The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) maintains facilities and personnel in 10 countries. This position is located in the Personnel Security Office, ABMC, Arlington, Virginia. Serves as the primary subject matter expert and point of contact for all personnel security and suitability matters and completes a wide variety of assignments supporting personnel security related matters.

Duties

Develop, implement, and maintain personnel security programs consisting of policies, directives, and procedures. Serve as the ABMC expert on suitability, security, and credentialing criteria, adjudicative requirements, and personnel security best practices. Responsible for security review of employees and applicants conducted through various databases, identification of required investigations for new hires, current employees, interns, and contractors. Responsible for implementation of Trusted Workforce (TW) initiative to better execute personnel vetting. Recommend adjudicative actions to be taken based on the severity of information received/developed.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Suitable for Federal employment as determined by appropriate background investigation.
• Males born after 12-31-1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period.
• Merit Promotion applicants must have completed three (3) months of service after a competitive appointment to be considered.
• You must be able to pass an initial drug test, as well as mandatory or random testing thereafter.
• Direct Deposit of pay is required.
• E-Verify will be used to confirm employment eligibility on new employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov

Qualifications

Time in Grade Time-in-grade restrictions apply for all candidates considered under Merit Promotion (generally applicants who have held a Federal civilian appointment within the previous 52 weeks). These applicants must have 1 year time-in-grade at the next lower level or equivalent to qualify. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-12: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates evaluative (1) demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of security principles, concepts, techniques, and methods sufficient to assist in managing a data security program for an organization and/or maintaining security applications for assigned systems; (2) initiating investigations of security incidents and/or investigating and resolving complex background investigation issues and providing technical assistance, advice, and consultation regarding security measures and effectiveness; (3) developing and maintaining policy and process documentation, and standard operating procedures (SOP) for personnel security programs and services; implementing procedures for granting and verifying sensitive position clearances and clearances for access to classified information and designating levels of position sensitivity and risk. Educational substitution is not allowed for this series/grade. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-13: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level; or its non-Federal equivalent that demonstrates evaluative (1) demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of a wide range of personnel security (PS) concepts, practices, standards, procedures, systems, and programs; experience with PS case processing and systems sufficient to provide support for issues/problems that arise during the background investigation process; (2) utilizing analytical and evaluative techniques to conduct studies, identify and evaluate potential problems, and recommend resolutions to management; and project management principles and methods to develop plans and schedules, estimate resource requirements, define deliverables, monitor activities, and evaluate and report on accomplishments; (3) developing personnel suitability and security guidelines, policies and regulations, and assisting lower graded personnel in the proper processing of cases; oral and written communication skills to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization and/or agency. Educational substitution is not allowed for this series/grade. NOTE: To be considered for this position, you must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements for the GS-0080 series set forth in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards by the closing date of the announcement. A copy is available at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards 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. 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.

Education

Educational substitution is not allowed for this series/grade.

Contacts

• Address
• Name: Personnel Office
• Email: [email protected]