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Supervisory Personnel Security Specialist
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management
Department of Labor
Location
Salary
$136,736 - $187,093
per year
Type
Full-Time
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April 1, 2026
GS-13 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $88,520 - $115,079
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-12. Expert-level knowledge in field.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading a team that handles background checks, security clearances, and ongoing monitoring for government employees to ensure they are trustworthy for sensitive roles.
It focuses on implementing new federal vetting standards called Trusted Workforce 2.0, making tough decisions on investigations, and creating policies to keep everything running smoothly and ethically.
A good fit would be someone with years of experience in personnel security who enjoys supervising others, solving complex problems, and working closely with agency leaders.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 level in personnel security, suitability, and background investigations
- Expertise in Trusted Workforce 2.0, including all five vetting scenarios, Continuous Vetting, Continuous Evaluation, and FBI Rapback
- Ability to oversee policy development and implementation for personnel security programs
- Skills in adjudicating suitability, national security investigations, and egregious findings leading to potential removals
- Experience preparing reports on programs, finances, confidential disclosures, and status updates
- Knowledge of employee relations principles applied to security adjudications
- Supervisory experience managing teams, assignments, and meeting service level agreements (SLAs)
Full Job Description
This position is in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM), Security Center, Division of Personnel Security and Suitability.
This position is responsible for overseeing functions pertaining to all five vetting scenarios of Trusted Workforce 2.0. This position is Supervisory and outside the bargaining unit.
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Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled.
To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. For this position, the next lowest grade is the GS-13.
Qualifying specialized experience for this position includes the following: Experience serving as a technical expert for suitability, fitness and security background investigation quality assessment.
Experience recommending personnel security investigative requirements for implementation.
Experience serving as a technical expert in Trusted Workforce, Continuous Vetting, Continuous Evaluation, and FBI Rapback implementation and oversight.
Experience providing authoritative information and assistance to management officials on personnel security policies and practices. Major Duties:
As a Supervisory Personnel Security Specialist, you will be responsible for overseeing functions pertaining to all five vetting scenarios of Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0.
This includes overseeing pre-screen risk determinations, adjudicating suitability, national security background investigations and continuous vetting findings in support of TW 2.0 for people under covered positions.
Major duties for this position include but are not limited to the following: Oversee the development and implementation of policies and procedures for the personnel security programs within the agency or organization.
Make final determination in support of egregious findings of reports in investigations, personnel files, and other records on background investigations with serious issues.
Prepare regular and special ad-hoc reports on programs, financial and confidential disclosure reports, and status reports.
Apply principles of employee relations in relation to adjudications of egregious content requiring removals. Administer programs for continuous evaluation of personnel.
Develop processes ensuring that personnel are adjudicated in an ethical manner. Engage with customers to establish concerns and needs to minimize customer conflicts.
Manage branch assignments with objective of meeting SLA and executive level review requirements.
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