Supervisory Personnel Security Specialist

This position is located in the Adjudications Division, Office of Personnel Security and Suitability, Office of the Senior Coordinator for Security Infrastructure, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Department of State. (DS/PSS/ADJ). You will serve as the Chief, Adjudications Division, responsible for developing and implementing US Government and Intelligence Community (IC) policies, coordinating agency business processes and planning and managing all division activities and operations.

Applicants must meet all the required qualification requirements described below by the closing date of this announcement.

NOTE: Applicants must meet time-in-grade and time after competitive appointment requirements, by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-In-Grade Requirements: Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade to satisfy time-in-grade restrictions, per 5

CFR 300, Subpart

F.

Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level in the Federal service which provided the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position.
Qualifying specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience planning, organizing and setting priorities for a full range of personnel security investigative and adjudicative activities and workload;
• Experience analyzing background investigations and supplemental investigative information and applying adjudicative criteria to make a recommendation concerning the issuance or continuance of security clearances or public trust certification;
• Experience serving as an authoritative expert/senior adviser to leadership regarding the management of a personnel security program involved in investigations, adjudications, continuous vetting, and access to sensitive or classified information.

There is no substitute of education for specialized experience for the GS-15 position.

In addition, applicant's experience must also demonstrate that the candidate possesses the following qualities:

• Ability to assign, review, and supervise the work of others;
• Objectivity and fairness in judging people on their ability, and situations on the facts and circumstances;
• Ability to adjust to change, work pressures, or difficult situations without undue stress;
• Willingness to consider new ideas or divergent points of view; and
• Capacity to "see the job through."