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Personnel Security Specialist
Washington Headquarters Services · Posted 63 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Personnel Vetting Operations Division (PVOD), Security Enterprise Services Directorate (SESD), Washington Headquarters Services (WHS). PVOD performs personnel vetting management and administration functions in direct support of the Office of the Secretary of War, Director of Administration and Management, WHS, and other clients.
What You'll Do
- →As a Personnel Security Specialist, you will: Lead and manage end-to-end personnel security clearance operations, implementing streamlined workflows to accelerate onboarding timelines while ensuring full compliance with DoD security protocols and federal investigative standards.
- →Serve as the primary liaison with external federal agencies (e.g., FBI, CIA, DCSA) to secure expedited reviews, negotiate "trust transfers" of existing clearances, and prioritize investigations for senior leaders and White House appointees.
- →Determine suitability and security eligibility for sensitive positions by analyzing background investigations, identifying and mitigating potential adverse findings, and issuing or withdrawing temporary security clearances based on a comprehensive risk assessment.
- →Administer due process by drafting and issuing detailed supporting rationales and official correspondence (such as Statements of Reason or Letters of Intent) to individuals, and provide guidance on responding to questions concerning derogatory information.
- →Function as a senior subject matter expert, advising organizational security managers and senior leadership on complex personnel security policies and procedures, and represent the organization in interagency working groups to resolve systemic issues.
Requirements
- ✓ARE YOU QUALIFYING BASED ON EDUCATION or A COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE AT THE GS-09 AND GS-11 LEVEL?
- ✓You must provide sufficient documentation of your education in your resume.
- ✓You MUST provide a copy of official or unofficial transcripts or degrees in your application package.
- ✓It may also be acceptable to document your applicable course listing in your resume (course number, credits earned, etc.).
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency.
- ✓If selected, an official/sealed transcript will be required prior to appointment.
- ✓PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
- ✓GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study.
- ✓Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.
Personality Fit
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