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Posted: January 16, 2026 (0 days ago)

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SECURITY ASSISTANT (OA)

U.S. Marine Corps

Department of the Navy

Fresh

Salary

$45,409 - $59,031

per year

Closes

January 26, 2026

GS-5 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $33,878 - $44,042

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience. Bachelor's degree.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves handling administrative tasks to support security operations at a Marine Corps facility, such as managing vehicle fleets, processing access passes for visitors and contractors, and maintaining records for incidents and background checks.

It's a good fit for someone with office experience who is detail-oriented, reliable, and comfortable with customer service in a structured environment like the military.

Key Requirements

  • At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-05 level in clerical and administrative duties related to security
  • Proficiency in office automation (OA) tools for preparing and maintaining security files and records
  • Experience drafting routine correspondence and providing customer service for security programs like pass and ID issuance
  • Ability to process incident reports, Privacy Act and FOIA requests, and sponsored visitor forms
  • Skills in vehicle fleet management, including dispatching, tracking mileage, and ensuring paperwork completion
  • Knowledge of records management, including storage safeguards, archiving, destruction, and dissemination
  • Capability to conduct local background checks, inspect weapons for registration, and perform NCIC checks

Full Job Description

You will serve as a SECURITY ASSISTANT (OA) in the Provost Marshall Officer/Marine Corps Police Department of MARFORRES NOLA.

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-05) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing clerical and administrative duties such as preparing and maintaining security files and records, drafting routine correspondence relating to security, and providing customer service in support of security programs (e.g.

pass and identification, police records, physical security, entry point control, acquisition, etc.) Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0000/security-clerical-and-assistance-series-0086/ 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. Major Duties:

  • You will manage and control the use of the vehicle fleet by dispatching and retrieving assigned vehicles and by tracking the mileage and usage of vehicles, ensuring administrative paperwork is completed on each vehicle prior to and after its use.
  • You will dispatch, manage and maintain vehicle fleet to include controlling, issuing, retrieving vehicles and maintaining accountability of equipment assigned to each vehicle.
  • You will receive, process, copy ad distribute incident complaint reports; process Privacy Act requests and Freedom of Information Act requests.
  • You will register vehicles aboard the installation and issue appropriate vehicle access passes. You will receive and process Sponsored Visitor Forms.
  • You will process contractors/vendors for local business/contractor base access passes, history of pass issuance to ensure that the individual is authorized short term access to the installation.
  • You will ensure proper records storage safeguards are in place and records are archived/destroyed and disseminated.
  • You will conduct Local Background Records Checks; inspect weapons and identify characteristics to determine its classification to determine eligibility for registration ensure NCIC check is conducted on weapons.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 1/16/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 1/17/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: ST-12868809-26-AMP