Supervisory Personnel Security Specialist

Duties

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This position is located within the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management (OASAM), Office of Human Resources (OHR), Division of Personnel Security (DPS). In this position, your primary responsibility is overseeing functions pertaining to all 5 vetting scenarios of Trusted Workforce (TW) 2.0 to include overseeing pre-screen risk determinations, adjudicating suitability, national security background investigations and continuous vetting finds in support of TW 2.0 for people appointed to covered positions.

Major duties for this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Evaluate character and conduct concerns involving applicants, appointees, employees, and contractor personnel, as applicable, under 5 CFR part 731 and other governing fitness authorities.
• Assess the significance of substantiated conduct, relevant circumstances, rehabilitation, and position requirements while distinguishing agency-delegated authority from matters reserved to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
• Advise Department of Labor officials, managers, human resources staff, and legal counsel on complex suitability, fitness, national security, and credentialing issues.
• Recommend adjudication requirements, explain adverse-determination procedures and employee rights, and represent the organization in developing interagency guidance and operating procedures.
• Direct assigned professional, technical, clerical, and administrative staff; establish priorities; plan work; and assign responsibilities according to case complexity, employee capability, and program needs.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities consistent with internal management controls, ethical standards, and safety and occupational health obligations.
• Oversee the validation, assessment, and resolution of continuous-vetting alerts, self-reported information, and agency referrals.
• Determine whether information warrants additional inquiry, updated adjudication, documented mitigation, continued monitoring, or referral for protective action, and maintain a documented rationale for each disposition.
• Establish performance standards, evaluate work quality and productivity, provide timely feedback and instruction, and address performance deficiencies.
• Identify developmental needs and provide or arrange training, mentoring, and assignments that strengthen technical proficiency and support organizational objectives.
• Oversee electronic case information, eligibility records, adjudicative documentation, and program-management data.
• Ensure records are accurate, complete, appropriately protected, and maintained in accordance with applicable access, privacy, retention, and information-security requirements.
• Apply applicable Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentialing standards to determine or recommend eligibility for routine access to Federal facilities and information systems.
• Coordinate credential issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation with responsible officials while maintaining the distinctions among credentialing, suitability, fitness, and national security determinations.
• Oversee initial vetting, continuous vetting, upgrades in trust, transfers of trust, and reestablishment of trust.
• Establish coordinated workflows, decision points, responsibilities, and controls to support consistent processing throughout the personnel vetting lifecycle.
• Translate applicable requirements of 5 CFR parts 731 and 1400; Executive Orders 12968, 13467, and 13764, as amended; the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004; HSPD-12; and governing executive-agent guidance into Departmental policies, standard operating procedures, adjudication tools, and internal controls.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Candidate required to obtain the necessary security/investigation level.
• Requires a probationary period if the requirement has not been met.
• Requires a pre-employment drug test and subject to random drug tests.
• Subject to financial disclosure requirements.
• Requires a supervisory probationary period if the requirement has not been met.

Qualifications

You must meet the Specialized Experience to qualify for this position as described below.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. For this position, the next lowest grade is the GS-13. Qualifying specialized experience for this position includes meeting all of the following:

• Experience managing and conducting complex personnel security adjudications involving national security eligibility, suitability, and fitness determinations.
• Experience analyzing background investigation reports, derogatory information, subject responses, and continuous vetting findings to determine adjudicative significance.
• Experience applying national security adjudicative guidelines, the whole-person concept, and applicable suitability and fitness standards to evaluate disqualifying and mitigating information.
• Experience preparing and reviewing documented adjudicative analyses, determinations, and recommendations related to national security eligibility, suitability, and fitness.
• Experience providing expert guidance on the adjudication of information developed through Trusted Workforce initiatives, Continuous Vetting, and Continuous Evaluation.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

The mission of the Department of Labor (DOL) is to protect the welfare of workers and job seekers, improve working conditions, expand high-quality employment opportunities, and assure work-related benefits and rights for all workers.

Refer to these links for more information: GENERAL INFORMATION, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION, FORMER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

As a condition of employment, all personnel must undergo a background investigation for access to DOL facilities, systems, information and/or classified materials before they can enter on duty: BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

Full performance level is GS-14.

You may not be aware, but in the regulations for agency ethics programs, there are requirements for supervisors. Section 2638.103 of Title 5 of the CFR states: Every supervisor in the executive branch has a heightened personal responsibility for advancing government ethics. It is imperative that supervisors serve as models of ethical behavior for subordinates. Supervisors have a responsibility to help ensure that subordinates are aware of their ethical obligations under the Standards of Conduct and that subordinates know how to contact agency ethics officials. Supervisors are also responsible for working with agency ethics officials to help resolve conflicts of interest and enforce government ethics laws and regulations, including those requiring certain employees to file financial disclosure reports. In addition, supervisors are responsible, when requested, for assisting agency ethics officials in evaluating potential conflicts of interest and identifying positions subject to financial disclosure requirements.

This position is subject to the confidential supervisory financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-521). Therefore, if selected, you will be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 450) to determine if a conflict or an appearance of a conflict exists between your financial interest(s) and your prospective position with DOL. This information will be required annually.

For more information, click Telework Position Information. This is not a remote work position. The selectee will report to an assigned DOL office location on a regular basis and is eligible for participation in telework as determined by management in accordance with DOL policy.

Based on agency needs, additional positions may be filled using this vacancy.

The Department of Labor may use certain incentives and hiring flexibilities, currently offered by the Federal government to attract highly qualified candidates. Click here for Additional Information.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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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 that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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