This position is located in the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Information Security Center (ISC) in Washington, DC. The branch chief will supervise a branch in the Privacy Office, bringing a heightened understanding of the importance of protecting the Personal Identifiable Information (PII) that USDA collects and uses as part of its mission.

Duties

Formulates, plans, and manages the branch privacy program to: protect PII from unauthorized use, access, disclosure, or sharing; collect and process PII as transparently as possible. Ensure Departmental compliance with statutory and other privacy requirements and information requests; and minimize unnecessary collection and maintenance of PII. Develops and oversees privacy compliance program and privacy program staff, supporting privacy compliance, governance/policy, and incident response needs of privacy and security executives and their teams. (PIAs) of the application’s security design for the appropriate security controls, which protect the confidentiality and integrity of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Conducts evaluations of an IT program or its individual components to determine compliance with published standards. Develop methods to monitor and measure risk, compliance, and assurance efforts. Review or conduct audits of information technology (IT) programs and projects. Examines data from multiple disparate sources with the goal of providing security and privacy insight.

Requirements

• You must be a US Citizen or US National.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
• Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
• Subject to one year supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
• Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.

Qualifications

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. Specialized Experience: GS-14: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service or equivalent responsibility in the private sector/pay systems that has equipped the candidate with the particular competencies to successfully perform as a Supervisory Government Information Specialist .For this position, the specialized experience is experience conducting and developing guidance for Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs), Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTAs) of the application's security design for the appropriate security controls, which protect the confidentiality and integrity of Personally Identifiable Information (PII). 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 and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

There is no education substitution for specialized experience at the GS-14 grade level.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Chief Information Officer 1400 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC 20250 US
• Name: Ashley Fegins
• Phone: 000-000-0000
• Email: [email protected]