SAP Security Education and Training Awareness Specialist

The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California is searching for SAP Security Education and Training Awareness Specialist (NH-1750-04, GS 14/15 equivalent).

Description:
As a SAP Security Education and Training Awareness Specialist, you will directly safeguard the nation's most sensitive technological edges by transforming how we protect critical military advantages. Operating at the heart of Space Systems Command, you will design and execute highly innovative, multi-dimensional training programs tailored to a diverse and rapidly expanding workforce tasked with deploying next-generation space domain capabilities. By blending creative instructional design with rigorous Special Access Program (SAP) compliance standards, you will empower personnel to seamlessly navigate complex security landscapes, proactively identify vulnerabilities, and prevent the compromise of classified assets. Your unique talent for translating intricate security protocols into engaging, high-impact learning experiences will directly fortify our operational integrity, ensuring that those who defend our nation from the ultimate high ground are fully equipped, vigilant, and mission-ready.

The ideal candidate is an experienced leader holding a Bachelor's degree and an active Top-Secret clearance, possessing the proven ability to motivate and guide a workforce through a dynamic organizational structure. Exhibiting a mastery of problem-solving for complex challenges, this individual must communicate seamlessly both orally and in writing to build robust internal and external relationships, expertly advising everyone from field-level representatives to senior command leaders. As a specialist intimately familiar with teaching technical and non-technical policies to a diverse community, the candidate will be responsible for developing, evaluating, and delivering comprehensive, multi-modal education programs-spanning online, in-person, and print formats-while simultaneously mentoring and equipping others in the art of effective instruction. Ultimately, this professional will leverage their strategic leadership and instructional design expertise to ensure critical security protocols are comprehensively understood and successfully integrated across the mission space.

Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Comprehensive knowledge of requirements, methods, techniques, and procedures pertinent to education, primarily instructional systems design that enhance the ability to plan, direct, coordinate, and incorporate into security education and training that encompasses all security disciplines.
2. Knowledge of professional continuing education-based programs and objectives to identify training requirements, methods, techniques and procedures to develop programs by obtaining training resources that will meet Space Force security education objectives.
3. Comprehensive knowledge of contract administration and quality assurance procedures sufficient to manage and monitor a variety of contracts.
4. Oral and written communications skill of sufficient quality to gain acceptance of new methodologies, advise/apprise senior leadership of relevant/important issues, articulate technical information and processes in meetings, produce clear and useful reports, interface with other government agencies, and train office staff.
5. Skill in analyzing, planning, and adjusting work operations and program objectives to meet emergencies, changing programs, and product requirements with available resources and with minimum sacrifice of quality or quantity of work and meet deadlines.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required.
• Position is special-sensitive and requires a TS security clearance with eligibility for access to SCI, Special Sensitive information, or involvement in TS SAP to fully perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.
• A non-disclosure agreement must be signed.
• Employee needs to obtain and maintain approval to access the portfolio of Special Access programs required to perform daily duties.
• Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
• This position is designated for drug testing. Incumbent is subject to random urinalysis testing as a condition of employment.
• PCS will be paid IAW JTR and AF Regulations. If receiving an authorized PCS, you may be subject to completing/signing a CONUS agreement. More information on PCS requirements, may be found at: https://afciviliancareers.com/regulatory/
• Incentive is not authorized.
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 30 days a year.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
• Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
• Position will close in 5 business days or 75 applications (whichever comes first).

Qualifications

The 1750 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. In addition to the above requirements, you can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 4th section titled Professional and Scientific Positions.

How you will be evaluated

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

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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