Supervisory Personnel Security Specialist SV-0080-K - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Supervisory Personnel Security Specialist is located in the Personnel Security Section, Security Branch of the Security Services and Assessments 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 Chief for the Personnel Security Section, responsible for overseeing TSA’s Personnel security programs, including policy, adjudication, operations, records management, etc., covering TSA employees, contractors, candidates, and affiliates (e.g., FFDOs). Duties also include but are not limited to:

• Managing multiple subordinate units to accomplish the work.
• Maintaining a continuous review of TSA-wide personnel security and suitability/fitness processes affecting every organization within TSA as well as its external customers and partners.
• Developing goals, objectives, and plans for each of the program areas, ensuring consistency with the overall guidelines established by the Chief Security Officer and TSA leadership.
• Coordinating across TSA Program Offices to anticipate and plan to accommodate existing and new personnel security requirements, such as special requirements for high-volume hiring and other events that affect personnel security resourcing and work planning decisions.

To qualify for the SV-K Pay band (equivalent to the GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-J or GS-14 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 principles, concepts, policies, practices, and methods associated with personnel security administration (e.g., suitability/fitness reviews and adjudicative guidelines, Federal personnel security regulations, TSA-specific criteria, and investigative standards);utilizing expert knowledge of procedures and regulations for reviewing, evaluating, and making decisions based on multi-level investigations of employees, candidates, etc.; employing extensive knowledge of the Government-wide national security system and the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) adjudicative system; and exhibiting a thorough understanding of the organization and responsibilities of TSA,DHS, and components of the executive branch in order to accomplish day to day functions.



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.

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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