Personnel Security Specialist

14 hours ago

Washington, DC, United States Homeland Security Staff Full time
Summary

This position is in the Personnel and Document Security Division (PDSD), Office of Homeland Security (OHS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This position supports PDSD with development and implementation of agency-wide personnel security policy, projects and initiatives to include Trusted Workforce 2.0 implementation. PDSD administers the Department's Personnel Security Program and is responsible for USDA-wide personnel security policy and operations.

Duties

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  • Authors, reviews, and analyzes new or amended Personnel Security policies, procedures, practices, reports, etc, and initiates necessary action.
  • Assesses agency Trusted Workforce 2.0 strategic and operational capabilities, processes, and procedures to measure policy compliance.
  • Provides authoritative interpretation and guidance on laws, regulations, policies, and procedures concerning all phases of personnel security and national security information access.
  • Maintains and ensures agency-wide personnel security accuracy and consistency in interpreting and applying Federal personnel security standards and regulations.
  • Directs the development and implementation of integrated Continuous Evaluation (CE) and associated security programs for the entire agency.
  • Provides technical advice and oversight in the review of difficult and complex personnel security practices and procedures.
  • Coordinates with standing and ad-hoc security and intelligence organizations from across the agency to ensure personnel security integration into the overall, integrated agency security program.
  • Represents PDSD and the Personnel Security Branch on various ad hoc teams or committees who have responsibility for revising or developing procedures.
  • Coordinates and collaborates with subject-matter experts to ensure all assigned issuances are up-to-date and are properly routed through the issuance process.
  • Identifies data trends and provides training or written instructions to alleviate errors or issues in the application of established policies, procedures, and/or processes.
  • Develops training guides, user instructions/manuals, and customer support documentation.
Requirements

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Conditions of employment
  • You must be a US Citizen or US National.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
  • Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
  • If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary or trial period as applicable to appointment type. Additional information is listed in Next Steps section.
  • Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
  • Position has been designated Special-Sensitive and the selectee must have or be able to obtain a Top Secret with Special Compartment Information (SCI) clearance.
  • Selectee must submit to a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment and random testing thereafter. Final appointment and continued employment is conditional on negative results for illegal drug use.
Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions and specialized experience, as defined below.

Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled.

Specialized Experience:GS-14: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service or equivalent responsibility in the private sector/pay systems that has equipped the candidate with the particular competencies to successfully perform as a Personnel Security Specialist. For this position, the specialized experience is experience developing, coordinating, and managing Personnel Security policy issuances on Suitability/Fitness, national security eligibility due process and implementation of Continuous Evaluation program, in compliance with established regulations, executive orders, and public law.

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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Physical Demands

The work is primarily sedentary. For the most part, the incumbent may sit comfortably to do the work. There may be some short periods of walking, standing, bending, carrying light items such as papers, books, small parts, driving an automobile, etc. no special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Work Environment

The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, libraries, residences, or commercial vehicles. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information
  • Career Transition Assistance Plan, Reemployment Priority List, or Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan: Visit the OPM website for info on how to apply as a CTAP, RPL, or ICTAP eligible. To exercise selection priority, CTAP/RPL/ICTAP candidates must meet the basic eligibility requirements and all selective factors. CTAP/ICTAP candidates must be rated and determined to be well qualified (or above) based on an evaluation of the competencies listed in the How You Will Be Evaluated section. When assessed through score-based category rating method, CTAP/ICTAP applicants must receive a rating of at least 85 out of a possible 100.
  • Veterans who are preference eligible or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service are eligible for consideration under the Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA).
  • Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Employees: Permanent County employees without prior Federal tenure who are selected for a Civil Service position under Public Law 105-277 will be given a career-conditional appointment and must serve a 1-year probationary period.
  • For more information on applying under special hiring authorities such as the Veteran's Recruitment Act (VRA), 30 percent disabled veterans, certain military spouses, Schedule A Disabled, etc., explore the different Hiring Paths on the USAJOBS website.
  • Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act (LMWFA) provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been at a successful level of performance or better. Refer to PUBLIC LAW 114-47-AUG. 7, 2015 for more information.
  • For more information on applying under special hiring authorities such as the Veteran's Recruitment Act (VRA), 30 percent disabled veterans, certain military spouses, Schedule A Disabled, etc., explore the different Hiring Paths on the USAJOBS website.
  • In the event of an emergency, USDA's Office of Homeland Security employees may be subject to 24 hour on-call availability. This service may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites that require functioning under intense physical and mental stress.


Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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