PERSONNEL SECURITY SPECIALIST
What you'd do
You will serve as a Personnel Security Specialist in the Security Division, Code 0543 of OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH.
Major duties
You will serve as the ONR Subject Matter Expert concerning personnel security. You will manage Letters of Intent (LOI) and Letters of Decision (LOD) within ONR and make appropriate coordination with Human Resources and Office of Counsel concerning the impact of loss of eligibility for employees. You will counsel individuals concerning options and appropriate responses to the DoN Central Adjudication Facility, Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals, and/or the DoN Personnel Security Appeals Board. You will provide oversight to the personnel security process for all ONR field sites and ONR Global offices, world-wide. You will coordinate, administer, and implement the Facility Access Determination Program as it pertains to ONRHQ and field sites for uncleared contractor employees and for approximately 160 ONR researchers. You will review classified contracts and prepare the DD-254, DoD Contract Security Classification Specification. You will coordinate with ONR code 02 (contractors) and other departments within ONR to ensure appropriate verbiage is inserted into contracts to support desired result concerning access to classified information.
What you need to qualify
Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the next lower pay band (NO-02) or GS equivalent (GS-5/10) in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following duties:1) Providing advice concerning the development, planning, and implementation of personnel security processes to address submissions of request for investigation, clearance eligibility verification, assignment of access to classified information, and approval of requests for temporary access; 2) Utilizing knowledge of security requirements established in legislation, regulations, and various policy statements; 3) Analyzing and evaluating reports and preparing oral or written analysis, decisions, conclusions, and recommendations that organized, clear, concise, and unbiased; and 4) Planning and improving comprehensive personnel security programs while inspecting and monitoring the implementation of such operations. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/security-administration-series-0080/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (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.
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