Department of State - Agency Wide, Department of State

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The incumbent serves as a Fraud Program Manager within the Seattle Passport Agency (PPT/SE), Bureau of Consular Affairs.nIn this capacity, the incumbent plans and directs acomprehensive anti-fraud program for PPT/SE and in conjunction with the other regional Fraud Program Managers and the Officeof Fraud Prevention Programs (CA/FPP).

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements, including education, and any selective placement factors described below by the closing date of this announcement.

If you are qualifying based on education OR if there are mandatory education requirements listed below, you MUST submit a copy of your college transcript with your application.nNOTE:Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.nTime-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5CFR 300, Subpart F.nApplicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.

Qualifying specialized experience may have been gained in work such as developing, examining, investigating, adjudicating, or authorizing claims arising under the immigration and/or nationality laws of the United States.nGS-13 Applicants must be able to demonstrate the following: Experience applying laws, regulations, precedents, court decisions and policies of the Department and the Directorate of Passport Services pertaining to passport adjudication and issuance;nExperience examining legal documentation relating to birth, adoption, naturalization, and similar evidence reflecting eligibility for U.S.

passports and identifying those that are spurious or warrant further scrutiny;nExperience conducting in-depth interviews diplomatically to gain information needed to make judgments for possible passport fraud while not offending those with legitimate U.S.

passport entitlement; andnExperience and familiarity with various subterfuges and schemes commonly used to fraudulently obtain passports and visas; and to instruct passport acceptance agents and adjudicators to recognize them.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-13 level