Supervisory Security Specialist

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=Occupational-Series Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations e.g., professional; philanthropic, religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies; knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. This position is being filled under the Department Of Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS). Under CAPS, positions are classified by career path and pay band. The ZA-04 is equivalent to the GS-13/14 grade levels. Under CAPS, supervisors may be eligible for supervisory performance pay allowing for salaries up to six percent higher than the maximum rate of their pay band, dependent upon performance rating and geographic location. To qualify at the ZA-04 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the ZA-03 or GS-12 in the Federal service or its non-federal equivalent. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) Advising senior management and key stakeholders on a wide range of security activities, including personnel, information, physical communications, industrial, or continuity and emergency management security programs. 2) Developing and implementing security guidance to ensure adherence to program requirements and regulations.3) Working with foreign visitor access programs. 4) Assigning work, establishing performance criteria and standards, evaluating performance, resolving complaints and grievances, and taking disciplinary actions. Major Duties: - As a Supervisory Security Specialist, you will perform the following duties: Confer with, assist, and advise bureau management and other senior staff on security precedents, planning and guidance development. Evaluate and recommend measures designed to safeguard personnel to prevent unauthorized access to equipment, facilities, material, and documents; and to safeguard them against espionage, sabotage, damage, and theft. Manage and/or directly support various security functions to include personnel, information, physical, communications, industrial, or continuity and emergency management. Manage all aspects of the Foreign Visitor Access Program. Direct the work of subordinate staff and perform 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 plans, and taking disciplinary actions. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Supervisory Security Specialist ZA-0080-4, (FPL: ZA-04) positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.