Security Assistant (OA)

Full Job Description

About the Position: Fort Hamilton is in southern New York City at the base of the world-famous Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Fort Hamilton is home to the North Atlantic Division, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers; Recruiting Battalion & Military Entrance Processing Station. Buses and trains are readily accessible from this location.

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.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) 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 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 education and/or 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.

Minimum Qualification Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Interacting with customers to exchange or obtain information; 2) Assisting with record keeping or routine filing of documents; and 3) Using automated software/systems to enter data and/or prepare reports, spreadsheets, memorandums and/or correspondence.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the Federal service (GS-04).

OR Education: Four years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of education beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60.

Add the two percentages. Proficiency Required This position requires a qualified typist. A qualified typist can type 40 words per minute based on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Time in Grade Requirement: Advancement to positions up to GS-05 have no time in grade restrictions if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade the employee has held within the preceding 52 weeks under her or his latest non-temporary competitive appointment.

Major Duties:

• Responsible for performing and resolving a full range of both standard procedural and non-recurring/unusual visitor access assignments.
• Operate and perform research queries on the National Crime Information Center (NCIC/NCCIC) workstation terminals.
• Screen all employees, visitors, consultants, and contractor personnel daily, exercising patience, discretion, and diplomacy to determine status of an individual and reason for and location of visit.
• Deny access to unauthorized personnel or those who do not meet authorized entry criteria.
• Control, prepare, issue identification badges, cards, and passes that allow access of civilian, military, contractor personnel, and visitors on to the installation.
• Maintain a variety of files, access control registers, databases, and installation access denial approved packets, and records.
• Operate and maintain various items of access control equipment and automated systems to include computer equipment used in the identification and registration process.
• Provide authoritative guidance and information on security regulations and procedures.
• Accommodate visitors and direct them to proper areas or office throughout the installation, ensuring that required identification criteria and security protocols are met.