Operations Manager

  • Department of Homeland Security Headquarters
  • Washington, District of Columbia
  • Full Time
Operions Manager

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security - Agency Wide

Summary

1-year non-reimbursable assignment. The only compension for this assignment is the federal salary you are already receiving.

CBP Office of Intelligence, Confidential Human Source Branch

Operions Manager

Series Requested: 1801 or 1895

Security Clearance: Secret

Virtual/Remote: No

Only current, full-time federal employees are eligible.

Resumes are reviewed every 30 days until selection/closing de.

This is a Detail, not a Developmental Rotion.

Supervisory approval form must be signed.

Learn more about this agency

Summary

1-year non-reimbursable assignment. The only compension for this assignment is the federal salary you are already receiving.

CBP Office of Intelligence, Confidential Human Source Branch

Operions Manager

Series Requested: 1801 or 1895

Security Clearance: Secret

Virtual/Remote: No

Only current, full-time federal employees are eligible.

Resumes are reviewed every 30 days until selection/closing de.

This is a Detail, not a Developmental Rotion.

Supervisory approval form must be signed.

Learn more about this agency

Overview

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Accepting applicions

Posted this week

Apply by 11/21/26

Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on November 21, 2026

This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more

Locion

Washington, DC

No mching locions found.

Work site options

Telework eligible

No

Remote job

No

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Salary

$143,913 - $187,093 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 14

Learn more about pay scale and grade

Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.

Work schedule

Full-time

Travel Required

Not required

Appointment type

Detail

Occupions and job series

1801 General Inspection, Investigion, Enforcement, And Compliance Series

1895 Customs And Border Protection

Supervisory stus

No

Federal service type

This job is in the Competitive Service

Represented by a union

No

Drug test

No

Security clearance

Secret

Financial disclosure required

No

Some jobs require

financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.

Announcement number

JDP-12969999-26-DK

Control number

870543200

This job is open to

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Federal employees - Competitive service

Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

Federal employees - Excepted service

Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.

Clarificion from the agency

This detail opportunity is for current competitive and excepted service employees only. If

you are not a current federal civilian employee you will not be eligible for this position. DHS Joint Duty Assignments do not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.

Duties

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The Operions Manager will serve as a member of the Confidential Human Source Branch within CBP's Office of Intelligence. The incumbent will support law enforcement operions, investigions, and administrive functions reled to confidential human source management and intelligence collection. This position is loced the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC, and requires collaborion across multiple DHS components and federal law enforcement agencies.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

Must be a current permanent Federal employee

Must have supervisory approval to apply to the Joint Duty Assignment. DHS 250-2 Applicion Form under "required documents" section.

Must NOT have any pending/outstanding disciplinary actions

Must have achieved a minimum of "meet expections/proficiency" on lest performance appraisal/evaluion

Must be currently the grade level of the detail. *No Temporary Promotion Opportunity*

The program does not apply to members of the Military service or contractors.

Qualificions

Qualificions required:

Strong analytical, communicion, and organizional skills.

Experience working in a multi-agency environment and collaboring with federal, ste, and local partners.

Previously prepared and presented briefings, reports, and recommendions to senior leadership.

Support training and professional development initiives for CBP personnel engaged in confidential human source operions.

Please read the following important informion to ensure we have everything we need to consider your applicion:

It is your responsibility to ensure th you submit approprie documention prior to the closing de. Your resume serves as the basis for qualificion determinions and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it reles to this Joint Duty assignment opportunity announcement.

Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Your applicion red based on your resume.

Please ensure EACH work history includes ALL of the following informion:

Job Title (Include series and grade of Federal Job)

Duties (Be specific in describing your duties)

Name of Federal agency

Supervisor name, email, and phone number

Start and end des including month and year (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)

Educion

EDUCATIONAL SUBSTITUTION: There is no educional substitution for this position.

Additional informion

**DHS does not offer any additional benefits beyond th which the Federal employee is already receiving.

If the position requires a security clearance, employees must have a SECRET or TOP SECRET clearance to placement AND must maintain th level of clearance while performing in the position.

Selected applicants for a JDA are requested to fulfill the items below during the JDA:

Complete the DHS Joint Duty Assignment Progress Plan to include:

Phase 1: Establish assignment objectives within the first 30 days of the JDA.

Phase 2: Complete a self-assessment of the duties performed the mid-point of the JDA.

