About the Position: This position is with the Defense Health Agency, Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington. The purpose of the work involves developing, analyzing, and investigating a variety of unusual security problems to establish policies and procedures for the organization and its subordinate elements, including questions or conditions associate with assigned programs and established related requirements, criteria and guidelines.

Duties

Serve as the Personnel Security Manager and point of contact (POC) of a major Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) or Medical Center (MC) Personnel Security Program. Responsible for the overall administration and control of the Personnel Security Program to include all actions pertaining to and concerning US security clearances in accordance with Defense Health Agency (DHA) and Department of Defense (DoD) Policy. Ensure all required periodic investigation are handled as well as any derogatory actions that require action. Make recommendations or change policies and programs, after identifying deficiencies and to resolve a variety of unusual and complex security issues. Provide guidance for the issuance of all types of personnel security clearances as well as special category clearances. Establish and maintain security and accountability of classified material. Maintain security clearance record and files, and initiate independent reviews, as required, on all personnel having access to classified material. Monitor all Child Background Checks for individuals who work with children under the age of 18. Review Program Review Board (PRB) packets submitted by the Human Resources Office to ensure each packet is accurate and completed with the correct information

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a two-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This position is subject to screening and update of required immunizations screenings.
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirement and is subject to annual vaccination.
• Due to the nature of this position, employees are required to work both planned and unscheduled overtime.

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. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceExecutive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePriority 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 reviewing requests for security clearances and special accesses; applying agency or organizational regulations regarding the type of personal security check required (i.e., national agency check, special background investigation, etc.); preparing detailed written adjudicative analysis, citing applicable provisions of suitability guidance; advising management on matters about reinvestigation requirements and monitoring the reliability of the work force. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications Security ManagementOperations SecurityPersonnel SecurityResearch 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 JT-DHA-DD83DU DHA PUGET SOUND MKT-BREMERTON DO NOT MAIL Bremerton, WA 98312 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk