Description
The Border Management Task Force (BMTF) Advisor Program provides advice, training and leadership to Border Crossing Point (BCP) authorities on the topics of management, customs operations, customs enforcement / compliance procedures, customs revenue generation and immigration inspection activities. This training activity involves the Afghan Customs Department (ACD), the Afghan Customs Police (ACP) and the Afghan Border Police (ABP).
Advisors are considered as “Key Personnel, Government Civilian” in connection with “Non-Combatant Evacuation Orders” at the civil service grade indicated on their Letter of Authorization (generally GS-13 equivalent). Advisors will be tasked to various locations in Afghanistan based on the needs of the position.
Duties and Responsibilities
Conduct liaison with US, Afghan Coalition and other relevant stakeholders to improve cooperation and coordination with other local/regional customs and border management agencies.
Submit various reports to capture daily activities, contact data, resolutions to problems encountered, and ideas to develop new initiatives to enhance the program’s execution
Identify and monitor key measurable indicators of Mentor Program progress and effectiveness as it relates to ACD/ACP/ABP operations within the Border Crossing Point.
Develop inspection and reporting strategies for dealing with cross-border trade and customs violations, to include smuggling of narcotics, explosives and other illicit materials.
Identify training needs for inspection and detection techniques, based on best practice, for the on-site border ACD personnel.
Liaise with military and government officials within the scope and performance of their duties
Other duties as assigned by DHS/CBP and Private Sector Management and senior FedSys management.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Candidate must possess strong oral and written skills in English.
Candidate must possess the ability to work in a high-stress, rapid paced environment requiring the provision of high-quality reports, and other products and services on short notice.
Candidate must possess extensive experience regarding customs and border management issues, to include effective policies and procedures, current technologies, best practices, and effective implementation techniques.
Candidate must possess an in-depth understanding of the challenges associated with working with host nation counterparts and guiding them through concepts and procedures that are new, and which may be counter to previously accepted behavior.
The Border Management Task Force (BMTF) Advisor Program provides advice, training and leadership to Border Crossing Point (BCP) authorities on the topics of management, customs operations, customs enforcement / compliance procedures, customs revenue generation and immigration inspection activities. This training activity involves the Afghan Customs Department (ACD), the Afghan Customs Police (ACP) and the Afghan Border Police (ABP).
Advisors are considered as “Key Personnel, Government Civilian” in connection with “Non-Combatant Evacuation Orders” at the civil service grade indicated on their Letter of Authorization (generally GS-13 equivalent). Advisors will be tasked to various locations in Afghanistan based on the needs of the position.
Duties and Responsibilities
Conduct liaison with US, Afghan Coalition and other relevant stakeholders to improve cooperation and coordination with other local/regional customs and border management agencies.
Submit various reports to capture daily activities, contact data, resolutions to problems encountered, and ideas to develop new initiatives to enhance the program’s execution
Identify and monitor key measurable indicators of Mentor Program progress and effectiveness as it relates to ACD/ACP/ABP operations within the Border Crossing Point.
Develop inspection and reporting strategies for dealing with cross-border trade and customs violations, to include smuggling of narcotics, explosives and other illicit materials.
Identify training needs for inspection and detection techniques, based on best practice, for the on-site border ACD personnel.
Liaise with military and government officials within the scope and performance of their duties
Other duties as assigned by DHS/CBP and Private Sector Management and senior FedSys management.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Candidate must possess strong oral and written skills in English.
Candidate must possess the ability to work in a high-stress, rapid paced environment requiring the provision of high-quality reports, and other products and services on short notice.
Candidate must possess extensive experience regarding customs and border management issues, to include effective policies and procedures, current technologies, best practices, and effective implementation techniques.
Candidate must possess an in-depth understanding of the challenges associated with working with host nation counterparts and guiding them through concepts and procedures that are new, and which may be counter to previously accepted behavior.