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Intermittent 0-19 hrs

MWR Academy, New London, CT, US

Salary: $46.00 Hourly

OMB NO: 1625-0120

Expiration Date: 01/30/2025

Announcement: 6728

Opening Date: 27 April 2026 Pay Plan/Series/Pay Band: NF-1701-04

Closing Date: Until Filled Work Schedule: Intermittent (0-19 hours/week)*

Position: Instructor, Coastal Sail Training Program Salary: $46.00/hour

Who May Apply: All Sources Location: New London, CT

DUTIES :

This is an intermittent temporary position in the USCG Academy's Coastal Sail Training Program (CSTP) reinforcing 2/c cadets' (rising Juniors) leadership objectives and providing the experiential learning opportunity to practice leadership skills in a peer-to-peer environment. The incumbent will be assigned to teach, coach, and mentor the 2/c cadets in developing their leadership, seamanship, and navigation skills during a two-week long (9-days underway) sortie in southern New England waters aboard the CGA Leadership44 sloops. The vessels travel in a squadron of four identical sailboats, pulling into a new port each night. The distance between ports is approximately 40nm.

As a core course for the USCG Academy's Admiral James M. Loy Institute for Leadership, the Coastal Sail Training Program emphasizes the core competencies of Teambuilding and Technical Credibility.

Cadets are expected to:

• Develop Technical Credibility in basic sailing, seamanship, meteorology, situational awareness in the maritime environment and small boat operations, while fostering a "liking for the sea and its lore," including knowledge of safety-at-sea procedures.
• Develop basic proficiency in navigation, particularly coastal piloting using paper charts (i.e., without the aid of a gyrocompass or electronic navigation) in areas that present navigational challenges. This will include training the cadets' "seaman's eye" in correlating charts to the visual presentation of the waterway.
• Expand their working knowledge of Coast Guard Cutter-like afloat operations (watch standing, logistics, preventative maintenance, teamwork, administration, operating parameters, risk assessment, etc.).
• Invest in individual and team growth in leadership and character development through experiential learning.
• Represent the Academy well to the boating public.

Other duties as assigned.

You will be evaluated for this position based on how well you meet the qualifications below. Your resume/application must demonstrate the required experience/education. Please see additional information on how your application is evaluated .

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED :

Minimum:

• 4-year college degree
• Professional Instructor-level sailing, seamanship, and navigational knowledge (using paper charts and

electronic navigation devices).

• Professional mariner's knowledge of the COLREG's Rules of the Road for near-coastal operation of a ~44'

sailing vessel (vessel less than 12m).

• Familiarity with the proper use of marine electronics and their operation including AIS, radar, and VHF

radios.

• Center-console motorboat operation.
• 3-5 years of professional sail training experience.
• Current First Aid and CPR

Preferred (in addition to the minimum):

• Familiarity with the Coast Guard's Core leadership competencies for Leading Self, Leading Others, and

Leading Performance and Change.

• Familiarity and use of the Coast Guard Academy's Leadership Development Program, including leadership

and teambuilding models used in this program (ie LEAD strategy, Tuckman's Stages of Team

Development, DiSC behavioral models, etc.).

• Assessing cadets on their ability to demonstrate behaviors associated with the Coast Guard Core

leadership competencies.

• Familiarity with operating a ~44' sailboats, with 9' draft, in and around the ports and waterways of southern

New England (Long Island Sound, Fisher's Island Sound, Block Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, RI

Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound).

• Prior qualification as an OIC in CSTP, or all of the following:

a. US Sailing Cruising Instructor or Bareboat Cruising Instructor certifications, or equivalent.

b. Current USCG 25 ton Near-Coastal Mariner's license, or greater.

c. CT (or other state's) Safe Boating certification.

USCG COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMAND COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS:

By choosing to work for the Coast Guard Community Services Command, you will enjoy one of the best benefit packages available anywhere. Benefit offerings are subject to applicable worker categories (Full-time, Part-time, Intermittent), location, position, and length of time in service.

• Paid Annual and Sick Leave
• Holiday Pay
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible/Dependent Spending Account
• Pension Plan
• 401k Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Short Term/Long Term Disability
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave

OTHER ESSENTIAL INFORMATION :

• Residency Requirements: Non-U.S. nationals, who are authorized to work in the U.S. and applying for any DHS position, must have resided within the United States, or U.S. territories, for at least three of the last five years.
• Selectee will be required to participate in Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer as the Standard method of payment for payroll and travel purposes.
• Males born after 12/31/59 and at least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System, unless covered by an exemption under the Selective Service Law, in accordance with 5 U.S. Code 3378. Selectee will be required to provide a written statement regarding his registration status unless he is exempted by this statute.
• Must satisfactorily complete a Federal Background check and all pre-employment requirements, which may include, but are not limited to, background checks, security clearances, drug testing, verification of employment history, and any other requirements applicable to this position. Additionally, you may be required to meet specific job-related qualifications or certifications as a condition of your employment.
• Applicants may not be employed in the chain of command of their relatives.
• This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.

HOW TO APPLY

Additional Information on how you will be evaluated:

Your resume or application must clearly demonstrate the required experience and/or education. Experience includes both paid and unpaid work, such as volunteer service through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, community, student, social, committee, sports, or internships). Volunteer work can help develop essential skills, competencies, and leadership experience that may translate directly to paid employment. Your resume is the primary tool used to assess your qualifications. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to provide clear, specific, and detailed descriptions of your experience.

You MUST submit a resume or any other written format in English of your choice. It is recommended the resume clearly identifies: (1) The announcement number, title and pay band of the job you are applying for, and, (2) Information such as full name; mailing address; country of citizenship (U.S. Citizenship required OR valid authorization to work in the US); highest Federal grade or NAF pay band held with job series, title, and dates held (if applicable); a statement requiring proof of veterans' preference by means of DD 214; education; and relevant work experience including start/end dates, supervisor's name and phone number, salary and title, series and grade if experience was with a non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Federal government. You should also include a copy of your most recent performance appraisal if you are a current Federal or NAF employee. Applications may not be sent in franked Government envelopes; applications filed in this fashion will not receive consideration. If information is not complete, you may be excluded from consideration. The first application and/or resume submitted for a specific requisition will be considered the only submission. Any duplicate submissions to the same requisition will not be considered. The application date will be used in determining these factors.

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Instructor, Coastal Sail Training Program INT - 6728

New London, CT, US

Equal Employment Opportunity: All candidates will be considered without regard to any non-merit factor such as race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or marital status.

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

Authority: The U.S. Coast Guard rates applicants under the authority of Title 5 of U.S. Code, Sections 301, 1104, 1302, 2103, 3301, 3304, Executive Order 9397, and Departmental Regulations.

Principal Purpose: To collect information needed to determine how well an applicant's education and work experience qualifies them for the job they are applying for.

Routine Use: This information provided will be shared with the hiring manager and interview panel members. It may also be shared in response to a request for discovery or for appearance of a witness, information that is relevant to the subject matter involved in a pending judicial or administrative proceeding.

Disclosure: Voluntary, however, failure to disclose the requested information may result in an applicant not receiving consideration for a position in which the information is needed.

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not required to respond to this information unless it displays a current valid OMB control number and an expiration date. The control number for this collection is OMB 1625-0120, expiration 01/30/2025. The estimated average time to complete this application is 40 minutes. If you have any comments regarding the burden estimate you can write to U.S. Coast Guard, Community Services Command, 510 Independence Parkway, Suite 500, Chesapeake, VA 23320.

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