This vacancy is for a Lead Personnel Security Specialist in the Office of the Secretary within the Department of Commerce. This position is with the Department of Commerce's Office of Intelligence and Security (OIS), Office of Security (OSY). The selected candidate will serve as a Team Lead, helping to manage work within the Office's Personnel Security Division.

Duties

As a Lead Personnel Security Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Articulating and communicating assignments/projects and ensuring deadlines and timeframes are met; assisting in balancing workloads and tasks; reporting to the supervisor periodically on team and individual work accomplishments, problems, and progress; and applying qualitative and/or quantitative methods to identify, assess, analyze, and improve team effectiveness, efficiency, and work products. Providing technical guidance and advice on adjudications and the issuance of interim access approvals for the Department's personnel. Adjudicating personnel security investigations for suitability and national security. Assisting with the review/releasing of cases on an as need basis. Creating and maintaining reference materials, briefings, and presentations; and ensure standard operating procedures are completed and remain relevant. Providing guidance to senior management officials and interpret regulations which impact Departmental bureaus and programs on all matters regarding personnel security. Serving as a Lead/POC for the National Security Adjudication Program, Reporting Requirements, and Continuous Evaluation Programs. Preparing and review Administrative Review packets in the denial and/or revocation action of security clearances. Serving as a liaison with external and interagency organizations to enhance the full range of Departmental security programs. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Lead Personnel Security Specialist ZA-0080-4 ZA-4 positions within the Office of the Secretary in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. The ZA-4 is equivalent to the GS-13/14 grade levels. To qualify at the ZA-4: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-III or GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Providing support to a broad range of personnel security activities Providing technical guidance and advice on personnel security adjudications of all levels of cases, including National Security Developing, revising, and recommending security policies, procedures, standards, and regulations Experience serving as a Federal Acquisition Certification - Contracting Officer's Representative (FAC-COR) is desirable, but not required.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Maria Lawrence-Jenkins
• Phone: 703-995-9679
• Email: [email protected]