Personnel Security Specialist

NOTE: Based on current hiring restrictions, selectees may be subject to additional approvals prior to an offer being extended.

The position is in the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (FS), Information & Security Services (ISS), Asset Protection Division, Personnel Security Branch, ensuring protection of Fiscal Service people, data, dollars, and physical assets, accomplished via personnel, physical, and cyber security programs. The primary purpose is to administer the Personnel Security program.

Qualifications: You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.
The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resume.
Specialized Experience:
For the GS-07, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility at the GS-05 level in the Federal service or equivalent, which have equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position includes experience performing administrative work, in support of senior Personnel Security Specialists, primarily concerned with formulation and application of basic security policy, procedures, concepts, methods, systems, and programs involving the loyalty and reliability of people, in order to determine the suitability and security eligibility of individuals for entry and retention in sensitive and non-sensitive positions.
- Examples of this experience could include any of the following:
- Experience with computer software applications on a regular and recurring basis, to include e-mail, the internet, spreadsheets, word processing, and presentation programs.
- Retrieving, gathering, and generating data; composing a variety of written material; entering information into established databases or logs.
- Providing general and technical information by interfacing with the general public and other members of the federal government.
- Providing superior customer service to the general public and other bureau members.
- Providing detail oriented work products with a minimum of supervision
OR
You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows:
1 full year of graduate level education (18 Semester hours, 27 Quarter hours or equivalent)
or
You may have a bachelors degree and meet one of the following requirements for superior academic achievement: A GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all completed undergraduate courses or those completed in the last 2 years of study, or a GPA of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for all courses in the major field of study or those courses in the major completed in the last 2 years of study, or rank in the upper one third of the class in the college, university, or major subdivision, or membership in a national honor society recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies.
OR
You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent.
In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable:
For the GS-07, you must have been at the GS-05 level for 52 weeks.
Education: This job does not have an education qualification requirement.Employment Type: FULL_TIME