Border Patrol Agent (Assistant Chief)

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters, Law Enforcement Operations Directorate, Foreign Operations Division, in Sofia, Bulgaria 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..

Relocation Authorized Position: All relocations will be placed on hold at the time of selection, as USBP awaits to receive funding. As soon as funding becomes available, you will be contacted by the CBP Hiring Center to coordinate an enter on duty (EOD) date and complete the necessary relocation forms. Relocation expenses have been authorized for this position. See the Relocation Expenses Reimbursed section of this announcement and U.S. Border Patrol Paid Moves for additional details. This position will allow you to use your expertise to prevent illegal entry of aliens into the United States by land, water, or air; enforce criminal provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Laws; and seek out and apprehend smugglers or aliens who are in the United States illegally. Apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen the Department's ability to protect the homeland. This position starts at a salary of $110,422.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $143,553.00 (GS-14, Step 10). Salary above excludes COLA. Please see the following link for specific COLA Rates Nonforeign Areas. You will serve as a secondary law enforcement officer (under 5 U.S.C. 8336 (c) and 8412 (d)). Your duties will include: Working under the Department of State - Chief of Mission authority to establish and drive international strategy in coordination with international and interagency partners. Supporting the CBP portfolio attached to the diplomatic missions of the U.S. and will assist to implement a variety of programs and initiatives that meets the United States Government's objectives in anti-terrorism, border security, non- proliferation, export control, training and technical assistance, and facilitating legitimate trade or travel. Overseeing CBP's operational presence in Bulgaria and the Region by working closely with the Bulgarian and Regional Governments and Agencies while coordinating closely with interagency groups at Post on border security, to counter narcotics trafficking and weapons smuggling, and human trafficking. Serving as a liaison to other USG agencies and host government authorities on any and all matters relating to CBP. Serving as the CBP representative to the Mission's Law Enforcement Working Group. Foreign Location Benefits: Return Rights: You will be contacted by Headquarters no later than 120 days prior to completion of the tour and asked to identify up to five duty locations (with comparable positions) where you would like to relocate. If no position is available at those locations, you will be placed at a location that meets the greatest needs of U.S. Border Patrol. Vehicle: A government vehicle will be provided. Annual Leave Accumulation: Employees assigned to this location may carry over 360 hours of annual leave to the next leave year (as opposed to 240 hours). Home Leave: In addition to annual leave, employees at this location earn ten days home leave on each two-year assignment. This leave is only granted to those employees who have their foreign assignment extended for another tour and is to be used between tours. The Government pays the employee per diem and transportation expenses from the employee's post of duty to the employee's former official residence in the United States. In addition, it also pays for the transportation expenses of dependents who accompany the employee on home leave to the employee's residence in the United States. Living Quarters Allowances (not payable if claiming temporary lodging allowance): Employees receive payment of an annual tax-free quarters' allowance for housing while in a foreign station. This allowance is intended to cover the cost of suitable, adequate living quarters for the employee and his/her family plus the cost of heat, light, fuel, gas, electricity, and water. However, at some duty stations government subsidized housing is provided. Temporary Lodging Allowance (not payable if claiming living quarters allowance): A temporary lodging allowance is a tax-free quarters allowance, which is granted to you for the reasonable cost of temporary quarters, which are incurred by you and your family for a period not to exceed (1) 60 days after first arrival at a new post in a foreign area, or a period ending with the occupation of permanent quarters, if earlier; and (2) 30 days immediately preceding final departure from the post subsequent to the necessary vacating of residence quarters. Education Allowance: Payment for most actual costs of education for each dependent are determined by the Department of State and are subject to change. Medical Examination: You and your dependents who accompany you to the foreign station will be required to pass a prescribed State Department medical examination as a condition of assignment. Passports: You will be required to obtain diplomatic passports for yourself and your dependents as a condition of selection.

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below) All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English You may be required to pass a background investigation and/or polygraph CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures You must be able to meet job-related medical and/or fitness standards Temporary/Rotational Assignment: To meet agency needs, this position will be filled on a temporary basis not-to-exceed (NTE) 2 year(s), with possible extension(s) for an additional 2 year(s) plus 1 additional year for a total of 5 years. You may be returned, at any time, to the position from which temporarily promoted, to the last permanent official station and position held prior to this NTE assignment, and the return is not subject to the procedures found in 5 C.F.R. §§ 351, 432, 752, and 771. If you are currently at the grade level of the position announced, this action will result in a reassignment, and you may be returned at any time to a same or similar position held prior to this NTE assignment. If you currently hold a grade level higher than the grade being announced, this action will result in a change to lower grade, and you may be returned at any time to the position held prior to this temporary assignment or to the same or similar position at the lower grade level. See the USBP Rotation Process Internal Operating Procedures (IOP) by visiting here (this is only viewable from a CBP computer). The USBP Rotation Program IOP dictates the terms of rotating out of the NTE assignment once the assignment has concluded.