Job opening: SECURITY ASSISTANT (OA)
Salary: $51 442 - 66 872 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Jan 27 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, only the first 5 pages will be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualifications.
About the Position: This position is located in the Garrison Directorate of Emergency Services, Provost Marshall. The incumbent serves as a Security Assistant (OA) using a broad working knowledge of special subject matter/office procedures & practices while exercising independent judgment in a limited law enforcement field program.
Duties
Receives and processes more than 50,000 visitors annually for access to the installation's controlled, restricted, and limited areas.
Reviews visitor applications, local forms, and/or other documentation to determine purpose of visit or work to be performed.
Screens all employees, visitors, consultants, and contractor personnel daily, to determine status of an individual and reason for visit.
Operates the NCIC National Crime Information Center (NCIC/NCCIC) workstation terminal(s) in accordance with federal and state laws
Issue identification badges, cards, and passes that allow access of personnel, and visitors onto the installation.
Provides various office automation support to the security office staff
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. A background investigation and credit check are required.
- Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. While probationary the incumbent can be terminated with limited appeal right.
- This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 5% of the time.
- A fully qualified typist with office automation skills is required.
- This position requires the Incumbent to be able to obtain and maintain state certification for operating the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) terminal(s).
- This position is a Mission Essential/Inclement Weather Essential position.
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)Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange AgreementDomestic 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) TransferPeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority 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) Operating various computer equipment and application software.
(2) Communicating with internal and external customers providing information such as guidance, policy regulation and/or standard operating procedures; and (3) Applying independent judgment in determining the steps necessary to resolve unique situations.
This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).
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
Proficiency Required:This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5-minute sample with three or fewer errors.
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-05).
Contacts
- Address FT-W3HV03 US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FOREST GLEN ANNEX
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Detrick, MD 21702
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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