Personnel Security Specialist

• Suitability and Nional Security Adjudicions Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Support Operions (OSO), Office of Security and Building Operions (OSBO) Summary The OSO is seeking a Personnel Security Specialist
• Suitability and Nional Security Adjudicions to conduct suitability and nional security adjudicions.

The role supports headquarters and regional offices in personnel and physical security, safety, emergency management, and background investigions. OSBO develops and maintains policies and procedures to promote and implement security program principles, practices, and criteria in accordance with Federal stutes and regulions. Learn more about this agency Summary The OSO is seeking a Personnel Security Specialist

• Suitability and Nional Security Adjudicions to conduct suitability and nional security adjudicions.

The role supports headquarters and regional offices in personnel and physical security, safety, emergency management, and background investigions. OSBO develops and maintains policies and procedures to promote and implement security program principles, practices, and criteria in accordance with Federal stutes and regulions. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions This job will close when we have received 150 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Learn more Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $133,347

• $225,914 per year Starting salary is based on experience.

The range is listed for informional purposes. Initial pay set below the maximum. See more below. Pay scale & grade SK 13 Promotion potential 13 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0080 Security Administrion Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-MP-13073702-BS Control number 886499100 This job is open to Help Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.

S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Clarificion from the agency Well-qualified surplus/displaced Federal employees (i.e.

CTAP/ICTAP

) in the local area and current/former Federal employees in permanent competitive service positions (i.e. stus candides). VEOA eligibles and those eligible for non-competitive appointment under special hiring authority such as Individuals with Disabilities, Military Spouses, VISTA/Peace Corps, some Land Management employees, and certain veterans (e.g., 30% Disabled). See link in "How to Apply" for additional informion. Duties Help In this role as a Personnel Security Specialist

• Suitability and Nional Security Adjudicions, you responsible for: Serving as a personnel security specialist responsible for determining the suitability and security eligibility of individuals for entry and retention in sensitive and non-sensitive positions in the agency.

Reviewing requests for security clearances and interviews applicants, applying agency or organizional regulions regarding the type of personal security check required. Ensuring the personnel security policies and procedures are implemented within the agency and in full compliance with applicable federal laws and regulions. Conducting pre-employment investigions for SEC applicants, contractors, paid interns, and volunteer interns. Representing the assigned office internal and external meetings, professional seminars, conferences, and discussions with other federal agencies. Requirements Help Conditions of employment

CITIZENSHIP

You must be a US Citizen.

SELECTIVE SERVICE

Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/)

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Entrance on duty is contingent upon completion of a pre-employment security investigion. Favorable results on a Background Investigion may be a condition of employment or selection to another position.

DRUG TESTING

This position may be subjected to drug testing requirements.

PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION

(PCS): Moving/Relocion expenses are not authorized.

DIRECT DEPOSIT

All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

This appointment may require completion of a one-year probionary period. The selectee is required to report to the duty stion(s) listed. The selectee must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. Qualificions Time-in-grade for this announcement is one year the

GS/SK-12

level . Applicants are responsible for confirming all required merials are submitted by the closing de of the announcement . Please check the How You Will Be Evalued and Required Documents sections carefully, as missing documents will render the applicion incomplete and ineligible for review. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the prive or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT

: SK-13 : Applicant must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the

GS/SK-12

level .

Specialized experience includes:

1) adjudicing reports of investigion to render both suitability and nional security determinions; AND 2) utilizing personnel security dabases including e-QIP, CVS, and PIPS; AND 3) developing, analyzing, and implementing policy, standards, and procedures for personnel security programs; AND 4) resolving personnel security issues.

ACCOMPLISHMENT RECORD COMPETENCIES

Your Accomplishment Record narrives should address the following competencies. See the How You Will Be Evalued section below for more informion: Competency 1: Critical Thinking

• Considers a variety of factors, general and subject mter-specific, when making decisions and determining next steps in a case. Competency 2: Security Practices
• Knowledge of the laws, regulions, and guidelines reled to securing personnel, facilities, and informion, including the requirements for handling, transporting, and protecting classified informion and proper reporting of security incidents. Competency 3: Technical Utilizion
• Involves effectively naviging both internal and external systems to access adjudicive informion as needed. By leveraging available technology, personnel can ensure greer compliance and facilite timely adjudicions. Competency 4: Technical Communicion
• Transles technical informion into non-technical terms and accurely conveys technical informion to end users (e.

g., staff, management) and outside parties. Additional informion Supplementary vacancies may be filled in addition to the number sted in this announcement and may be filled from any division or office within the agency.

