Supervisory CBP Officer (Assistant Port Director)

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• Remuneration 1: minimum: 179175; maximum: 197200; rate interval: PA; description as provided: Per Year
• Pay plan 1: code: GS
• Low grade: 15
• High grade: 15
• Agency: Customs and Border Protection

Experience

• You qualify for the GS-15 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Managing and overseeing port operations across multiple environments (air, land, and/or sea), including the inspection and enforcement of persons, cargo, and conveyances at ports of entry
• Interpreting and applying federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to admissibility, import/export compliance, anti-smuggling, and anti-terrorism activities
• Providing technical guidance and making determinations regarding traveler and cargo admissibility, enforcement actions, and compliance with trade and security regulations
• Executing budgets, approving overtime, and resolving operational conflicts between programs with competing priorities
• Supervising a large bargaining unit workforce through subordinate supervisors, ensuring fair performance standards, applying collective bargaining agreements, engaging with union representatives, and addressing integrity and ethics concerns by resolving work problems and reviewing staff evaluations 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.
• 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. Secondary CBPO Special Retirement Coverage: This is a secondary position subject to mandatory retirement under the special retirement provisions for Customs and Border

Job summary

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, New York Field Office, Port of New York/Newark, located in Newark, NJ.

Major duties

- Joining the Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations will allow you to use your expertise to manage one or more national programs in order to help to detect and prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering/exiting the U.S. Apply for this exciting opportunity to direct programs that strengthen the Department's ability to perform homeland security. This position starts at a salary of $179,175.00 (GS-15, Step 1) to $197,200.00 (GS-15, Step 10). In this Supervisory CBP Officer (Assistant Port Director) position you will become a key member of a team of Homeland Security professionals leading and managing a variety of law enforcement programs.

- Typical work assignments include: Responding to incidents, events and other law enforcement related activities that require the incumbent to take appropriate action to defend self and others, to include the protection of life and prevention of serious bodily injury Ensuring passenger processing and border security goals are met through use of advanced inspection technologies and the full range of enforcement skills and resources including interviewing, examinations, targeting, intelligence, non-intrusive inspection equipment, radiation detection devices, and canine enforcement teams Managing and ensuring consistent application of admissibility laws, regulations, and policies including the appropriate use of discretion, Expedited Removal, and other adverse actions Supporting Trusted Traveler Programs through oversight of local Enrollment Centers and prioritization of program members during the inspection process without compromising border security Managing first and second line

- supervisors and assuring consistency of performance standards and rating techniques developed by subordinate supervisors If going from a LEO Covered Position to a Secondary CBPO Special Retirement Covered (SRC) Position: Please be advised that when you enter on duty in this Secondary CBPO SRC position you will no longer be covered under the Special Retirement System for Law Enforcement Officers, but will only be covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS).

- For further information on the Secondary CBPO Enhanced Retirement Coverage, please see the Qualifications section If going from a Primary CBPO Special Retirement Covered (SRC) Position to a Secondary CBPO SRC Position and you have less than 3 years in a Primary CBPO SRC Position: Please be advised that when you enter on duty in this Secondary CBPO SRC position you will no longer be covered under the Special Retirement System for CBP Officers, but will only be covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) or covered under your applicable non-special retirement system depending upon previous service. For further information on the Secondary CBPO SRC, please see the Qualifications section. This vacancy has a local commuting area requirement, as defined below: The area surrounding the duty station by which people reasonably travel back and forth from home to work;

- Or The employee's permanent duty station is located within the reasonable travel area surrounding the duty station of this vacancy; Or if applicable For employees who are detailed or temporarily promoted for more than 1 year to another duty location, the detailed or temporary duty location is considered to be the duty location of record for commuting area purposes. For employees detailed or temporarily promoted for less than one year, the permanent duty location is considered the duty location of record for commuting area purposes.

Requirements

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 Firearm Requirement: This position requires that the incumbent meet initial and continuing qualifications in the use of firearms as outlined in the Gun Control Act of 1968, amended by the Lautenberg Amendment of 1996. An applicant whose background includes any of the following will be ineligible for consideration:

1. 1) convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment exceeding one year;
2. 2) has any outstanding warrants or is a fugitive from justice;
3. 3) unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance;
4. 4) adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution;
5. 5) illegally or unlawfully in the United States;
6. 6) renounced U. S. citizenship;
7. 7) subject to a court-ordered restraining (protection) order from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner (spouse, former spouse, parent of applicant's child, individual who cohabitates or has cohabitated with the applicant), or child; or
8. 8) convicted under Federal, State, or Tribal Court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence against an intimate partner or child. Motor Vehicle Operation: You must possess the Ability to operate a Government Owned Vehicle. A valid, non-restricted driver's license is required. DHS uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Financial Disclosure is required. Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.

Education

Please see the Qualifications and Required Documents sections for more information if education is applicable to this position. Training: This position has a training requirement. Selectee(s) are required to attend and successfully complete 101-days of paid training at the CBP Field Operations Academy (FOA) in Glynco, GA.

Prior to arriving at the FOA, selectee's must complete approximately 7-10 days of pre-academy training. Upon successful completion of FOA training, selectee's must complete an additional 14-17 weeks of post-academy training the selectee(s) assigned duty station. You may be required to successfully complete the training requirement as a condition of employment.

Failure to successfully complete the required course(s) of training in accordance with CBP standards and policies will result in placement into either a former or different position, demotion, or separation as determined by management and appropriate procedures. If you are not a current GS-1895, and you are selected, you will have to meet the following medical/physical standards: Physical/Medical Requirements: Following a tentative job offer, candidates must undergo and successfully complete a medical screening process. Individuals must be medically and physically capable of performing the essential job functions and duties of the position safely and efficiently without endangering the health and safety of the individual, others, or national security.

For more information regarding the medical screening process and requirements, check out our video and visit our website. Physical Fitness Test: You will be required to successfully pass the Pre-employment Fitness Test. Please view both Hiring Process Deep Dive Video: The Fitness Test and Pre-Employment Fitness Test Physical Readiness Program, a 6-week program designed to assist you in achieving a level of physical fitness that will help you successfully pass the CBP fitness test.

USAJOBS listing details

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• Control number: 892477000
• Announcement number: OFO-IMP-13109397-LBF
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• Publication date: 2026-11-12T00:00:00.0000
• Applications open: 2026-11-12T00:00:00.0000
• Applications close: 2026-11-18T23:59:59.9970
• Posting display ends: 2026-11-18T23:59:59.9970
• Hiring paths: fed-transition, fed-internal-search

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