Summary As a Law Enforcement Specialist (Instructor Judgment and Tactics) with the U.S. Secret Service, Office of Training, James J. Rowley Training Center, you will play an integral part in providing specialized training to basic recruits and sworn law enforcement professionals of an elite law enforcement agency charged with criminal investigations and protecting world leaders. For more information on the Secret Service click here. Responsibilities U.S. Secret Service is seeking retired (CSRS/FERS) individuals to support our integrated mission and immediately impart their knowledge and experience to the current workforce. If re-employed under a Dual Compensation Hiring Authority with an OPM approved salary off-set waiver granted to the Secret Service, annuitants are able to earn their full salary and their full annuity without penalty. The USSS employs retirees under the Dual Compensation Hiring Authorities below. OPM Dual Compensation Waiver Authority Earn Full Annuity and Full Salary Earn Annual Leave and Sick Leave Work Full-time, Part-Time, or an Intermittent work schedule (determined by supervisor) Receive Overtime (if on a full-time schedule) Annuitants receiving a dual comp waiver are not eligible to contribute to TSP or make contributions to retirement Individuals appointed before December 31,2024 may continue their employment until their not-to-exceed date is reached The Dual Compensation Hiring Authority (approved salary off-set waiver) is a term non-status appointment in the competitive service for retired annuitants that may not exceed four (4) years The selectee will serve as Law Enforcement Specialist (Instructor Judgment and Tactics) in the Office of Training, James J. Rowley Training Center, Glynco GA. Typical work assignments include: Coordinating, developing, and instructing investigative and protective tactics related to the practical application of Law Enforcement Agency Use of Force and Firearms Policies. Coordinating, developing, and instructing reality-based training and evaluating the application of sound tactics and reasonable actions. Apply for this exciting opportunity to impact the agency’s ability to ensure the coordination of the training programs and to support the overall mission(s) of the Secret Service. This Law Enforcement Specialist (Instructor Judgment and Tactics)) position starts at a salary of $103,409 (GS-13 step 01), with full performance level of $134,435 (GS-13, step 10). Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. citizenship is required. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. You must successfully pass a background investigation. Conditions of Employment: If selected for this position, you will be required to: Obtain and maintain a top secret Tier 5 clearance. For more information visit OPM Mythbuster page. Submit to a drug test prior to your appointment and random drug testing while you occupy the position. This position requires more than a moderate degree of physical exertion on part of the incumbent. This includes lifting, kneeling, crouching, and carrying medium size packages or containers. Work may also involve physical exertion within a training environment and operating in various weather conditions. Travel to field locations to coordinate training activities may be involved. The work is, primarily sedentary, but may require some travel, walking, bending, and carrying lightweight items, such as briefcases, notebooks, and work papers. The normal workplace includes a classroom or office, and inside/outside training facilities. Position duties will require exposure to varying climate and environment conditions, both cold and warm weather conditions and/or exposure to high levels of noise and dangerous substances. Qualifications Specialized experience: You qualify for the GS-13 level (starting salary $98,496) if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level performing duties such as: providing instruction and technical advice in tactical areas such as close quarter battle (interior techniques), motorcade counter ambush deployment techniques, urban and rural tactics; applying knowledge and skills pertaining to law enforcement based firearms training, judgment and tactics training, proper use of force, tactical operations training; identifying, evaluating and correcting student deficiencies to achieve training objectives. Qualifications Must Be Met: The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Education There is no educational requirement for this position nor can education be substituted for experience. Additional Information Building on a Tradition of Excellence and Meeting the Challenges of the Future The Secret Service is a premier law enforcement organization with two critical national security missions: protect our nation's leaders and to conduct criminal investigations. Our team members continue a tradition of excellence - whether investigating financial crime or protecting national and visiting foreign leaders. In the Secret Service, we serve the country with duty, loyalty, justice, integrity and courage. In the Secret Service, we: Protect the President, the Vice President, and other leaders; investigate threats against them; and safeguard their residences and other facilities Plan and implement security designs for National Special Security Events Investigate financial crimes including fraud, identity theft and computer-based attacks on banking or telecommunications infrastructure Any offers of employment made pursuant to this announcement will be consistent with all applicable authorities, including Presidential Memoranda, Executive Orders, interpretive U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance and U.S. Office of Management and Budget plans and policies concerning hiring. These authorities are subject to change. More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade and unit occur. These positions are being announced to recruit CSRS and FERS annuitants on a limited basis with a waiver of salary offset (if a dual compensation waiver is requested) under certain specified circumstances not to exceed December 31, 2024. E-Verify Statement: DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Click here to learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. This position will require a credit check after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. The Secret Service prohibits employees from having visible body markings (including but not limited to tattoos, body art, and branding) on the head, face, neck, hand and fingers (any area below the wrist bone) (exception: a single conservative and unobtrusive tattoo in the form of a ring is authorized on one finger). Re-employed annuitants are at-will employees and therefore, can be separated at any time for any legitimate reason. There are no notice requirements and the annuitants have no Reduction in Force (RIF) protections. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement.