Lead Personnel Security Specialist
What you'd do
This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Immediate Office of the Secretary, headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. This announcement will close at 11:59 PM, on the day that 50 applications have been received or on the closing date, whichever is first.
Major duties
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Lead Personnel Security Specialist, you will: Serve as a senior technical authority and provides leadership for the agency's personnel security programs. Receive, review and submit requests from OPDIV and STAFFDIV security representatives for personnel security investigations and clearances on employees, applicants, and individual contractors. Ensure national security vetting processes meet timeliness, accuracy, and audit-readiness standards; and maintains case metrics and prepares reports on intake volumes, backlog, and performance. Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce rework and supports automation and modernization initiatives related to vetting functions. Ensure that the ONS Personnel Security Program's strategic plan, mission, vision and values are communicated to the team and integrated into theteam's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and work products and services
What you need to qualify
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Minimum Qualifications: You must have one year of 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: Expert in personnel security policies, procedures, and national security vetting requirements in order to provide authoritative guidance and recommendations on complex cases, policy interpretation, and personnel security operations. Utilizing the Clearance Verification System or a similar commercial system to confirm the status of background investigations and/or adjudication determinations. Leading the Intake/Vetting process of background investigations in strict accordance with regulations established by the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or equivalent organizations by serving as a subject matter expert and mentor for complex and sensitive cases. Leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing employees while fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance. Identifying operational efficiencies, streamline workflows, improve quality, ensure audit readiness and implement continuous improvement initiatives. 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
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