Division Director for Checkpoint Technologies - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

The incumbent serves as the Division Director for Checkpoint Technologies Division and reports to the Office of Security Capabilities (OSC) Assistant Administrator (AA). The incumbent is responsible for leading, administering, and coordinating the understanding of and compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and legislation such as the Aviation and Transportation Security Act with respect to selecting, acquiring, systems and technology that screen passengers, accessible property, checked baggage, and cargo for unauthorized explosives, incendiaries, weapons, and other prohibited items onboard aircraft and in other modes of transportation (for example: rail, highways, and waterways) and leading the identification of state-of-the-art security technology solutions. The incumbent serves as a liaison to TSA\'s Offices of Security Operations (OSO), the Office of Global Strategies (OGS), the Office of Information Technology (OIT), the Office of Law Enforcement (OLE), the Office of Security Policy and Industry Engagement (OSPIE) on OSC passenger screening capabilities and procedural matters, and with stakeholders within and outside of DHS and TSA.

Duties include:

• Lead the overall coordination, management of assigned OSC passenger screening programs and projects within cost, schedule, and performance baseline parameters while ensuring OSC mission goals and objectives are attained.
• Manage OSC portfolio of passenger screening programs, including allocating resources, resolving conflicts, and implementing steps to integrate the programs as appropriate.
• Translate OSC strategic goals and performance plans into program and project strategies and objectives and plan, organize, direct, track, and guide program operations.
• Review and approve acquisition/program baselines and deployment program/project plans and monitor their implementation while also overseeing critical program operations associated with Passenger Screening Program and other critical and complex initiatives.
• Perform analyses of key operational functions to determine best practices and set priorities and effectively manage program risks.

To qualify for the SV-L Pay Band, you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-K Pay Band or GS-15 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in state or local government or the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience includes managing and administering technical competence in security technology and capability program management activities: applying the provisions of Federal Laws, and regulations that guide systems acquisition and that impact overall security programs; and working collaboratively across organizational lines to implement security capabilities and technology management programs.

National Service Experience (i.e., Volunteer experience): 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, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the job opportunity announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.
When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans\' Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and;

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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