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Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
SENIOR ADVISOR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS & CONTINUOUS VETTING
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SENIOR ADVISOR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS & CONTINUOUS VETTING
Department of Defense Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Summary The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is a separe Agency of the Department of War (DoW) under the direction, authority, and control of the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence (OUSW (I&S)). The position is placed in the Office of the Associe Director for Personnel Vetting and reports to the Deputy Associe Director (DAD), Background Investigions & Continuous vetting (BI/CV). This is a Tier 1 position. Learn more about this agency Summary The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is a separe Agency of the Department of War (DoW) under the direction, authority, and control of the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence (OUSW (I&S)). The position is placed in the Office of the Associe Director for Personnel Vetting and reports to the Deputy Associe Director (DAD), Background Investigions & Continuous vetting (BI/CV). This is a Tier 1 position. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Boyers, PA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $186,207 - $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade IP 00 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0080 Security Administrion Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Special-Sensitive (SS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement numberDCSA-26-13055303-DISL
Control number 883894300 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees - Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Senior executives Individuals looking for an executive-level job and who meet the five Executive Core Qualificions (ECQs). Clarificion from the agency All qualified applicants Videos Duties Help The Personnel Vetting mission delivers background investigion and continuous vetting products th illumine risk, enable decisions, and advance nional security in support of a trusted workforce across government and industry. As the federal government's largest investigive service provider and the primary implementer of Trusted Workforce 2.0, DCSA conducts 95% of all federal background investigions-transforming the vetting enterprise through continuous innovion and enhanced service delivery. The end-to-end vetting process ensures a thorough review of cleared personnel, seamlessly complementing the internal security and insider thre activities of the clearance-granting agency. DCSA's Personnel Vetting mission eleves agency readiness by delivering cost-effective, high-quality investigive products while leveraging active customer feedback to drive continuous improvement. As the Senior Advisor, Background Investigions & Continuous Vetting (BI & CV) you will: Exercise deleged authority to champion the principles of the Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0 initiive and foster an agile, secure, and continuously vetted workforce. Assist the Deputy Associe Director (DAD), BI & CV with overseeing the sustainment, transformion and integrion of DoW Personnel Security and Suitability, and Credentialing (SSC) programs within DCSA and the inculcion of new personnel vetting and reled missions across the DCSA enterprise. Support BI and CV operions to ensure directores, along with other personnel security programs, execute requirements in accordance with approprie laws, DoW regulions and policies. Advise the DAD, BI/CV, and other DCSA executives in modernizing how the U.S. Federal Government assesses personnel security by working in conjunction with DoW to support the design, development, security and operion of technology focused personnel security systems and programs, including BI & CV risk operions. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen Male born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service Resume and supporting documents received by 11:59 PM EST considered This is a Drug Testing designed position Position is a Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Position in the Excepted Service underU.S.C 1601
Tour of Duty:
Flexible within Agency policy Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): May be authorizedSupervisory Position:
This position is considered Supervisory/Managerial and will exercise up to 25 percent of supervisory responsibilities Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA):Exempt Financial Disclosure:
OGE-278e, Executive Personnel Financial Disclosure, is requiredTelework Eligibility:
Supervisors may approve situional telework on a case-by-case, temporary basis for limited situions. This position is designed Special Sensitive, the incumbent must obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance. The incumbent may be subject to a two-year DCIPS trial period, unless required trial period has been served. The incumbent may be subject to a one-year DISL trial period, unless required trial period has been served. This position may require occasional Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) and/or local travel. This position is designed as Mission Essential. QualificionsTECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS
(TQ): To meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position, you must show th you possess the Technical Qualificions (TQ) reled to this position within your resume - NOTTO EXCEED 2 PAGES
. Do NOT submit a separe narrive stement specifically addressing the Technical Qualificions (TQs). Demonstred ability in applying the principles, techniques, methods, processes, and technology involved in personnel security, suitability and credentialing, adjudicions, insider thre, and counterintelligence operions to plan, organize, and manage complex personnel vetting programs and operions. Demonstred success leading major business transformions associed with developing and implementing new procedures, products, techniques, and solutions for use by Agency personnel and external stakeholders for assessing risk, e.g., Initial Vetting, Continuous Vetting (CV), and the U.S. Government's Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiive. Educion This position does not have a positive educion requirement. Additional informion If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge th they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. If selected, non-DCIPS candides must acknowledge in writing th the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS. Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive stus.Joint Duty Credit:
All DCSA executive level positions require Joint Duty Credit. Only those candides who meet the Joint Duty Credit requirement eligible to compete/be considered for a senior executive position. Employees will receive joint duty credit for many almost any rotional assignments assignment to another IC component and may also be eligible to receive credit for service outside the IC (military, other government, or prive sector) th was least the GS/GG-1113 or DCIPS Pay Band 3 level, th and it occurred on or after September 11, 2001. An external candide, if selected, required to immediely apply for Joint Duty credit.Note:
