Supervisory CBP Officer (1st Line - POE)

Full Job Description

Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S.

Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, International Operations and Advisory Directorate (IOAD), International Field Office, Preclearance located in various overseas locations.

This announcement will be used until approximately 08/05/26. After that time, when the new announcement is posted, you must re-apply to that announcement to continue to receive consideration.

You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Conducting prearrival targeting and intelligence vetting and gathering and analyzing information from all available sources.

Performing primary inspections of cargo, conveyances, and travelers and secondary inspections of referrals from primary.

Developing, planning, and performing tactical operations in cargo and passenger environments.

Employing a variety of investigative techniques and preparing accurate reports regarding inspections, gathered intelligence, and incidents.

Interacting with internal and external contacts and mentoring lower level CBP officers and officers new to the port, environment, or work unit.

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.

This is a primary position subject to mandatory retirement under the special retirement provisions for Customs and Border Protection Officers (5 CFR 842.1003; 5 USC 8425(b); 5 USC 8335(b); and 5 USC 8412(d)).

For more information on required years of service and retirement age, click on this link.

If you have questions regarding your retirement coverage provisions, please contact the CBP Retirement Operations Center at (202) 863-6180.

The customs and border protection officer mandatory separation provisions of 5 USC 8425 do not apply to an individual first appointed as a customs and border protection officer before July 6, 2008.

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 02/12/2026.

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, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Supervisory/Managerial Probationary Period: You may be required to serve an 18-month probationary period upon appointment.

Leadership Training: All newly appointed, first-time permanent CBP Supervisors are required to complete mandatory training.

The training will be scheduled by the Office of Training and Development within the first 90 days of appointment.

The duration of the training will include three weeks of in residence training in Harpers Ferry, WV. Note: This training may be waived if previously completed. Background Investigation: U.S.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity.

During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution of controlled substances.

For additional information on the preemployment process, review the following link: Applicant Resources | CBP Careers Polygraph Examination: The Supervisory CBP Officer (1st Line - POE) position is a polygraph-required position.

If you are not a current CBP employee in a law enforcement position, you may be required to take a polygraph exam and have favorable results in order to continue in the pre-employment process.

Please see Polygraph Examination. Polygraph Reciprocity: CBP may accept the results of a prior federal polygraph exam in lieu of a CBP polygraph exam.

You will receive information to request reciprocity in your Background Investigation Package. Polygraph Waiver: Certain veterans may be eligible to obtain a polygraph waiver.

You will receive information to request a waiver in your Background Investigation Package.

Probationary Period: Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period.

Tour of Duty: The employee will serve a two (2) year initial tour, with an opportunity for the Employee to apply for two (2), two (2) year extensions.

As an exception to this general rule, tour duration is subject to the host country and the Department of State.

At the end of the reassignment, you will be returned to a position at the same level as this Preclearance position.

At the discretion of management, the assignment may be extended for additional periods, up to a maximum of six years.

You may be returned at any time to your former position or to a different position of equivalent grade as this Preclearance position.

Employees who have not served 2 years at a domestic duty station, subsequent to their initial overseas tour of duty, should not be considered for a second tour of duty in any foreign assignment.

NOTICE: THE TWO YEAR RETURN SERVICE PERIOD REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY.

Applicants who have NOT completed the required 2 year return service period after an overseas tour will be considered.

Return Rights: No more than one hundred and fifty (150) calendar days before the end of tour, but not less than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the end of the initial tour, as well as the conclusion of any extensions, employees are expected to formally request, through a fully completed Notice of Intent (NOI), express intent to return to the United States.

Please refer to Article 40 Section 6 of the National Collective Bargaining Agreement for additional information with regards to Extension Request and Return Procedures.

Annual Leave Accumulation: Employees assigned to Preclearance ports may carry over 360 hours of annual leave to the next leave year (as opposed to 240 hours).

Home Leave: In addition to annual leave, you will earn five, ten, or fifteen days home leave on each two year assignment depending on your foreign post assignment and the post differential rate.

This leave is granted to you when you have your Preclearance assignment extended for another tour and is to be used between tours.

The Government pays your per diem and transportation expenses from your post of duty in a Preclearance station to your former official residence in the United States.