SEC COMPENSATION PROGRAM

Total salary (base pay + locality) is dependent upon duty locion. The overall salary range listed above is provided for informional purposes; a selectee's initial pay established below the maximum re of the range. The pay for current SEC employees determined according to the procedures specified in the agency's policy. Please the agency's Compension Overview page for more informion.

Disability Employment:

For informion on disability appointments, click here .

I MPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SURPLUS OR DISPLACED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not I/CTAP eligible. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: (1) meet CTAP or ICTAP eligibility criteria; the questionnaire asks you to identify your

ICTAP/CTAP

eligibility (2) be red well-qualified; and, (3) submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP or ICTAP eligibility. View informion about I/CTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, you must be a preference eligible or a Veteran separed after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions.

LAND MANAGEMENT WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY ACT

(LMWFA): The LMWFA provides current or former temporary or term employees of federal land management agencies opportunity to compete for permanent competitive service positions. Individuals must have more than 24 months of service without a break between appointments of two or more years. Service must be in the competitive service and have been a successful level of performance or better. For more informion, click here .

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities:

For more informion on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements: Persons with Disabilities-Schedule A Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans Special Hiring Authority for

Certain Military Spouses Other Special Appointment Authorities Reasonable Accommodion:

If you are an applicant who needs a reasonable accommodion to participe in the SEC applicion process due to a medical disability, please contact reasonableaccommodion@sec.gov . For religious-based accommodions, please contact religiousaccommodion@sec.gov . Please be sure to submit your request least 5 business days in advance of the de you need the requested accommodion. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Informion for

SEC Job Applicants:

For more informion, please click here . The Fair Chance Act prohibits specific inquiries concerning an applicant's criminal or credit background unless the hiring agency has made a conditional offer of employment to the applicant. An applicant may submit a complaint, or any other informion, to the agency within 30 calendar days of the de of alleged non-compliance by contacting the Legal and Policy Office in the Office of Human Resources ElliottT@sec.gov . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. You evalued for this position based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this announcement. Your resume and applicion package will first be reviewed to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements outlined in the announcement. Please do not submit an Accomplishment Record this time. If you are found minimally qualified , the Office of Human Resources will contact you to request an Accomplishment Record . You will have 3 business days from the de of the request to submit it. Failure to submit the Accomplishment Record on time will remove you from further considerion. A response is required even if an Accomplishment Record was submitted time of applicion. Because of the short turnaround time, you are strongly encouraged to begin preparing your Accomplishment Record in advance. Once your Accomplishment Record is received, a ring panel will review both your resume and your narrive responses. Your Accomplishment Record must clearly demonstre your proficiency in the competencies listed in the Qualificions section. Click here for guidance on writing your Accomplishment Record. Your resume must provide evidence th supports the claims in your Accomplishment Record. Each narrive must describe one specific, relevant example from your experience or training. Responses are limited to 300 words per competency ; any text beyond this limit will not be reviewed.

Accomplishment Record Form:

Competency Title Position title and des from your resume th this experience was obtained Describe the situion (i.e., the challenged faced, the problem solved) Describe the specific actions you took Ste the outcome, results, or long-term impact of your accomplishment Name and email address of someone who can verify this informion Reference checks may be conducted as part of the final selection process, and you notified before any contacts are made. Basis for

Ring:

The ring panel will evalue applicants' accomplishment records and resume, then place them into one of the following cegories: Highly Qualified

• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements and has extensive skills and experience in most of the job reled competencies. Well Qualified
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements and has a modere amount of skills and experience in most of the job reled competencies. Qualified
• Meets the minimum qualificion requirements, but may have a limited amount of experience in several of the job reled competencies.

Top ranked applicants referred to the hiring office for further review and considerion. The hiring office may directly contact recommended candides for interview(s). To preview the Questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13073702 Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help You must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes:

Required :

Your responses to the Questionnaire.

Required :

Resume

• Resumes should include relevant work experience, with specific employment des, th demonstres qualificions for the specialized experience and competencies as outlined above.

