About the Position: This position is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), MD. APG sits on more than 72,500 acres in Harford County, MD and offers recreation, sports, golf, pools, child and day care facilities. The area offers housing, public, private & parochial school systems, and major colleges. ***APG is a great place to live, work and play at the top of the Chesapeake Bay! Please visit APG: http://www.apg.army.mil/

Duties

Serve as the Antiterrorism Officer (ATO) for the Garrison Antiterrorism (AT) program in support of the Force Protection (FP) mission. You will work under Plans and Operations Division in the Directorate of Operations. You will be the focal point and subject matter expert for coordinating policies and procedures governing AT and FP operations to include physical, information, operational, personal and infrastructure security. In addition, you will: Direct the development, implementation, and operation of an integrated AT program. Guide crisis management planning and execution in the event of a terrorist attack. Provide planning advice to the Garrison Commander and Commanding General on new policies, resolution of complex vulnerabilities, crisis management, and possible threats to the Garrison. Develop and implement procedures to ensure compliance with all FP Condition (FPCON) reporting, terrorist threat incident response measures and implementation procedures. Coordinate the FP education and training opportunities to inform and increase FP and personal protection awareness among military personnel, Department of Defense civilian employees and contractors, and family members. Work with Federal, state, local and host nation civil defense, law enforcement, and emergency response officials to secure their cooperation and participation in AT planning, exercises and incident response. Conduct comprehensive review and analysis of the Garrison's AT plan, assessments, and survey reports for compliance with existing policies, procedures and supporting documents. Advise management and higher leadership of AT and FP deficiencies that would affect the FP posture of the Garrison. Plan, coordinate, schedule and conduct, and/or facilitate AT Working Groups, Committees, Executive Councils, Threat Working Groups, and when necessary or required, any other meetings regarding the Garrison AT program. Coordinate with Intelligence and Law Enforcement Agencies to develop Risk, Vulnerability and Critically Assessments. Develop Courses of Action to mitigate risk and vulnerabilities. Recommend modification to existing Mission Essential Vulnerable Area and High-Risk Target structures to reduce vulnerability to terrorist attack.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Financial Disclosure Statement OGE-450 must be signed upon appointment and annually thereafter.
• Must obtain/maintain a secret level security clearance.
• A one-year probationary period may be required.
• A one-year supervisory probationary period may be required.
• Temporary Duty for Travel requirement up to 10%
• Mission Essential position. In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations (natural or man-made disaster) the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.

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. ????? 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Domestic 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.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority 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 EligibleReinstatementVeterans 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) developing, implementing and managing an installation-wide antiterrorism program; (2) planning and coordinating antiterrorism training and exercise development; (3) conducting comprehensive review and analysis of security risks, vulnerability and criticality assessments; and (4) coordinating policies and procedures governing physical, intelligence information, operational, personnel and infrastructure security. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). 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. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Oral CommunicationPhysical SecurityProgram ManagementReasoningTechnical Competence 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 (GS-11).

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 FT-W4QVAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG APG DO NOT MAIL Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk