibility for position management; selection and assignment of team members; performance evaluation.
- →Employee training and development; management-employee communications; employee accountability; leave administration; and safety.
- →Establish continuous communication with government agencies and vendors generating preference cargo and shippers through training and outreach to ensure agency instructions and regulations.
- →The ideal candidate for this position has commercial maritime industry employment experience with a U.S.-flag carrier, vessel broker, freight forwarder or other Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTI), that involves complying with cargo preference laws and regulations.
- →The candidate will have knowledge of and experience with cargo preference laws, regulations, and other relevant policy determinations to include Comptroller General and judicial decisions.
- →Previous supervisory experience is preferred, but not required.
Requirements
- ✓CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may 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.
- ✓SUPERVISORY PROBATIONARY PERIOD: You must complete a one-year supervisory probationary period (unless already completed).
- ✓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).
- ✓Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- marketing, business administration, political science, public administration, history, business or commercial law, economics, finance, international trade, or international relations.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 19035cde-1ff6-41c6-aedd-c1ad7d40027b
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