About the Position: Serves as the Mississippi Valley New Orleans District's (MVN) Security and Law Enforcement Manager, involved in the planning, formulation, supervision, coordination, investigation, controlling and inspection of all facets of security, both internal and external, for the overall district security program accomplished in connection with civil works missions. The district consists of over 1100 personnel and over 20 field sites covering half of the State of Louisiana.

Duties

Responsible for execution of the Protection Programs, Security Countermeasures, and Intelligence portions of the Army Protection Program for the District. Effectively manages multiple programs which provide protection from external and internal threats to MVN’s personnel and assets, and which may degrade mission readiness and capability. Prepares budgets for protection programs, manages office staffing and logistics requirements, leads, or supervises others in the execution of security programs that support the mission of the organization. Supervises security staff and serves as Contracting Officer Representative by overseeing a Contract Security Guard Force of over 20 personnel. Coordinates with MVN Emergency Management staff to fully integrate security processes and procedures into All Hazards planning for natural and man-made disasters.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position is considered Emergency-Essential. You will be required to provide immediate and continuing support to ensure the success of operations and systems.
• Emergency Essential position is not subject to dismissal in emergencies based on inclement weather conditions, or other emergency situations, as appropriate. Employee is required to report for, or remain at, work in emergency situations.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• One-year probationary period may be required.
• This position has been designated "Mission Essential". In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.
• One-year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• This position has been identified for the Security Professional Education Development (SPeD) Certification Program. It requires you to obtain the Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within their first two years of employment.
• Subsequent SPeD certifications required for this position include Physical Security Inspector Credentials, Anti-Terrorism (AT) Level II, Operation Security (OPSEC) Analysis and Program Management, Foreign Disclosure Officer certifications.
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain account manager roles or have access to Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPASS), Defense Information System for Security (DISS), and Personnel Security Investigation Portal (PSIP).
• This position requires you to obtain and maintain account manager roles or have access to OPM's Trusted Associate Sponsorship System (TASS), and Secure Web Fingerprint Transaction (SWFT).
• This position requires pre-employment financial disclosure and annually thereafter in accordance with DoD Directive 5500-7-R.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment drug testing screening, and random testing thereafter.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Inspecting facilities for compliance with security regulations; AND 2) Reviewing security and law enforcement intelligence reports to develop crime indicators, trends, and crime prevention techniques; AND 3) Reviewing and revising physical security plans; AND 4) Conducting inspections and assessments of physical security programs; AND 5) Managing or overseeing security guard forces. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Oral CommunicationPersonnel Security and SafetyPhysical SecuritySecurity Program ManagementVulnerabilities Assessment and Management Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent. For the GS-12 you must have 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. With regards to time-in-grade validation, if you held a position other than a GS pay plan, be sure your resume includes the pay plan and the salary you earned during the assignment. Without this information, your time-in-grade validation may not be able to be verified and will result in your not meeting the time-grade requirement for this vacancy. A further explanation of the required time in grade documentation can be found under the Required Documents section of this announcement. Qualification requirement: Qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Education

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Contacts

• Address RG-W2R902 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-NEW ORLEANS DO NOT MAIL New Orleans, LA 70118 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk