Director of Security

Legislative Branch

Government Accountability Office

Infrastructure Operations, Security and Emergency Management

Summary

This position is in the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Infrastructure Operations. The employee serves as GAO's senior security and emergency management expert. The work involves planning, integrating and managing the full range of personnel, industrial, physical, and information security and emergency management services while continuously addressing requirements within the context of a long-term security strategy.

This job is open to

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement.

Clarification from the agency

Internal to current permanent GAO employees

Duties

As a Director of Security, MS-0080-II,your typical work assignments may include the following:

Oversees, directs and manages the full range of GAO security and emergency management programs, ensuring that all initiatives are implemented and maintained in accordance with Federal requirements and industry standards and best practices.

Exercises authority over security and emergency operations for a headquarters facility that houses multiple federal tenants, ensuring coordinated safety, operations, and planning across occupants.
Oversees the implementation of the security and emergency management documentation requirements and background investigation initiatives.
Directs organizational efforts to identify outcomes and measures of efficiency and effectiveness of security and safety functions.

Serves as the senior security and emergency management expert for GAO, providing advice and authoritative consultation to senior staff on a wide range of new and emerging security and emergency management issues.

Performs both short and long-range analyses of GAO's security and emergency management needs and assesses current and future capabilities to meet requirements.

Works with key leaders and managers in GAO program offices to identify strategic objectives, goals, and long-range plans.

Directs the work of multi-disciplinary team of subordinate staff and performs supervisory responsibilities that include assigning work, establishing performance criteria and standards, evaluating performance, providing technical and administrative advice and assistance as needed, resolving complaints and grievances, providing staff development and initiating improvement plans, and taking disciplinary actions.

Briefs managers and other key leaders on the status of security and emergency management projects and programs.

Develops and delivers agency-wide training, drills, and security awareness initiatives.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes.
1. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance.
2. A supervisory probationary period may be required.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification Requirements:
One year (52 Weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the NEXT LOWER BAND, MS-I, PT III, or GS-14 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as experience:

Overseeing and managing security and emergency management programs for a headquarters facility that houses multiple federal tenants such as coordinating safety, operations, and planning across all occupants and directing protection services and physical security programs.
Oversees the implementation of information and personnel security programs by assessing current and future security capabilities.
Lead a multi-disciplinary team of security and emergency management specialists and subject matter experts.
Experience with Federal requirements and industry standards and best practices.
Collaborates with key agency officials, internal and external stakeholders on strategic infrastructure objectives.

You must meet all the requirements before the closing date of the announcement.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

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This is a non-bargaining unit position.

OPTION FOR ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS: Based on the staffing needs, additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement.

Travel and relocation expenses will not be paid for by the GAO.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: GAO provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request accommodation, please email ReasonableAccommodations@gao.gov.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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.

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How you will be evaluated

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

If you meet the qualification requirements stated above, you will be further rated based on your responses to the vacancy questions. Please make sure that your responses to the vacancy questions are supported in your resume. Please follow all instructions carefully. If you provide incomplete answers, fail to provide a narrative response to any vacancy question(s) that requires further explanation, or if your response to a vacancy question is "see resume", your rating may be affected or you may be determined ineligible.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

Accountability, Leadership and Management, Security, and Technical Creditability

To preview the assessment questionnaire, click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13025018

Required Documents

You must provide a complete application package which includes:

- Resume: For qualification determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week (if part-time) and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient and you will not receive consideration for this position.

CURRENT GAO employees must submit their most recent Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50 or equivalent) showing tenure, type of service (competitive/excepted), as well as the highest grade/band held. The SF-50 must show that you are currently a GAO employee. Do not submit awards.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

A complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration.

- To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.

- Follow the prompts to select your résumé and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your application before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

- After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the Include Personal Information section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process.- You will be taken to the online application which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application.

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If you are unable to apply online, please contact Teryl Smith at smithtl1@gao.gov or 202-512-3528 by 3 p.m. (EST) on the closing date of the announcement.

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Agency contact information

Teryl Smith

Email: smithtl1@gao.gov

Address: Government Accountability Office
Human Capital Office
441 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20548
US

Next steps

After the closing date of this announcement, GAO's Human Capital Office will conduct an evaluation of your qualifications by reviewing your assessment questionnaire and resume to complete an analysis. Please be as complete and thorough as possible. If your application is rated "best-qualified," your name will be referred to the selecting official for consideration. At this point you may be contacted for an interview.

If you do not meet the key requirements and/or basic qualifications or you fail to submit all required application materials, your application will not be considered.

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