This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. Select the appropriate one below and delete is not required: This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with vacancy announcement HHS-SAMHSA-DE-24-12500647 under delegated examining procedures. Please review this announcement to see if you are eligible for consideration under competitive procedures.

Duties

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Personnel Security Specialist, you will use your knowledge and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by: Providing services that support the mission of the organization, including security and public safety. The Personnel Security Operations Branch ensures that employees, contractors, and applicants for employment undergo a level of background investigation appropriate for the position they currently hold or will occupy as well as meeting the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) requirements for the reinvestigation schedule. Managing and administering the organization's personnel suitability and security clearance program, verifying personal identity, processing and initiating suitability or security clearance requests, making final suitability & fitness determinations, authorizing and administering facility access, issuing ID badges for personnel, administering security awareness programs. Advising and collaborating with other divisions regarding investigative reports concerning actionable information which could impact personnel suitability and security implications relating to an employee, contractor/vendor or others requesting access to the organization. Independently resolving gaps in specificity or conflicts in guidelines, consistent with stated security program objectives, and participating in the development of guidelines and new methods, criteria, or proposed new policies for use by other specialists and program staff within the organization in administering personnel security functions. Duties as shown are at the full performance level (FPL) of the GS-13. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the FPL.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service - http://www.sss.gov
• Suitable for federal employment.
• Meet time in grade restrictions by the closing date of the announcement.
• Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
• Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
• All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date.
• Financial disclosure statement may be required.
• Probationary (or trial) period may be required.
• Appointment to the position will be contingent upon a negative applicant drug test result and be subject to random, reasonable suspicion, and post-accident drug testing upon hiring.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Minimum Qualifications: For GS-11: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service performing at least three (3) of the following: Performing support tasks related to personnel security administration that include tracking the onboarding/intake security process and/or ensuring the timely compliance of each applicant. Communicating with applicants on required documentation for personnel security. Using office automation equipment and software applications (i.e. word processing, spreadsheet, database management, PowerPoint, etc.) to collect, research, and/or analyze data for the development of accurate and dependable reports. Utilizing automated systems for background investigations such as the National Background Investigative Services (NBIS) electronic application (eAPP) and/or Position Sensitivity Designation Tool (PDAT). -OR- Education Substitution: Successfully completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree (e.g. LL.M) or three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree at an accredited college or university in a field that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work for this position. (You must provide supporting transcripts.) -OR- Combination of specialized experience and education as described above that, when combined, equal 100% of the total requirement. (Must submit transcripts.) For GS-12: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following: Assisting primary adjudicator with case reviews, assesses, or analyzes information from various sources for making suitability recommendations. Initiating, reviewing and/or submitting background investigation requests. Conducting operational audits of the personnel security processes. There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-12 grade level of this announcement. For GS-13: You must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing ALL of the following: Serving as independent adjudicator with the ability to make suitability determinations for existing employees or applicants utilizing current federal adjudicative standards. Participating in projects to develop work plans for personnel security or suitability case processing operations. Leading, coordinating, and/or developing security educational or awareness presentations. There is no substitution of education for experience at the GS-13 grade level of this announcement. Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. OPM Qualification General Policies Website

Education

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov.

Contacts

• Address Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 5600 Fishers Ln Rockville, MD 20857 US
• Name: HR Consultants
• Email: [email protected]