Phase 3: Complete a final review within the last 30 days of the JDA.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

We will review your resume and supporting documention to ensure you meet the basic qualificion requirements. If you meet the minimum qualificions, your experience, educion, and training red using a job questionnaire based on the competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this Joint Duty Assignment.

If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for considerion and may be called for an interview. After reviewing your resume and supporting documention, a determinion made. You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement.

Note: DHS continues to take necessary steps to keep our workforce safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. If you receive a final Joint Duty Assignment offer to onboard, please complete the onboarding requirements and/or forms and submit them electronically in an expeditious manner. Your start de may be delayed if the action above is not completed.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.

Required documents

Required Documents

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1. Resume: Do not include any personally identifiable informion (PII) i.e., home address, social security number, or de of birth. Your resume must clearly demonstre you have experience which meets the requirements of this position as outlined in the "Qualificions" section.

2. SF-50: Submit a copy of your official SF-50 (no text version) or other official "Notificion of Personnel Action" document which shows the following informion:

Your appointment in the Federal service

Tenure

Grade and Step

Full performance level

If your SF-50(s) does not provide the informion needed to make a final determinion for qualificion, you found ineligible for the position.

3. DHS Joint Duty Assignment Applicion Form signed by your supervisor. Please click on the following link to access the required form DHS Form 250-02 .

How to Apply

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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/21/2026 to receive considerion.

To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and other supporting documents, and complete the questionnaire.

Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package. NOTE : It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.

To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link, and then select the more informion link for this position. The Applicion page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

Agency contact informion

DHS Joint Duty Program

...

Address

Department of Homeland Security Headquarters

OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170

6595 Springfield Center Drive

Springfield, VA 20598-0170

US

Next steps

Once you submit your applicion, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best qualified applicants, and refer those applicions to the selecting official for further considerion and a possible interview. We will notify you by email various stages in the process. Your stus will also be upded on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your stus, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Applicion Stus," and then click "More Informion." We expect to make a final JDA offer within 90 days after the deadline for applicions. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion.

Telework: Telework eligibility is based on the needs of the office and is subject to change.

Additional informion pertaining to your interest and availability for this position may be needed after the closing de of the Joint Duty Assignment vacancy announcement; therefore, a timely response to these requests must be adhered to in order to remain in considerion.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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1. Resume: Do not include any personally identifiable informion (PII) i.e., home address, social security number, or de of birth. Your resume must clearly demonstre you have experience which meets the requirements of this position as outlined in the "Qualificions" section.

2. SF-50: Submit a copy of your official SF-50 (no text version) or other official "Notificion of Personnel Action" document which shows the following informion:

Your appointment in the Federal service

Tenure

Grade and Step

Full performance level

If your SF-50(s) does not provide the informion needed to make a final determinion for qualificion, you found ineligible for the position.

3. DHS Joint Duty Assignment Applicion Form signed by your supervisor. Please click on the following link to access the required form DHS Form 250-02 .

How to Apply

Help

All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 11/21/2026 to receive considerion.

To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and other supporting documents, and complete the questionnaire.

Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package. NOTE : It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.

To verify your applicion is complete, log into your USAJOBS account, , select the Applicion Stus link, and then select the more informion link for this position. The Applicion page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion incomplete.

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Agency contact informion

DHS Joint Duty Program

...

Address

Department of Homeland Security Headquarters

OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170

6595 Springfield Center Drive

Springfield, VA 20598-0170

US

Next steps

Once you submit your applicion, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best qualified applicants, and refer those applicions to the selecting official for further considerion and a possible interview. We will notify you by email various stages in the process. Your stus will also be upded on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your stus, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Applicion Stus," and then click "More Informion." We expect to make a final JDA offer within 90 days after the deadline for applicions. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion.

Telework: Telework eligibility is based on the needs of the office and is subject to change.

Additional informion pertaining to your interest and availability for this position may be needed after the closing de of the Joint Duty Assignment vacancy announcement; therefore, a timely response to these requests must be adhered to in order to remain in considerion.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this week Apply by 11/21/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on November 21, 2026 This job will close when we have received 100 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $143,913 - $187,093 per year Pay scale & grade GS 14 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Detail Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number JDP-12969999-26-DK Control number 870543200
Job ID: 522756967
Originally Posted on: 5/28/2026

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