Description:
Joining the Secret Service, Office of Security, will allow you to be responsible for developing, coordinating, implementing, and overseeing security policies, programs, and standards to protect and safeguard the Secret Service's personnel, property, facilities, and information.For definitions of terms found in this announcement, please click here.
Requirements:
To be considered qualified for this position you must meet the following qualification requirements for the respective grade level in which you are applying.
You qualify for the GS-15 level (starting salary $169,279.00) if you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level performing duties such as:
- Directing security activities in access control, personnel security, physical security, industrial security, administrative security or information security.
- Developing security policies, procedures, or standards to protect agency personnel, property, facilities, and information.
- Evaluating short- and long-range security plans, goals or objectives to advise senior officials on feasibility.
- Providing advice to senior management on critical security issues, including the development, analysis, or interpretation of policies related to access controls, personnel security, physical security, industrial security, or information security.
- Supervising a team by assigning work, setting priorities, evaluating performance, and resolving grievances or disciplinary actions.
Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying). Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to current competitive service employees applying for a Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. NOTE: All current or former Federal employees must provide a copy of their SF-50, "Notice of Personnel Action" that indicates proof of status and time-in-grade eligibility. The SF-50 must include your position, title, series, grade, step, tenure (1 or 2), and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). You may need to submit more than one SF-50 to comply.
The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (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. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.