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Summary The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office whose mission is to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In our dynamic environment, the OIG conducts investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and mismanagement in DHS programs and operations. Responsibilities The Security Specialist is a valuable member of the Office of Inspector (OIG), Office of Management, Assets, Security, and Readiness Division. Typical assignments include: Serves as Special Security Representative (SSR) for the OIG Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) Manages the operation of classified discussion, processing, and storage spaces Implements security policy and guidance to protect unclassified, sensitive, and national security information Serves as Security Education, Training, and Awareness (SETA) coordinator responsible to manage and implement a security training program Executes the information security (INFOSEC), industrial security, operational security (OPSEC), and communication security (COMSEC) programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. If you are a current federal employee, you must meet all time-in-grade and time-after competitive appointment qualifications by the closing date of this vacancy announcement. To make an accurate determination, you will need to include on your resume your federal position title, pay plan, occupational series, grade level, agency, dates for which you held the grade level (stated as MM/YYYY to MM/YYYY, OR MM/YYYY to PRESENT), and total hours worked per week. 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). Minimum Qualifications for GS-12: You qualify for the GS-12 position if you possess one year of specialized experience at the equivalent to GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience at this level includes: Demonstrate responsibility to execute three of the five security programs at a federal agency or contractor activity protecting national security information: information security (INFOSEC) program, operational security (OPSEC) program, communications security (COMSEC), industrial security program, and the security education, training, and awareness (SETA) program. Limited analytical, evaluative, and technical skills assessing security posture, guidance, and controls to achieve compliance, recommend improvements, mitigate risks, and protect from unauthorized disclosure, misuse, theft, espionage, sabotage, or loss. Minimum Qualifications for GS-13: You qualify for the GS-13 position if you possess one year of specialized experience at the equivalent to GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience at this level includes: Demonstrates responsibility to execute three of the five security programs at a federal agency/military/law enforcement HQ level: information security (INFOSEC) program, operational security (OPSEC) program, communications security (COMSEC), industrial security program, and the security education, training, and awareness (SETA) program. Demonstrates analytical, evaluative, and technical skills assessing security posture, guidance, and controls to achieve compliance, recommend improvements, mitigate risks, and protect from unauthorized disclosure, misuse, theft, espionage, sabotage, or loss. 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. The qualification requirements listed above must be met by the closing date 05/17/2024 of this announcement. Current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade level or equivalent grade band in the federal service. The time-in-grade requirement must be met by the closing date 05/17/2024of this announcement. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Education Additional Information Reasonable Accommodation Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application. Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for Reasonable Accommodation must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a Reasonable Accommodation, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, fine, or imprisonment. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR 213.3102(u), and or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR 315.707. Veterans, Peace Corps, VISTA volunteers, and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions. Additional identical positions may be filled from this announcement at a later date.