In addition, it also pays for the transportation expenses of your dependents who accompany you on home leave to your residence in the United States.

You must be admissible to the country you are selected for before a final offer is issued. Employees must select the locations of interest and review the admissibility requirements of those countries.

You must certify that if accompanied, your family members, are admissible to enter and temporarily reside in the country. Follow this link to the admissibility requirements of each country.

Major Duties:

WHERE WILL POSITIONS BE FILLED UNDER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT? Positions filled under this announcement are in the U.S.

Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Preclearance Field Office, in various overseas locations.

You will be asked to identify your duty location preferences in the on-line application process. In some cases, the duty stations may not have a vacancy during the life of this announcement.

If you are selected for and accept this position, once you enter on duty, you will no longer be referred for other locations under this announcement. Geographic Location: You may select up to two

locations where you would be willing to work. This announcement is for a Supervisory CBP Officer (1st Line - POE), GS, 13.

We are no longer issuing certificates from the previous announcement OFO-IMP-PC-12702285-BLS; that announcement has been discontinued.

You must re-apply to this current vacancy 12877712 announcement to continue to receive consideration.

Applicants previously selected need not re-apply for the location they were selected for, but must apply to be considered for other location(s) WHEN IS THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OPEN AND WHAT IS THE LAST DATE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION?

We are currently accepting applications from Tag Open Date to Tag Close Date. You must apply on-line by 11:59 p.m. ET, 02/12/2026 to receive consideration under this announcement.

Please refer to the "How to Apply" section for further guidance. You must meet the qualifications and eligibility by to be considered eligible under this announcement.

Eligible applicants may be referred and selected at any time after the closing date.

However, if selected, you will be promoted/reassigned only after you have met all job requirements such as qualifications and time-in-grade requirements.

Employees who meet the qualifications and other job requirements (as explained in this announcement) by 02/12/2026, are encouraged to apply during the open period.

If you do not apply by 02/12/2026 you WILL NOT have an opportunity to apply for this position and will not receive consideration for selection until the next open period. Salary above excludes COLA.

Please see here for specific COLA Rates.

Joining the Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations will allow you to use your expertise to detect and prevent terrorists and instruments of terror from entering the U.S.

This position starts at a salary of $93,444.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $121,478.00 (GS-13, Step 10).

Apply for this exciting opportunity to strengthen the Department's ability to perform homeland security functions by developing policies, conducting special studies, and providing technical assistance Typical work assignments include.

Supervising, planning, directing, coordinating, assigning and evaluating all work activities regarding the full range of inspection, intelligence analysis, examination, and law enforcement activities relating to the arrival and departure of persons, conveyances, and merchandise at Ports of Entry.

Interpreting the laws and regulations of a broad range of Federal, state, and local agencies relating to the admissibility of people, cargo, and conveyances.

Identifying potential terrorists and instruments of terror and performing layered enforcement activities relative to counter-terrorism.

Preventing the entry of terrorists and instruments of terror, harmful pests and diseases, illegal drugs and contraband, and all illegal aliens and importations/exportations contrary to law and trade agreements from entering/exiting the United States.

Evaluating employees' performance and conduct; resolving disciplinary actions; maintaining operating budgets; and promoting affirmative action goals. Geographic Location: You may select up to two

locations where you would be willing to work. Note: Candidates that apply to this location will be considered as Supervisory CBP Officer (1st Line) positions become available over the next two

years.

Upon selection of an applicant, and if no entrance on duty date (EOD) has been set within 2 years, the tentative offer would expire (the 2-year period will begin after the completion of all requirements for the overseas assignment) and candidates would need to apply again for consideration.

Tentative offer of employment is based on a projection of hiring needs, the existence of a vacant and funded position, the absence of any hiring restrictions, and any other controlling factors.

Responsibilities for Preclearance Employees Who Are Stationed in Canada with Privately Owned Vehicles: In accordance with 3 FAM 4124, All U.S.

direct-hire Americans under Chief of Mission authority must obtain appropriate provincial vehicle registrations, provincial license plates, provincial driver's licenses, and local insurance if they or their family members operate a privately-owned vehicle.