If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position. Resumes th exceed two pages deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion. For resume writing tips, USAJOBS and the SEC careers page. Required, if you are a current or former Federal employee

• : Your most recent Promotion, Within Grade Increase (i.

e. WGI), or Appointment/Conversion SF-50 or non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (if applying as a current or former Federal Employee) must show you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held.

Note:

If you are in the excepted service, your current agency must have an interchange agreement with OPM

• for a list of agencies with current interchange agreements please click here .

Required, if applicable :

CTAP/ICTAP

documention (a copy of a separion notice or other proof of eligibility for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.) Required, if applicable: VEOA documention (DD-214, member 4 copy or other documention containing des of service and character of discharge.) Required, if applicable: Special Hiring Authority eligibility documention (VA letter, Schedule A eligibility letter, Peace Corp letter, etc) Required, if applicable : Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act supporting documention.

SEC EMPLOYEES

: OHR will verify your eligibility via the SEC's personnel dabase. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents . A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No additional documention accepted after the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion ask HR askHR@sec.gov Address Office of Support Operions 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 US Next steps You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website http://usajobs.gov/ and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired, you may be termined after you begin work, or you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention before appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, Veterans' Preference, certificion of disability, etc.). Candides external to the SEC allowed to submit a comprehensive resume for pay setting purposes after a tentive offer is made. If the applicant fails to provide the comprehensive resume by the specified deadline, the resume submitted the time of applicion used to determine pay. No additional documention accepted after the deadline. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help You must provide a complete Applicion Package, which includes:

Required :

Your responses to the Questionnaire.

Required :

Resume

• Resumes should include relevant work experience, with specific employment des, th demonstres qualificions for the specialized experience and competencies as outlined above.

If your resume does not reflect demonstred evidence of these qualificions, you may not receive considerion for the position. Resumes th exceed two pages deemed ineligible and receive no further considerion. For resume writing tips, USAJOBS and the SEC careers page. Required, if you are a current or former Federal employee

• : Your most recent Promotion, Within Grade Increase (i.

e. WGI), or Appointment/Conversion SF-50 or non-award Notificion of Personnel Action (if applying as a current or former Federal Employee) must show you are/were in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held.

Note:

If you are in the excepted service, your current agency must have an interchange agreement with OPM

• for a list of agencies with current interchange agreements please click here .

Required, if applicable :

CTAP/ICTAP

documention (a copy of a separion notice or other proof of eligibility for priority selection; a copy of an SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action, showing current position, grade, promotion potential, and duty locion; AND a copy of your most recent performance appraisal.) Required, if applicable: VEOA documention (DD-214, member 4 copy or other documention containing des of service and character of discharge.) Required, if applicable: Special Hiring Authority eligibility documention (VA letter, Schedule A eligibility letter, Peace Corp letter, etc) Required, if applicable : Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act supporting documention.

SEC EMPLOYEES

: OHR will verify your eligibility via the SEC's personnel dabase. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents . A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. No additional documention accepted after the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion ask HR askHR@sec.gov Address Office of Support Operions 100 F Street NE Washington, DC 20549 US Next steps You notified of your applicion stus through USAJOBS four points during the hiring process, as applicable. You can check the stus of your applicion by accessing the USAJOBS website http://usajobs.gov/ and clicking on "Track Your Online Applicion." By submitting your applicion, you are certifying the accuracy of the informion contained in your applicion. If you make a false stement in any part of your applicion, you may not be hired, you may be termined after you begin work, or you may be fined or jailed. After making a tentive job offer, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. You required to submit official documention before appointment. The agency will then verify the informion provided on your applicion (i.e., degree, Veterans' Preference, certificion of disability, etc.). Candides external to the SEC allowed to submit a comprehensive resume for pay setting purposes after a tentive offer is made. If the applicant fails to provide the comprehensive resume by the specified deadline, the resume submitted the time of applicion used to determine pay. No additional documention accepted after the deadline. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions This job will close when we have received 150 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Washington, DC No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $133,347

• $225,914 per year Starting salary is based on experience.

The range is listed for informional purposes. Initial pay set below the maximum. See more below. Pay scale & grade SK 13 Promotion potential 13 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-MP-13073702-BS Control number 886499100