Clarification from the agency

All U.S. Citizens and ICTAP eligibles.

This job is also open in another announcement to:

Federal employees - Competitive service

Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)

Land and base management

Veterans

Military spouses

Individuals with disabilities

Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista

Special authorities

This position is located in the Office of Continuity and Security Management (OCSM), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). The Office is responsible for supporting the NCUA's personnel security, physical security, continuity of operations, facilities management, emergency management, insider threat, and intelligence programs.

As the Director, Office of Continuity and Security Management, you will:

• Oversee all programs related to personnel security, physical security, facilities management, emergency management, insider threat, continuity of operations, intelligence, and classified information.
• Direct personnel suitability and national security clearance programs, ensuring compliance with federal investigative standards, HSPD-12, and other security directives while managing clearances, screenings, adjudications, and appeals.
• Oversee emergency management and continuity programs, including COOP planning, emergency preparedness, training and exercises, national-level continuity participation, and coordination with federal, state, and local partners.
• Manage NCUA-owned and leased facilities, lead the accountable property program, and monitor space utilization.
• Manage physical and classified security functions, including access control, facility security systems, SCIF operations, COMSEC, intelligence analysis, and participation in interagency critical infrastructure and cybersecurity committees.
• Provide executive-level leadership and supervision, directing staff, managing organizational resources, overseeing budget and performance, and ensuring effective execution of all OCSM programs and strategic objectives.

Conditions of employment

• You must complete a Public Financial Disclosure Form.
• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• This position is eligible for situational telework.
• Suitable adjudication of background/security investigation is required.
• You may be required to serve a trial or probationary period.
• This position is subject to drug testing.
• This is an essential continuity position.

Qualifications

For the SS-02 grade level, you must have one year (12 months) of full-time specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to the SS-01/SES grade level in the public or private sector. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as experience serving as an executive responsible for providing consultative and advisory services on continuity of operations and security laws, rules, and regulations; and overseeing a staff responsible for delivering organization-wide operations involving at least three of the following specialties: personnel security, physical security, emergency management, insider threat, and facilities management.

You must provide specific details in your resume as to how your work experience meets the specialized experience for this position. Please include the month, year, grade and hours worked for each position held. Failure to provide specific details in your resume may result in an ineligible rating due to not meeting the specialized experience. Ensure that your experience and accomplishments reflect the Executive and Technical Qualifications.

You must meet the qualifications for this position by the closing date of this announcement. Please note, all experience statements copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs): You must clearly demonstrate in your resume that you possess all the executive qualifications listed below. We recommend that your resume emphasizes your level of responsibilities, the scope and complexity of programs managed, and your program accomplishments, including the results of your actions. Any separate documents uploaded addressing ECQ and TQ qualifications will not be considered.

1. Commitment to the Rule of Law & Principles of the American Founding. Experience modeling integrity, upholding laws and organizational regulations, and ensuring alignment with statutory authority and governing directives. Demonstrates civic responsibility by ensuring decisions serve the broader public interest, fosters public trust through transparency and fairness, and applies sound judgment in navigating complex legal, political, and regulatory environments.
2. Driving Efficiency. Experience strategically and efficiently managing organizational resources to maximize impact. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility, effective allocation of staffing and budget, and the ability to reduce waste while improving performance. Applies data, technology, and process improvements to streamline operations, strengthen accountability, and deliver measurable gains in efficiency and effectiveness.
3. Merit & Competence. Demonstrated knowledge, ability, and technical competence to effectively and reliably produce work that is of exceptional quality.
4. Leading People. Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a group toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals, and to drive a high-performance, high accountability culture. This includes, when necessary, the ability to lead people through change and to hold individuals accountable.
5. Achieving Results. Demonstrated ability to achieve both individual and organizational results, and to align results to stated goals from superiors

Technical Qualification (TQ):
Extensive knowledge of security and continuity management programs, including information assurance and emergency management, to direct organization-wide efforts that protect personnel, facilities, and information assets.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

For Category Rating: Once the application process is complete, a review of your resume and supporting documentation will be made and compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine if you are qualified for this job. If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, you may lose consideration for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Qualified candidates will be assigned to a quality category. The category assignment is a measure of the degree to which your background matches the competencies required for this position.

Your application package will be reviewed for completeness (resume and supporting documentation). You will not be considered if you fail to submit all the required documents as outlined in this vacancy announcement.

If you meet the basic qualifications/specialized experience requirements, you may be contacted via email and asked to provide narrative responses to four Accomplishment Record questions. You will have 72 hours from the time of the email to submit your responses. Narrative responses are not required when submitting your initial application. Your resume and responses to the accomplishment record questions will be evaluated by an Executive Resources Board (ERB) rating and ranking panel to determine the extent to which you possess the required executive and technical qualifications.Your application will be placed in one of three categories based on the score of your ECQs/TQ:

Best Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position.
Well Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position.
Qualified - Applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position.

Best Qualified candidates will be referred to an NCUA ERB interview panel for a possible interview. The ERB interview panel will make recommendations on final selections to the appointing authority.

Reference Checks: Reference checks will need to be conducted before an offer of employment for the top candidate(s) for this position. The reference checks will need to be conducted with current and former supervisors, if applicable, as a part of NCUA's selection assessment process.

Application of Veterans' Preference: The category rating process does not add veterans' preference points but protects the rights of veterans by placing them ahead of non-preference eligibles within each category. Preference eligibles who meet the minimum qualification requirements and who have a compensable service-connected disability of at least 10% must be listed in the highest quality category (except in the case of scientific or professional positions at the CU-09 level or higher).

You may be required to take a leadership assessment.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete application package which includes:

1. Resume - Only resumes up to a total of two (2) pages will be accepted, applicants who submit resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Additionally, any separate documents uploaded addressing ECQ and TQ qualifications will not be considered.

• Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files.
• We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume.
• The resume builder on USAJOBS can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started.

To maximize the content of your resume, you are advised to follow the guidance found here.

2. Other supporting documentation:

• Cover letter (optional)
• Veterans' documentation (see below for requirements)
• CTAP/ICTAP documentation (see below for requirements)

Veterans: If you wish to receive consideration for veteran's preference you must submit a copy of your veteran's documentation including a DD-214 (member 4 copy preferred, however, the documentation provided must contain dates and character of service) along with a VA letter, SF-15, etc., if applicable. If you are a current active duty service member, please submit an official statement of service from your command.

If you are a current active duty military member who does not have a DD-214 and is claiming preference under the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act, you must submit certification from the Armed Forces indicating that you will be discharged or released under honorable conditions from active duty within 120 days from the date on the certification. Certifications must be on letterhead from the appropriate military branch and include the following information: military dates of service and expected discharge or release date, the character of service, military rank, type of discharge, and date when terminal leave will begin. Certifications must be signed by, or by the direction of military members' military personnel offices, unit commanders or higher headquarters.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP/CTAP): Applicants that request consideration for ICTAP/CTAP must submit proof of eligibility (e.g. Certification of Expected Separation, Reduction-In-Force Separation Notice, or Notice of Proposed Removal; SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action; and most recent performance appraisal).

• Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof of their eligibility: copy of agency notice and/or most recent SF-50 that documents the RIF separation action noting current position, grade level, and duty location; and most recent performance rating.
• To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, displaced Federal employees must be rated well-qualified or above on the rating criteria for this position. Follow this link for additional information.

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