Prisoner Transportation Assistant

About the role

The selectee of this position serves as a Prisoner Transportation Assistant responsible for coordinating the transportation and movement of sentenced and un-sentenced federal prisoners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) District offices located throughout the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

This position is located in the U.S. Marshalls Service (USMS), JPATS Division / Kansas City, Missouri or Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

What you will do

• Use office automation equipment and various software packages to create reports, correspondence, or spreadsheets.
• Coordinate events and activities to ensure use of the most efficient, safe, and secure means of travel.
• Arrange commercial air flights for transportation through a travel agency.
• Research databases or files to find information related to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or similar requests.
• Prepare necessary paperwork for reimbursements of costs.

How you will be evaluated

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), and the responses you provide on the application questionnaire. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

If you are found to be among the top candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration. If referred, all relevant documents including performance appraisals and incentive awards submitted in your application package will be available to the selecting official for review and consideration.

You will be assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Clerical Planning and Evaluating Technology Application In order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.

In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, including a Subject Matter Expert panel resume review. This assessment measures the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job.

If you fail to meet the conditions of employment or any other pre-employment requirements, such as missing any of the scheduled appointments, the hiring agency may rescind their tentative offer of employment.

Documents you must provide

• company or agency name, beginning and ending dates of employment (month/year), total hours worked per week, position title, duties performed, and, if the position is/was Federal, pay plan-series-grade level; Cover Letter optional.
• Other Supporting Documents, if applicable: SF50 Notification of Personnel Action, if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service, that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.
• The SF50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure, type of service (Competitive or Excepted) and career status (career or career-conditional).
• No award SF50 will be accepted as proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility.
• Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service, including supervisor's signature and the official final rating of record.
• In cases where the performance appraisal is incomplete or unavailable, you may provide an explanation of the reasons.
• Incentive Award(s), if applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service.
• Veterans' Documentation, if you are claiming preference and/or special hiring authority for veterans eligibility, you must submit official documentation of service and separation from active duty under honorable conditions.
• The member 4 copy of your DD214 is preferred.
• If claiming preference and/or eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must also submit official documentation of service-connected disability; and the Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, Standard Form 15.
• Active Duty Service Members expecting to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days may be granted tentative preference and/or special hiring authority for veterans eligibility by submitting a "certification" document in lieu of a DD214.
• This "certification" is any written document from the armed forces that certifies you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty service under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date of the submission of the certification.
• For more information on veterans' preference and special hiring authorities for veterans click here.
• Any other Supporting Documentation required for verification as described in the announcement.
• For more information on writing your Federal resume, visit the Partnership for Public Service Go Government website.
• This position is open to Competitive Merit Promotion, Non-Competitive and Special Hiring Authority eligibles.
• You must meet the requirements for one of the following eligibilities: Current permanent competitive service employees; former Federal employees who achieved career status in the competitive service; or former Federal employees who served on a career conditional appointment without achieving career status in the competitive service who was separated less than 3 years ago, must submit an SF50 that indicates career or career-conditional (Tenure field 1 or 2); AND status in the competitive service (Position Occupied field 1.) Veterans applying under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) must submit a copy of their latest DD214 indicating service performed under honorable conditions.
• To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be preference eligible OR have substantially completed 3 or more years of continuous active service.
• Current Federal employees applying under VEOA must submit an SF50 to show they meet time-in-grade requirements.
• Current or former term or temporary employees of a Land Management agency who are within two years of their last term or temporary job and eligible for appointment under the Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act must submit SF50s and performance appraisals that demonstrate they meet all of the requirements outlined.
• 30% or more Disabled Veterans must a submit a copy of their DD214 indicating service performed under honorable conditions, official documentation of service-connected disability of 30% or more, and an SF15.
• Military Spouses are eligible if they are the spouse of: an active duty member of the armed forces; a service member who is 100% disabled due to a service-connected injury; or a service member killed while on active duty, provided they have not remarried.
• Military Spouses must submit an SF15 and supporting documents prescribed by the form.
• Peace Corps & AmeriCorps VISTA Alumni must submit certification of service documents.
• Other non-competitive authorities See the "This job is open to" section.

What to expect next

We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process is complete. After making a tentative job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation. We expect to make a final job offer within 120 days after the closing date of the announcement.

Additional information

Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary with some slight physical effort required the work is highly stressful and entails working under constant pressures of deadlines, problems, disagreements, and disputes.

Crises management is a daily routing due to the constant changes in prisoner movement operations resulting from aircraft failure, bus and van breakdowns, controversies, special requests, etc. Incumbent may be called upon to work during off duty hours. Work Environment: Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office space.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and have a final assessment score of 85 or better.

You must provide proof of eligibility with your application.

Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. For additional information about ICTAP eligibility click here.

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the agency with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your agency component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and have a final assessment score of 85 or better.

You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application.

For additional information about CTAP eligibility click here. Note: Multiple selections may be made from this announcement.