Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Executive Advisor position is located Operations Support (OS) Intelligence & Analysis (I&A), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Provides senior level, administrative oversight, and serves as delegated authority to lead high level special projects, policy studies, initiatives, and change efforts of a special and sensitive nature. Analyzes and interprets policies, procedures, and precedents, and develops a range of alternatives for consideration of the Assistant Administrator (AA), Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA) for the TSA I&A office that address highly complex issues using expert technical knowledge and experience related to transportation, homeland and/or national security in support of TSA Intelligence and Analysis mission portfolios spanning intelligence and vetting operations and functions. Serves as an authoritative source of information on proposals that impact broad programs and organizations. Coordinates with representatives from Legislative Affairs, other TSA offices, and executive branch agency/administration organizations to respond to inquiries from Congress as well as inquiries from other Federal agencies and outside organizations. Keeps current on legislative activities, executive branch/administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policies and their potential impact on key TSA strategic programs. Prepare senior executive level and/or agency level written reports, documents, SOPs, and other information and advisory materials to explain, report, or recommend actions or respond to information requests, tracking and controlling schedules to ensure timely completion of work; reviewing results/work products for compliance with applicable regulations, issuing recommendations for correction and final submission/delivery where the audience are senior executive, senior administration/agency level officials and/or Congressional members and staff. Incumbent directs and coordinates the efforts of other professionals in multidisciplinary studies of extraordinary importance to the AA/DAA and for TSA as an agency. Oversees and integrates planning efforts to accomplish various phases of project requirements concurrently or sequentially. Responsible for conducting research into highly complex program and policy areas on behalf of senior executive level/AA/DAA priorities and exercises primary responsibility for developing goals, analytical framework, and appropriate methodologies to be used in each aspect of the study and for reviewing and approving final work products produced by others. Uses a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques to examine information and data that may contain critical gaps or are of limited reliability.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-K Pay Band (equivalent to GS-15), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-J or GS-14 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as minimum one year at the SV-J or GS-14 in the federal service or equivalent with demonstrated experience in the resume with the following requirements and experience: Planning, directing, and carrying out long range projects and transportation, national and/or homeland security policy studies/projects; and Expert knowledge of and experience working with legislative affairs and executive branch agency/administration organizations (such as National Security Council, and/or other federal department/agency leadership), and monitoring and/or working with these organizations, activities and policies to inform impact on TSA and/or DHS programs.; and Expert knowledge and experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary projects across external and internal agency security partners to include mission support, field and industry security partners to integrate planning efforts to achieve mission goals related to transportation, homeland, and/or national security.; and Expert knowledge and experience applying transportation, homeland, and/or national security laws, rules, regulations, policies, precedents, with government and non-government organizational relationships to provide advice and guidance to senior leadership on management operations. 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. 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. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address OS - Intelligence and Analysis 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]