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Company: Transportation Security Administration
Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America\'s transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. For additional information about our agency please:
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Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America\'s transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce. For additional information about our agency please:
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This Supervisory Personnel Security Specialist position is located in the Security Threat Assessment Operations (STAO) Section, Law Enforcement Programs Branch of the Field Operations Division, Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (OLE/FAMS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as the Adjudication Center\'s Executive Officer, responsible for determining priorities , plans, administrative and data re[porting modules to include managing the adjudication work efforts of a subordinate staff that reviews and adjudicates Security Threat Assessments (STAs) for all assigned programs. Duties also include but are not limited to:
To qualify for the SV-J Pay band (equivalent to the GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-I or GS-13 in the Federal Service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such experience includes: applying expert knowledge of personnel security procedures, including employment suitability and/or security clearance investigative processes and procedures, criminal justice processes and procedures, and/or immigration statuses and procedures, to be applied to personnel security threat assessment process and procedures for credentials; interpreting various rules, such as Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) provisions and other relevant policies, requirements, etc., that govern adjudication programs and/or initiatives, at a level sufficient to develop and/or implement complex adjudication and redress policies, procedures, practices, etc. (including Federal and multi-state statues, Criminal History Record Information, and court proceedings and documentation); interpreting and applying (in management, advisory, review, and other capacities) regulations and specific agency personnel security directives, SOPs, etc., that may differ across adjudication programs and initiatives; utilizing extensive knowledge of databases, spreadsheets, etc. required in merging metrics data and generating charts, graphs, and other measurable reports.
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 vacancy announcement.
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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