Security Assistant

Full Job Description

About the Position: Incumbent will serve as a Security Assistant for the Defense Health Agency (DHA), Administration Security, Personnel Security Branch.

One vacancy each at Fort Belvoir, Virginia / San Antonio, Texas / Tripler Army Medical Center (AMC), Hawaii. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

Leave accrual negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. Student Loan repayment may be authorized.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes communicating security regulations and procedures using written and oral methods; implementing safeguards to protect classified information, personnel, or government assets; AND preparing accurate security clearance documents for timely submission to investigative or adjudicative authorities.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-06).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-06).

Major Duties:

• Prepare security clearance documents for investigations, as well as documentation for reinvestigations.
• Submit initial and periodic personnel security investigations.
• Maintain access rosters and office files to verify personnel security clearances.
• Perform administrative duties to maintain and update working copies of security regulations and standing operating procedures (SOPs) to conform to regulations.
• Monitor personnel security investigations, periodic reinvestigations, and security termination statements, etc.
• Conduct security briefings and debriefings on foreign travel.
• Respond to routine inquiries on non-policy, non-controversial personnel security matters.