Personnel Security Specialist Security Clearance

Position: Personnel Security Specialist with Security Clearance
Duties Help
* Initiate security clearance investigations for initial security clearances and upon receipt of the employees' investigation report.
* Notify government personnel of the requirement for background investigation periodic reinvestigations (PR).
* Provide oversight for personnel security adjudication guidelines to minimize inappropriate decisions and ensure organizational readiness.
* Assist in developing and implementing DHA security policies to ensure compliance with national security directives.
* Represent the Defense Health Agency at high level DoD and other government working groups regarding security program policy input and collaboration.
* Coordinate with security representatives in support of DHA employees to facilitate and ensure the access to classified information.
* Identify and recommend solutions to resolve security readiness challenges in assigned programs. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
* Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
* This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
* Security Professional Education Development (SPeD) Certification Program:
This position requires the incumbent to obtain the Security Fundamentals Professional Certification (SFPC) within their first two years of employment.
* Subsequent SPeD certifications are required with the requirement to complete one per year each consecutive year thereafter in the order mandated by the SPeD certification sequence or as mandated by the position supervisor or organization leadership. Qualifications Who May Apply:
Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.
* Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)

* Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee

* Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce

* Executive Order (E.O.) 12721

* Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan

* Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

* Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473

* Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)

* Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer

* Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible

* People with Disabilities, Schedule A

* Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible

* Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible

* Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement

* Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible

* Reinstatement

* Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document . Specialized

Experience:

One year of specialized experience which includes performing a range of personnel security duties (such as evaluating security clearances for personnel, initiating background investigations/periodic security clearance reviews, suitability adjudication, etc.); making suitability determinations for public trust positions and/or security determinations for national security positions (e.g., non-critical sensitive,…