Supervisory Prisoner Transportation Specialist

About the role

The selectee of this position serves as a Supervisory Prisoner Transportation Specialist responsible for managing and coordinating the JPATS transportation scheduling program. This position is located in the Justice Prisoner and Air Transportation System (JPATS) division in Kansas City, MO.

Pay charts: Kansas City, MO $108,173.00 - $140,627.00 Oklahoma City, OK (Locality Pay Area of Rest of U.S.) $106,437.00 - $138,370.00

What you will do

• Provide technical guidance and expertise regarding the movement of federal prisoners and detainees; state and local government prisoners; and United States Military prisoners.
• Appraise the JPATS transportation program to ascertain if the program is operating effectively and efficiently and recommends changes and improvements.
• Participate in special studies and analysis of prisoner scheduling in order to improve the ability of JPATS to effectively carryout the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security detention management programs.
• Establish priorities and assign work to subordinates; evaluate work performance of subordinates; interview candidates for positions; and identify developmental and training needs of subordinates and take initiative to provide identified needs.

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): Decision Making Oral Communication Planning and Evaluating Transportation 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.

Documents you must provide

• Your Resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment (month/year) and duties performed; Cover Letter optional.
• A complete initial online Application Questionnaire.
• Other Supporting Documents, if applicable: - SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility with the DOJ.
• The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure, type of service (Competitive or Excepted) and career status (career or career-conditional) and that you are a current DOJ employee.
• No award SF-50 will be accepted as proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. - Most recent Performance Appraisal, when 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), when applying as a status candidate with current or former Federal service. - Any other supporting documentation required for verification as described in the announcement.
• (e.g. certifications, licenses.)

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

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. Recruitment incentive may be authorized.

Relocation incentive may be authorized.