About the role
Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for IMPORTANT additional information. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a first-level supervisor providing planning, directing, organizing, and exercising control over nonsupervisory employees assigned to the Information Security and Operations Division.
DUTY 1: Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of the NASIC Information Security and Operations Division ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and meets customer needs. Provides direct management and oversight in the development of goals and objectives that integrate organization and division security objectives.
DUTY 2: Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Advises and provides counsel to employees regarding policies, procedures, and directives of management. Selects or recommends selection of candidates for vacancies, promotions, details, and reassignment in consideration of skills, qualifications, and mission requirements. Develops, modifies, and/or interprets performance standards.
DUTY 3: As a NASIC Information and Operations Security expert, protects the Center from espionage, terrorism, and threats of unauthorized disclosure and/or compromise of information or material considered vital to enterprise mission interests, national defense or national security. Develops/implements local security instructions and maintains all applicable DoD, AF, and Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), regulations and instructions.
DUTY 4: Makes Personnel security risk assessments and risk management/mitigation strategies/recommendations based on intelligence-derived threat issues that require deviations from or synthesis of policies that can have national implications. Applies innovative techniques as most risks cannot be pre-defined and remain broadly generic.
What we are looking for
This is a GG-14 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). The GG-14 duties for the "Supervision/Management" work category are at the "Senior" work level and are equivalent to those at the GS-14 level. The selectee's salary will be set within the grade equivalent to a GS/GG grade based on the selectee's qualifications in relation to the job.
To qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements describes in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must reflect the quality level of experience which demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for successful job performance required for this position.
Examples of creditable experience include: mastery knowledge of a wide range of security concepts, principles, and practices to plan and implement security procedures for the organization; comprehensive knowledge of DoD, Air Force, and Intelligence Community (IC) missions, functions, goals and objectives; knowledge of safety regulations and security program interrelationships to coordinate the objectives and plans for a variety of specialized programs to support and promote information sharing and strategies; mastery knowledge of agency, AF, DoD, and IC security program laws, regulations, policies, guidelines, requirements, and initiatives to assist in operating an organization's security programs.
Note: Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector, or experience gained in another government agency.
AND KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas:
1. Comprehensive knowledge of Federal, DoD, Air Force and other applicable laws, regulations, principles, procedures, practices, techniques and requirements regarding physical security, information security, operations security, personnel security, SCI, special access programs, classification/declassification and all other aspects of security related to the accomplishment of a classified mission.
2. Knowledge of a wide range of advanced concepts, principles, criteria, requirements, technology, practices, and procedures involved in security. Knowledge of safety regulations and security program interrelationships to coordinate the objectives and plans for a variety of specialized programs to support and promote information sharing and strategies.
3. Broad knowledge of agency, AF, DoD, and security program laws, regulations, policies, guidelines, requirements, and initiatives to assist in operat security programs.
4. Skill in the use of analytical principles, practices, and techniques to review, evaluate, and apply several alternatives according to the security requirements for highly specific situations, availability of materials, relationships with other protective programs, and cost/benefit considerations applying sound judgment and experience.
5. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of a division in a small to medium sized organization; and establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperative working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission.
6. Ability to communicate orally and in writing; and plan, organize, and direct assigned functions and staff; ability to function and lead a security function in a complex and high-demand environment, to include developing/instituting policies and procedures, providing clear and effective direction to subordinates, up-channeling vital information to decision makers, delegating tasks, evaluating and correcting deficiencies and integrating security practices into operations and activities.…
