Mission Support Specialist

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Laboratories and Scientific Services located in Long Beach, CA. Additional selections may be made to include other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above. Experience: GS-11: You qualify for the GS-11 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Processing administrative, budget, payroll, fleet, property, travel, or procurement data from reports or automated systems. Assisting with identifying workforce management, payroll, timekeeping, or leave-related issues and elevating recommended corrective actions. Tracking budget, purchase card, travel, fleet, property, or invoice information for review by management or senior staff. Assisting with fleet, property, facility, badge, credential, or physical security-related administrative requirements. Preparing or reviewing administrative records, forms, reports, or documentation for accuracy and compliance with established procedures. GS-12: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Coordinating administrative mission support functions such as budget, procurement, property, fleet, travel, payroll, timekeeping, or workforce management. Reviewing purchase requests, acquisition requirements, invoices, or purchase card transactions for accuracy, compliance, reconciliation, or dispute resolution. Providing workforce management support involving personnel actions, hiring authorities, time and attendance, leave, overtime, premium pay, or workers' compensation coordination. Tracking and analyzing budget, fleet, property, facility, or travel information to brief management and recommend administrative resolutions. Coordinating facility, property, badge, credential, fleet, or physical security requirements in accordance with established policy and deadlines. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. GS-11: Education Substitution: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in an accredited college or university, or LL.M. degree, may be substituted for experience at the GS-11 grade level. Such education must demonstrate the skills needed to do the work. One year of fulltime graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 54 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 3 years of full-time study requirement. GS-11: Combining Education and Experience: Appropriate combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience also may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the GS-11 grade level. To combine your education and experience, you must convert each to a percentage and then add the percentages. The combined total of your percentage of education and experience must equal at least 100% in order to qualify. If your education is currently described in quarter hours, convert the quarter hours into semester hours by multiplying the quarter hours by the fraction 2/3. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, divide the number of graduate semester hours by 18. To determine your percentage of qualifying experience, you must divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by the required number of months of experience. Add your percentages of education and experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must: Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 09/10/2026. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Sch #J-18808-Ljbffr