Federal Security Director - Transportation Security Administration - El Paso, Texas - EXPIRED

As a Federal Security Director (FSD) for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), you will provide day-to-day direction for Federal airport security staff and operations while enhancing the experience of the traveling public. Your duties will also include:

• Organizing and implementing crisis and incident management response plans and preparing the Federal Security Crisis Management Response Plan.
• Providing oversight and management of passenger, baggage and air cargo security programs while also providing optimal communication to the workforce to ensure they have the information needed to effectively make decisions regarding passenger security.
• Developing and maintaining a collaborative environment within TSA and with TSA stakeholders to effectively manage security operations.
• Providing risk assessments, tactical planning, execution and operating management for coordinated security services while ensuring the application and promotion of the Integrated Conflict Management System (ICMS) core principles and standards into all operational plans, processes and practices.
• Supporting security evolution and ensuring the deployment, management and oversight of people, processes and technology to improve security operations as well as having responsibility for business management functions including human resources, finance and procurement.

Supervisory Managerial Responsibilities include: strategic planning, communicating the organization’s vision and objectives; setting priorities, assigning tasks and responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating performance of organization units, managers, and employee. This includes supporting equal employment opportunity concepts in all areas of responsibility. Treating employees in a fair and equitable manner and foster an organization representative of diversity and promoting opportunities for employees to influence their work environment with a focus on continual improvements.

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 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 the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities and/or competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position which involve providing day-to-day oversight of a Federal airport and other modes of transportation security operations and staff. The one year of qualifying experience must demonstrate you performed work that is in or related to the duties of this job and demonstrates you have the ability to perform the critical competencies necessary to lead a complex operation or manage complex programs. Competencies may include, but are not limited to, the ability to:

• Apply guidance, such as policies, directives, and/or regulations as well as an understanding of how to implement policies, directives and/or regulations to a complex program;
• Perform critical thinking by analyzing and evaluating information gathered by observation, experience, reasoning, etc.;
• Maintain a command presence by demonstrating confidence and credibility while interacting with various entities such as the public customers or higher level officials;
• Analyze, evaluate and apply risk information to your decision making process;
• Apply business and management principles involved in strategic planning and the oversight of an operating staff.

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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