Supervisory Security Specialist

Summary

This vacancy is for a Supervisory Security Specialist in the Office of the Secretary within the Department of Commerce, nsider, Risk, & Continuity (OSIRC). All Office of Security, Insider Risk and Continuity employees are considered Emergency Employees and may be required to assist in providing essential services during an emergency, weather, or COOP event at the worksite, an alternate location, or via telework.

Duties

As Supervisory Security Specialist, you will: Provide technical guidance and advice on adjudications of all levels of cases and the issuance of interim access approvals for the Department's personnel. Prepare and review Administrative Review packets in the denial and/or revocation action of security clearances. Establish performance and improvement goals within the personnel security clearance process and monitoring the completion of compliance reviews of a nationwide program. Collect, analyze, and present metrics and data to include those from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) or other similar stakeholders. Represent the Department interagency forums, as needed. Provide guidance to senior management officials and interpreting regulations which impact Departmental organizations. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Security Specialist ZA-0080-4, FPL: 4 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

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/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. This position is being filled under the Department Of Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career path and pay band. The ZA-04 is equivalent to the GS-13/14 grade levels. Under CAPS, supervisors may be eligible for supervisory performance pay allowing for salaries up to six percent higher than the maximum rate of their pay band, dependent upon performance rating and geographic location. To qualify at the ZA-04 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-03/GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience: Providing technical guidance and advice on personnel security adjudications of all levels of cases; Developing and implementing policies to ensure adherence to program requirements and regulations; Providing guidance to senior management officials and interpreting regulations which impact Departmental organizations; and Collecting, analyzing, and presenting metrics and data to include those from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) or other similar stakeholders.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position. See Qualifications Above. NOTE: Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. You MUST provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.