Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist - SV-0132-K - Transportation Security Administration - Annapolis Junction, Maryland - EXPIRED

This Supervisory Intelligence Operations Specialist position is located in the Operations Management Branch, Vetting Analysis Division, Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as the section chief overseeing the work of about 150 personnel. You will be responsible for managing and directing all operational functions for personnel performing 24 hour/7 day watch duties across two geographically separated TSA field sites. Typical assignments include but are not limited to:

• Implementing policies and achieving results that meet Secure Flight and TSA strategic watch listing and aviation security goals.
• Overseeing complex intelligence and all source analysis of current and emerging threats to transportation security to include matching of individuals against watch lists and exercises, and directing operational control and collaboration with DHS components during threats.
• Managing, directing, and approving the review of multiple Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), TSA and other information sources to produce timely intelligence products, reports, and briefings regarding upcoming, current, and emerging transportation threats.
• Defining, identifying, and allocating resources in overseeing all Secure Flight passenger pre-screening, encounter, resolution, and reporting processes; guiding process assistance to over 200 air carriers covered under the Secure Flight program.
• Identifying and resolving complex security problems and maintaining operational and situational awareness, escalating current threats to the Vetting Operations, TSA, CBP, and intelligence community leadership; ensuring incident management procedures are followed.
• Providing direct leadership to six Secure Flight Operations Center (SOC) Watch Teams and resolving problems to ensure efficient application of TSA risk-based and vetting programs, improved efficiency, and improved employee knowledge and training.

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-J Pay Band or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes senior intelligence analyst or manager level experience reviewing potential threats to the transportation operation and production of intelligence products, reports, and briefings.

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.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

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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