This position is part of the Interior Business Center (IBC), Human Resources Directorate (HRD), IBC HRD Security and Drug and Alcohol Testing Division. The incumbent will be responsible for identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among assigned personnel security specialists and personnel security assistants in accordance with established work flow while utilizing OPM/SuitEA standards to review and provide guidance on suitability and equivalent fitness determinations.

Duties

Supervise a staff of personnel security specialists and personnel security assistants and perform the full range of supervisory duties. Train or arrange for the training of assigned personnel in methods and techniques of security related issues. Provide technical guidance, advice and assistance to subordinates. Assign, monitor, and review work. Evaluate work performance and provide feedback. Effect disciplinary actions. Review business processes for improvement. Utilize project management, conflict management, mediation, team building, and negotiation tools to achieve results in a collaborative spirit. Track and provide input to Branch Chief regarding team metrics regarding the progress in meeting established milestones and deadlines in the completion of team assignments, tasks, objectives and goals. Establish a collaborative working relationship with stakeholders to ensure that their needs are heard and addressed. Analyze diverse viewpoints to make planning decisions and solve work problems.

Requirements

Qualifications

At the GS-13 level, you must meet the following qualification: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level. Specialized experience is that which has equipped the applicant with the competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes but is not limited to experience: OPM SuitEA based adjudication training certification with experience making accurate, adjudicative, suitability determinations by OPM SuitEA standards; leading or working with a staff of personnel security specialists and/or assistants, who work independently performing work in a personnel security office/program/team processing and adjudicating all designations of preemployment, national security, suitability, and fitness cases as well as interpretation of personnel security laws and regulations; overseeing the preparation of all forms of written documentation associated with all levels of adjudication determinations for review and approval; successfully navigating difficult and complex adjudications at all issue levels that include both ER/LR referrals and OPM referrals; processing HSPD-12 credentialing actions and reports; directly related experience in the initiation and review of background investigations as well as experience using automated personnel security programs/systems daily for input, output analysis and correction of adjudication actions; adjudicating and issuing national security clearances; systems experience with NP2 Portal, OPM PIPS/CVS, NBIS, DISS or other agency specific personnel security tracking system. Applicants must carefully review the information in the "How You Will Be Evaluated" section for important information and instructions pertaining to the multi-hurdle assessment process for this position. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. TIME-IN-GRADE: Current career or career-conditional employees of the Federal government, or former career or career-conditional employees, who have a break in service of less than one year, are required to meet the time-in-grade restriction of one year of Federal experience at the next lower grade, with few exceptions outlined in 5 CFR 300.603(b). 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.

Contacts

• Address IBC HRD Security and Drug and Alcohol Testing Div 7401 W. Mansfield Ave. Denver, CO 80235 US
• Name: Neha Dasgupta
• Phone: 303-980-3830
• Email: [email protected]