This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/810110200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
Through this shared cross-government announcement, we are hiring Personnel Security Specialists to join different agencies across the Federal government to transform and improve the way we serve the public and build, maintain, and measure trust in government. The Federal security community is committed to creating a collaborative environment to share best practices for analyzing personnel security information to make suitability, eligibility, and adjudication recommendations or determinations.
Learn more about this agency09/18/2024 to 09/19/2024
$59,966 - $117,400 per year
Final salary depends on duty location.
GS 9 - 11
Many vacancies in the following location:
Yes - Varies - Some agencies may have in-person work with or without telework options, and some may have remote (virtual/work-from-home) positions. Be sure to get clarification from the hiring agency about the duty location and remote or telework policies that apply for each job you consider.
Not applicable, this is a remote position.
Occasional travel - Varies - Some positions may require travel.
Yes—Varies - You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
00 - Varies - Some positions may have promotion potential to higher grade levels.
No
No
No
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810110200
Federal employees who meet the definition of a "surplus" or "displaced" employee.
U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.
All U.S. Citizens
Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement.
OR
Education: Successfully complete three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or possess a Ph.D. or LL.M., if related, from an accredited college or university in Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Public Administration, Business or another closely related field which provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. You must submit a copy of your college transcripts (official or unofficial).
OR
Combination: Possess less than one year of experience as described above and less than 3 years of education as described above. However, your combination of experience and education equals at least 100% of the total requirement. Only graduate-level education in excess of two years (generally 36 semester hours) may be used in this calculation. You must submit a copy of your college transcripts (official or unofficial), and your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet the experience.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
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.
Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.
If you are claiming education as any part of your qualifications for this position, you must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Unofficial transcripts with the degree title, list of courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter or semester hours earned can be used as a substitute for the official transcripts at the time of application. If you are selected for a position, official transcripts will be required prior to entering on duty.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicants' resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program, or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. Failure to provide such documentation with your application will result in lost consideration. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
You will be evaluated based on your responses to application questionnaire items focused on critical technical competencies, responses to an online assessment focused on critical general competencies, and review of your resume and transcripts, if applicable. The following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics) will be evaluated:
The following documents are required and must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/20/2024, or earlier since this announcement will close at 11:59 PM (ET) the day when 200 applications are received, which may be sooner than the closing date.
Do not submit photographs with your application package. Documents with photographs may not be seen by hiring officials. You must remove your image from any badges, licenses, etc.
Do not upload Adobe portfolio documents. Adobe portfolio documents are not viewable by our agency's staffing offices.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires and assessments and submit all required documentation as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents sections. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement (or earlier) to receive consideration.(This announcement will close at 11:59 PM (ET) the day when 200 applications are received, which may be sooner than the closing date.) The application process is as follows:
We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the recruitment process has been completed. The tentative timeline is described below:
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/810110200. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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The Federal government is looking to fill Personnel Security Specialist positions across many different agencies in the competitive service through this shared job announcement. Every interaction between the Federal government and the public is an opportunity to demonstrate the government is working to meet their needs. To truly transform the way the public experiences government, we need to approach rebuilding trust transaction by transaction, internally and externally, interaction by interaction, across the life events people experience. And we need you to help us do it.