Customer Service Analyst

Customer Service Manager (CSM)

This position is located in New Orleans Passport Center where the incumbent serves as a Customer Service Manager (CSM) responsible for planning and implementing a comprehensive customer service program for the assigned agency/center and, in conjunction with the other regional CSMs and the Customer Service National Program Manager develops customer service programs directorate.

Responsibilities:

• Plans and implements comprehensive region-wide customer service programs and operating methodologies for customer service activities designed to ensure that services provided to passport applicants and their representatives meet expectations.
• Develops strategies to plan, organize, and conduct customer surveys to assess the quality of customer service provided by the assigned agency/center.
• Plans, organizes, and conducts periodic web-based, written, telephonic and personal interview surveys of customers to assist management in identifying procedures, management systems, and institutional cultures which impede good customer service.
• Recommends customer service program goals and objectives, develops operating procedures, and participates fully in agency/center customer service planning to enhance and improve customer service delivery.
• Participates in developing policies and operating methodologies to recruit passport specialists in key locations, and to develop and improve training programs for new specialists and provide refresher training for experienced specialists.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

Qualifications:

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement. NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement. Time-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. Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 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 must demonstrate the following:

• Experience participating in public outreach and public relations initiatives;
• Experience drafting correspondences on behalf of an office;
• Experience explaining U.S. citizenship laws and regulations, U.S. passport procedures, and/or services for U.S. citizens.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-12 position. Education Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

Additional Information:

For reasonable accommodation at the U.S. Department of State, please contact the Office of Accessibility and Accommodations at (202) 663-3474 or OAA@state.gov.

If eligible, situational telework agreements may be permitted with supervisory approval. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. If eligible, applicants to this announcement may be referred to other similar positions in other Bureaus/Offices in the Department for up to 240 days. Telework eligibility and security clearance requirements may vary for such similar positions.