Employees without Joint Duty Credit may apply for the position and can be If selected, a waiver would be required prior to final appointment. DCSA seniors without Joint Duty the same tier level may leral into the position if selected without requesting a waiver. This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negive drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start de). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentive or firm job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Stement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. 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 job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. We will review your resume and supporting documents, for quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience and educion as it reles to the fundamental competencies required for this position. Your applicion evalued by a ring and ranking panel, and highly qualified candides may undergo an interview and a reference check process. 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes yourCOMPLETE
resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2. SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of yourMOST RECENT SF50
(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty. DO NOT submit additional informion (i.e. awards, appraisals, pages in excess of the limit for the MTQs and/or ECQs). How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13055303 . As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Agency contact informion DE Applicant Inquiries DEApplicantInquiries@dla.mil Address Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency 27130 Telegraph Road Quantico, VA 22134 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review made of the documention you submitted to support your responses. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.REGARDING INTERVIEWS
Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.Note:
Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. The Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the point of contact for this job announcement. Your requests for reasonable accommodion addressed on a case-by-case basis. 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 The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply (i.e., applying as a veteran, applying as a current permanent Federal employee, applying as a reinstement, etc.). Your complete applicion includes yourCOMPLETE
resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1.Resume:
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. If your resume exceeds the two-page limit, you removed from considerion for this announcement. The resume and required supporting documention should provide the minimum qualificions and relevant experience for the announced position. Must include the work schedule, hours worked per week, des of employment, and duties performed. If multiple resumes are submitted by an applicant, only the last resume submitted reviewed for qualificions and referred for selection considerion, if eligible. The resume must not be more than 5MB and should be saved and uploaded as a PDF to maintain formting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. Page margins should be 0.5 inches, and font styles must be legible. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text. We recommend using a font like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Additional guidance on writing a federal resume can be found : USAJOBS Help Center - How do I write a resume for a federal job? The resume builder can help you cree a resume using these recommendions and uses the informion in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. 2. SF50 All current and former civilian Federal employees must submit a copy of yourMOST RECENT SF50
(Notificion of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, salary, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notificion of Personnel Action documention, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. This is also a requirement to verify your Time in Grade (TIG). 3.Veteran's Documents:
If applying using veteran's preference or under a Veteran's hiring authority you must submit the following documents: DD214 showing character of service, SF-15 Form and VA letter showing final percentage, or certificion of expected discharge or release from active duty. DO NOT submit additional informion (i.e. awards, appraisals, pages in excess of the limit for the MTQs and/or ECQs). How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply Online to access an online applicion. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to cree a new account. You taken to an online applicion. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention, and submit the applicion.NOTE:
Resumes up to a total of two pages accepted. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. You will receive an email notificion when your applicion has been received for the announcement. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, https://www.usajobs.gov , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the More Informion link for this position. The Applicion Stus page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To preview the questionnaire, please go to https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13055303 . As required by 5 C.F.R. § 302.106., DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public reled to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R. § 1194). Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion DE Applicant Inquiries DEApplicantInquiries@dla.mil Address Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency 27130 Telegraph Road Quantico, VA 22134 US Next steps Once you successfully complete the applicion process, you will receive a notificion of receipt. Your applicion package reviewed to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and qualificions requirements, and you will receive a notificion. A review made of the documention you submitted to support your responses. A list of qualified applicants creed and sent to the selecting official. All applicants reviewed and/or referred will receive a notificion letter. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews, and once the selection is made, you will receive a notificion of the decision.REGARDING INTERVIEWS
Interviews may be required for this position. Accommodions may be made to conduct telephonic interviews to preclude travel hardships for applicants.Note:
Declining to be interviewed or failure to report for a scheduled interview considered as a declinion for further considerion for employment against this vacancy. The Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodion for any part of the applicion and hiring process, please notify the point of contact for this job announcement. Your requests for reasonable accommodion addressed on a case-by-case basis. 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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Boyers, PA 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $186,207 - $209,600 per year Pay scale & grade IP 00 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus Yes Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement numberDCSA-26-13055303-DISL
Control number 883894300Benefits
- Dental Insurance