Job opening: Security Specialist
Salary: $68 405 - 88 926 per year
Published at: May 22 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is within the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), Office of Museum Operations and Administration, Division of Protection Services, Security Operations Branch, Washington, DC.
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Duties
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a federally chartered, nonpartisan institution that was created by the US Congress to serve as America’s national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an educational institution dedicated to the history and lessons of the Holocaust. The Museum seeks to educate Americans from all 50 states and all walks of life as well as international audiences. The Museum has three areas of expertise: Holocaust remembrance, Holocaust scholarship and education, and genocide prevention.
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. 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.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You qualify for the GS-9 grade level if you possess one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-7 (or equivalent) grade level in the Federal government, performing the following duties:
Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Qualifying experience for GS-9 includes one year of specialized experience comparable to GS-7 which is directly related to the work of this position, and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. The specialized experience requirements for this position are: ensuring the operational effectiveness of state-of-the-art computer-based security and building monitoring programs; coordinating, developing, and training contract security officers assigned to work in the Security Control Center; monitoring, coordinating, and organizing security and logistics for VIP visits special events; monitoring computerized intrusion detection and access control system, multiple CCTV cameras, emergency phone line(s), fire alarm panel, and facility environmental control system; and performing daily equipment checks of all security equipment in the Security Control Center (SCC).
· Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50 (you may need to submit more than one), "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).
***Failure to submit required documentation will result in an ineligible rating.
Education
There is no positive education requirement for this position.
Contacts
- Address U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, S.W.
Attn: Human Resources
Washington, District of Columbia 20024
United States
- Name: [email protected]
- Phone: 202-488-2674
- Email: [email protected]
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