SECURITY ASSISTANT-Direct Hire Authority

Duties

• Maintain control of personnel access to secure/control areas within the facility, as well, the building complex. Serves and manages access/entry control monitor for personnel entering secure rooms, vaults, facilities, IT processing rooms, or areas within the controlled areas of the building complex.
• Performs security check. Ensures required security check area are maintain according to Operational instructions. Check building, facilities, or areas to prevent theft or damage to government property.
• Provides administrative support to ensure efficient secure operations. Maintains facility access entry sign-in and sign-out logs. Enters information into records and updates log books and event logs.
• Provides assistance by performing a variety of technical tasks. Supports real-time post mission and data management efforts, The employee assists media and data operations to include maintaining the classified area, transmits and receives data products electronically using personal computers or workstations that are networked or linked to other computers or workstations.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service, see Legal and Regulatory Guidance
• Selectee may be required to serve a probationary or trail period.
• This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• For more information on Acq Demo please go to DoD AcqDemo Homepage http://acqdemo.hci.mil/ and Fact Sheet http://acqdemo.hci.mil/faq.html
• Relocation costs or other incentives may be available and considered by the organization.
• Selectee is expected to be granted with and/or maintain the appropriate security clearance required for the position.
• Employee must maintain current certifications
• Position may require drug testing and the candidate may be subject to passing a drug test upon selection.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays
• Shift work and emergency overtime may be required
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• All federal employees are required to have direct deposit.
• This announcement may result in a 120-day register that may be used to fill like vacancies for 120 days after the closing date. Applicants may be referred for consideration as vacancies occur.
• This position may be part-time.
• During certain Hurricane Conditions (HURCON) or Force Protection Conditions (FPCON), employee may be required to man his/her post during the duration.
• The work requires regular and recurring physical exertion such as walking and stair climbing. Employees engage in such exertion when climbing office building stairs, or walking foot in accomplishing building checks.
• The work is primarily performed in an office like setting involving everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms.
• The employee may be required to wear protective clothing such as coats, boots, and vests during extended periods of building checks in adverse weather conditions.
• Employee may be required to work an uncommon tour of duty, to include nights, weekends, or holidays and employee may be required to be in an "on-call" status.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the Specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Security Clerical and Assistance 0086, Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Clerical and Administrative Support Position located .

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have one (1) year or will have one year within 120 days of the closing date of this announcement at the next lower grade (GS-04), level, pay band (NK-01), or equivalent (pay schedule, pay band, etc). Specialized experience is described as: assisting with ensuring security credential requests are processed accurately and expeditiously; helping with performing quality reviews on the data and information submitted for consistency, completeness, and accuracy within regulatory requirements; assisting with determining appropriate recommendations for unresolved or questionable problems and performs follow-up; helping to process and protect sensitive information ensuring total confidentiality.

Ideal Candidate:

• Knowledge of basic security processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of a standardized security methods for access/entry control specialist operations, procedures, and terminology to perform access control work independently in a variety of fixed-post and building check assignments.
• Ability to learn organizational procedures sufficient to perform building checks and monitor the identification of persons entering controlled building areas.
• Knowledge of one or more automated databases associated with a specific security function to support office and security operations.
• Knowledge of general clerical and office functions and procedures, as well as the basic rules of grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and standard abbreviations.
• Ability to plan and organize work, follow instructions, and accomplish multiple ongoing tasks.
• Ability to communicate effectively and courteously both orally and in writing.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:

Knowledge of basic security processes and procedures.

Knowledge of a standardized security methods for access/entry control specialist operations, procedures, and terminology to perform access control work independently in a variety of fixed-post and building check assignments.

Ability to learn organizational procedures sufficient to perform building checks and monitor the identification of persons entering controlled building areas.

Knowledge of one or more automated databases associated with a specific security function to support office and security operations.

Knowledge of general clerical and office functions and procedures, as well as the basic rules of grammar, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and standard abbreviations.

Ability to plan and organize work, follow instructions, and accomplish multiple ongoing tasks.

Ability to communicate effectively and courteously both orally and in writing.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? If position has a positive degree requirement or education forms the basis for qualifications, you MUST submit transcriptswith the application. Official transcripts are not required at the time of application; however, if position has a positive degree requirement, qualifying based on education alone or in combination with experience; transcripts must be verified prior to appointment. An accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education must accredit education. Click to check accreditation.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

Additional information

This public notice is to gather applications that may or may not result in selection.

This is an acquisition demonstration project position NK-02 equivalent to a GS-05 to GS-08.

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